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$108 Find Cheap Flights from Denver to Sacramento

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Cheapest round-trip
$246
Typical prices: $226-$433
Frontier
Sat 7/25Sat 8/1
DEN - SMF • 2 stops
Cheapest non-stop
$251
Typical prices: $309-$481
Frontier
Sat 7/18Mon 7/27
DEN - SMF • Non-stop
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Frontier Economy Bundle adds a carry-on; Southwest includes free carry-on.
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Cheap Flights from Denver to Sacramento (DEN-SMF)

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Denver to Sacramento 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.
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Recent round-trip flight deals from Denver to Sacramento

Sat, Jul 25 - Sat, Aug 1
Frontier Logo
9:15 am - 5:33 pm
DEN
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SMF
9h 18m
2 stops
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11:25 am - 3:00 pm
SMF
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DEN
2h 35mnonstop
$246Frontier
Fri, Sep 25 - Mon, Sep 28
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9:19 am - 10:57 am
DEN
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SMF
2h 38mnonstop
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11:52 am - 3:20 pm
SMF
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DEN
2h 28mnonstop
$247Frontier
Wed, Jul 22 - Sat, Jul 25
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9:15 am - 7:23 pm
DEN
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SMF
11h 08m
2 stops
Frontier Logo
11:25 am - 3:00 pm
SMF
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DEN
2h 35mnonstop
$250Frontier
Tue, Sep 1 - Sat, Sep 12
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6:17 am - 12:15 pm
DEN
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SMF
6h 58m
1 stop
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5:00 pm - 12:20 pm
SMF
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DEN
18h 20m
1 stop
$251Alaska Airlines
Fri, Sep 18 - Sat, Sep 19
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9:19 am - 10:57 am
DEN
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SMF
2h 38mnonstop
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11:52 am - 3:20 pm
SMF
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DEN
2h 28mnonstop
$252Frontier
Wed, Jul 22 - Fri, Jul 24
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9:01 am - 10:35 am
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SMF
2h 34mnonstop
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11:25 am - 3:00 pm
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DEN
2h 35mnonstop
$253Frontier
Fri, Aug 14 - Fri, Aug 21
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9:01 am - 10:35 am
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SMF
2h 34mnonstop
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11:42 am - 3:17 pm
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DEN
2h 35mnonstop
$254Frontier
Wed, Oct 21 - Sun, Oct 25
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9:19 am - 10:57 am
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SMF
2h 38mnonstop
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1:29 pm - 12:15 am
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DEN
9h 46m
1 stop
$255Frontier
Tue, Aug 4 - Sun, Aug 9
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12:47 