$63 Find Cheap Flights from Dallas/Fort Worth Airport to California

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Cheap Flights from Dallas/Fort Worth to California

Cheapest round-trip prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
Los Angeles
Los Angeles1 stop$123
San Francisco
San Francisco1 stop$216
San Diego
San Diegononstop$126
San Jose
San Jose1 stop$333
Palm Springs
Palm Springsnonstop$335
Fresno
Fresno1 stop$259
San Luis Obispo
San Luis Obispo1 stop$295
Bakersfield
Bakersfieldnonstop$359
Arcata
Arcata1 stop$317
Redding
Redding2 stops$352
Merced
Merced1 stop$357
Reno
Reno1 stop$293
Sacramento
Sacramento1 stop$287
Los Angeles
Los Angeles1 stop$123
San Francisco
San Francisco1 stop$216
San Diego
San Diegononstop$126
San Jose
San Jose1 stop$333
Palm Springs
Palm Springsnonstop$335
Fresno
Fresno1 stop$259
San Luis Obispo
San Luis Obispo1 stop$295
Bakersfield
Bakersfieldnonstop$359
Arcata
Arcata1 stop$317
Redding
Redding2 stops$352
Merced
Merced1 stop$357
Reno
Reno1 stop$293
Sacramento
Sacramento1 stop$287

Book Cheap Dallas/Fort Worth to California Plane Tickets

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Dallas/Fort Worth to California that are departing in the next months. While these flights were available on KAYAK in the last 72 hours, prices and availability are subject to change and deals may expire.
Discover the best prices for you by selecting your travel dates on KAYAK.

Recent round-trip flight deals from Dallas/Fort Worth to California

Sat, Apr 25 - Sun, Apr 26
Frontier Logo
4:15 pm - 11:14 pm
DFW
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LAX
8h 59m
1 stop
Frontier Logo
5:30 am - 10:44 am
LAX
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DFW
3h 14mnonstop
$123Frontier
Wed, May 13 - Tue, May 19
Frontier Logo
4:34 pm - 11:31 pm
DFW
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LAS
8h 57m
1 stop
Frontier Logo
7:56 pm - 11:41 am
LAS
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DFW
13h 45m
1 stop
$126Frontier
Wed, Apr 1 - Sat, Apr 4
Multiple Airlines Logo
10:30 pm - 11:44 pm
DFW
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LAS
3h 14mnonstop
Multiple Airlines Logo
4:32 pm - 9:14 pm
LAS
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DFW
2h 42mnonstop
$138Multiple Airlines
Tue, Apr 7 - Tue, Apr 14
Multiple Airlines Logo
5:45 am - 7:13 am
DFW
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LAX
3h 28mnonstop
Multiple Airlines Logo
8:00 am - 1:20 pm
LAX
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DFW
3h 20mnonstop
$138Multiple Airlines
Tue, Apr 7 - Tue, Apr 14
Spirit Airlines Logo
7:15 am - 1:20 pm
DFW
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BUR
8h 05m
1 stop
Spirit Airlines Logo
2:15 pm - 9:14 pm
BUR
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DFW
4h 59m
1 stop
$203Spirit Airlines
Tue, Apr 7 - Wed, Apr 8
Spirit Airlines Logo
7:15 am - 1:20 pm
DFW
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BUR
8h 05m
1 stop
Spirit Airlines Logo
2:15 pm - 9:14 pm
BUR
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DFW
4h 59m
1 stop
$213Spirit Airlines
Sat, Apr 25 - Mon, Apr 27
Alaska Airlines Logo
7:15 pm - 10:54 pm
DFW
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SMF
5h 39m
1 stop
Alaska Airlines Logo
10:38 am - 5:58 pm
SMF
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DFW
5h 20m
1 stop
$295Alaska Airlines
Wed, Apr 15 - Wed, Apr 22
Alaska Airlines Logo
6:00 am - 11:17 am
DFW
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SMF
7h 17m
1 stop
Alaska Airlines Logo
7:00 am - 2:13 pm
SMF
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DFW
5h 13m
1 stop
$296Alaska Airlines
Wed, Apr 22 - Mon, Apr 27
American Airlines Logo
8:56 pm - 10:41 pm
DFW
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SMF
3h 45mnonstop
American Airlines Logo
11:42 pm - 5:00 am
SMF
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DFW
3h 18mnonstop
$297American Airlines
Sat, Apr 18 - Sat, Apr 18
American Airlines Logo
8:23 am - 10:07 am
DFW
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SJC
3h 44mnonstop
American Airlines Logo
4:18 pm - 11:25 pm
SJC
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DFW
5h 07m
1 stop
$339American Airlines
Booking Insights

KAYAK's insights & trends for Dallas/Fort Worth to California flights

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Dallas/Fort Worth to California to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

What is the cheapest Dallas/Fort Worth Airport to California flight route?

Data is based on round-trip flight searches on KAYAK over the past month.

The cheapest ticket to California from Dallas/Fort Worth Airport found in the last 72 hours was to Los Angeles, at $118 round-trip. The most popular route is from Dallas/Fort Worth Airport (DFW) to Los Angeles (LAX), and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 72 hours was $118.

What is the cheapest time of day to fly to California?

The average price for all round-trip flights from Dallas/Fort Worth Airport to California depending on the time of departure, clicked by users on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.

The cheapest time of day to fly to California is generally in the afternoon, when round-trip flights cost $231 on average. Morning departures are around 14% more expensive than evening flights, on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to California is generally at night, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $280.

Can I save money by flying with a layover from Dallas/Fort Worth Airport to California?

The average round-trip price for all non-stop flights, flights with one layover, and flights with two layovers for the route found by users searching on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.

No, with an average price for the route of $436, prices are generally cheapest when you fly direct.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Dallas/Fort Worth Airport to California?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Dallas/Fort Worth Airport to California, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the median of all values for each month.

The cheapest month for flights from Dallas/Fort Worth Airport to California is April, when tickets cost $177 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are March and December, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $289 and $289 respectively.

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from Dallas/Fort Worth Airport to California?

The average price of all round-trip flights from Dallas/Fort Worth Airport to California clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.

If you are looking for a flight deal from Dallas/Fort Worth Airport to California, look for departures on Thursdays and avoid leaving on a Sunday, as it's usually the priciest day. When flying back from California, Friday is the cheapest day to fly and Sunday is the most expensive.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Dallas/Fort Worth Airport to California?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from Dallas/Fort Worth Airport to California, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each week.

To get a below average price on the flight from Dallas/Fort Worth Airport to California, you should book around 2 weeks before departure, which saves you about 30% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 5 weeks before departure.

Good to know

Low seasonJanuary
Cheapest flight$56
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 8% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 9% lower on average.
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Flights from Dallas/Fort Worth to California: the best tips from KAYAK users

Insights shared by verified travelers who flew the route from Dallas/Fort Worth to California 
FraxysFlew with American Airlines
DFW
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ONT
Feb 2026
Bring your own snacks or sandwich for dinner in the plane.
PiperFlew with American Airlines
DFW
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PSP
Dec 2024
Dress according to comfort on plane rather than either destination! Know that Palm Springs airport is outdoors (and NOT cold) so prepare for that too
Verified travelerFlew with American Airlines
DFW
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SAN
Dec 2024
Bring a neck pillow and if your over 6 ft tall spend the money for exit row. Other customers are not curteous
SoniaFlew with American Airlines
DFW
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SFO
Aug 2024
Leave at least 1.5 hours between flights as Dallas is HUGE!
JoelFlew with American Airlines
DFW
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ONT
May 2024
Dallas is a very spread out airport, jus make sure that you have enough time to transfer during layovers. Also all the restaurants close fairly early

FAQs - booking California flights

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Dallas/Fort Worth Airport to California?

    KAYAK is a travel search engine. That means we look across the web to find the best prices we can find for our users. With over 2 billion flight queries processed yearly, we are able to display a variety of prices and options on flights from Dallas/Fort Worth Airport to California.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from Dallas/Fort Worth Airport to California?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight from Dallas/Fort Worth Airport to California is likely to change within 7 days, so travelers know whether to wait or book now.

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights from Dallas/Fort Worth Airport to California?

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional round-trip ticket. You could then fly from Dallas/Fort Worth Airport to California with an airline and back with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from Dallas/Fort Worth Airport to California?

    Sometimes travel dates aren't set in stone. If your preferred travel dates have some wiggle room, flexible dates will show you all the options when flying from Dallas/Fort Worth Airport to California up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

Top tips for finding cheap flights to California

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found tickets from Dallas/Fort Worth Airport to the following destinations at these prices or less: Las Vegas $89 one-way - $187 round-trip; Los Angeles $109 one-way - $200 round-trip; San Francisco $182 one-way - $317 round-trip

Reviews of the top 5 airlines serving from Dallas/Fort Worth to California

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Dallas to California. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Dallas/Fort Worth to California? KAYAK airline reviews give an overall score for each airline based on loads of factors, including comfort, boarding, in-flight entertainment and more, to make your decision easier. See airline scores according to verified KAYAK customer reviews.
8.0
SouthwestOverall score based on 4320 reviews
8.0Comfort
7.5Entertainment
7.0Food
8.1Boarding
8.6Crew
Airline reviews

I elected to pay for the upgrades and found very little difference

6.0 GoodChris, Mar 2026
DAL - SAT
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I elected to pay for the upgrades and found very little difference

The problem with the seat assignments is that there were a lot of rows in the front that were empty but my row at the back was full. Just not so pleasant.

No food or entertainment, just a quick 40 minute flight. A little bumpy due to Santa Ana winds but pilot has no control over that. Good flight and landing!

Good but I prefer choose your own seat. With the new assigned seats they should board from the back I see no advantage to this new boarding. Just like every other airline

Mediocre. Boarding is now unpleasant. The employees, once friendly and nice, are now regularly speaking sternly to passengers, badgering them to do things right so they can take off on time and gate check bags because they don't have enough overhead bin space. The pretzel snack was crushed flat and broken into even smaller pieces, which happens frequently lately. Drink service was suspended before they reached my row.

Flight was hours late, unable to sit next to spouse, I have had so much better experiences. Substantially better, only saving grace was that it was a short flight.

The charges were ridiculous for an hour flight and the turbulence was very scary.

I was assigned seat 7E, yet my boarding was Group 5, which caused me to have to put my luggage in the back of the plance above `19 or 20 aisle, as passengers who had boarded earlier took the overhead bins in the front. SW needs to monitor bin space and ensure that bin space above the seat are aligned to those sitting near their seats. Also the seating assignments needs to align with group number. Maybe board those last first and so on? Having said the ALL the passengers on the plane were gracious enough to allow me and other passengers in this dilema to retrieve our luggage and helped us along the way. I always love the flight staff, as always their fantastic and I can't rave about them enough!

3 hour delay. Had to change plans and was still delayed.

The flight crew was extremely rude and especially not helpful when our flight was delayed.

Flight delayed for more than 16 hrs and no effort was spent to provide an alternate

Overall we had a good experience during our flight from San Francisco to Houston.

it was a very short flight so my expectations were low.

Very disappointing given gate agent behavior. Filed a formal complaint with United.

Flight delayed. WiFi connectivity very poor if not existant. Last minute arrival forced me to run to catch my connection.

The power at the seat didn't work and the seat itself was difficult to adjust - this was a business class seat. Flight attendant gave me miles to compensate. The attendant was very professional and on top of his game the entire flight.

the whole trip was smooth, and as comfortable as flying is these days. flight crew was friendly and very courteous and helpful.

First class ticket gets you a choice of chips or nuts. . Just like economy Southwest. Also no screen in the seats. This is first class???!

Flight arrived 30 min early and bag was waiting at the baggage pickup. United Club HNL was one of the nicest in the system

Yet another flight in which beverage and snack service was skipped. Other that that, firmly mediocre. Landed early, to gate late due to congestion at the gates. Airline's fault or airports fault: unknown.

Easy boarding. Rows are smaller but that may be an older and bigger me now :)

Check in was rough because the check in crew did not know how to manage my international visa documents. Required a long process and 4 people to finally be able to proceed to security. They told us incorrect information several times before acknowledging we did indeed have everything we needed from the start.

Poor communication ahead of time about flight delays and old planes/other equipment.

Mechanical issue delayed us 2hrs and then once we landed sat on tarmac for 30mins because someone left a vehicle in front of the gaye

The crew was excellent and overall the flight was good. No complaints.

Like all of the flights I took to get down to Dallas. They were delayed

Flight pulled out on time but sat on runway for 30 mins. It was extremely cold in the aircraft despite wearing a winter coat. Surprisingly they had a vegetarian meal but could have some better snack choices for a 8 hour flight.

We had a male flight attendant who was super attentive and wonderful! Very professional. I have both gluten and dairy intolerance, and was only able to get a gluten free part, and not the dairy free part of the meal. Easy to order ahead of time and I appreciate being able to do that.

It was a train wreck but on an airplane. First off, flight was delayed then we board only to hear two announcements, First weather delays in Orlando and second backup battery warning on emergency lights. After sitting on the plane for almost 2 hours they have us deplane due to the maintenance issue. We were told they were getting another plane. In the mean time, I notice another American- Orlando flight and ask the gate agent if I can switch. He says he cant help me and I'd have to walk to A13 from A37. Really!? I get down there and get a seat only to get an announcement my original flight was RE-boarding. The Then inflight there's no communication and I notice on flightaware were circling over the Gulf of America. I call the flight attendant and of course she has no clue and apparently 5m later the pilot finally tells us about another delay. Why does American always have these service and delay issues? They are my LAST choice in flights now!

Smooth flight. From the early boarding and all were on board before departure time and arrived early in ONT. Great crew. Thank you!!!!

Horrendous and unprofessional staff and will never fly spirit again

Flight was delayed more than 3 hours, and the metro had stopped running by the time we got to the terminal well past midnight, so I was stranded, alone, with no way to get home until the metro started up the next morning.

My flight was cancelled I missed time at work and got a parking ticket

Went as planned. No wifi included and no screens. No free snacks. Didn't buy food so can't rate that. Unable to charge devices on plane. Staff were friendly and flight was fast, cheap and convenient.

Crew was very nice. Take off and landing were great. Economy seats are not comfortable. Extra cost for snacks.

The flight was delayed by 2 hours and we had no food or water or chargers

Horribly late because they had no crew!!! And then jet bridge didn’t work!! Then we arrived at a gate at lax miles away that we had to take a shuttle to a terminal!! I was over 3 hours late to getting the LA! Should have been here at 8:30 and at an appointment at 10:30 and arrived and left lax at 11 am!! Horrible experience!!!

Once again, the staff seem to think they are above the customers and treat everyone with disdain, belittling people.

Flight was canceled 8 hours before departure for lack of operational control and prepositioning of a plane. Then had the audacity to say it was because of weather, however there was no weather here in California or New Orleans or in between. It was the weather in Florida, Florida it had nothing to do with our flight path just the plane was supposed to fly us. 8 hours is more than enough time to move a plane anywhere in the US. That left me with a bill of 1200 dollars to re book a flight oh and kayaks insurance what a joke. Probably will never use kayak or spirit ever again terrible companies terrible customer service. I’ll also let everyone and anyone know this was an abomination and only for the customer. Also will be making a report to the DOT on bad business practices on behalf of kayak and spirit as well as the BBB. Do better, take care of your customers and don’t suck

The airplane had a strange noise that was constant throughout the flight. Thankfully I had noise-cancelling over-ear headphones that muted much of it.

My flight was originally from SAT to MCO connecting from MCO to ORD. We got diverted to ATL and than Frontier staff there was sooo un helpful first they said they couldn’t give us any accommodation since our flight first got delayed that cancelled and now it’s 221am and I am still in ATL since they said they need to create a new flight my final destination is ORD and I have been delayed twice and cancelled. With no real help the frontier app didn’t work no email updates over all such a horrible experience

Gate not determined until I got to the airport - hard to plan the trip to the airport.

Our flight was canceled. I will never use Kayak nor Frontier for travel again. The entire experience was a headache.

Very well recently! Frontier is improving and less harrassing customer on luggages! Positive!

Terrible. The canceled my entire flight when I requested a refund for a trip frontier canceled trip one way.

i was unable to check in the flight. refund requested

I think Frontier was very good at communication. Their app worked very well. Loading was great and the flight was nice and easy.

Great for the price. No wifi or entertainment, but gate agents and crew were fantastic and we boarded quickly and left on time.

Decent clean onboard experience. Okay discount airline experience. Unfortunately, any customer service interactions are difficult and unhelpful. There is no service. Also, a premium seat only gets you premium boarding if you line up first. Once they start general boarding you must go to the back of the line. Not very premium

The crew was mostly okay. The flight attendant who answered our questions was curt and unhelpful unfortunately. He seemed upset and I understand having off days.

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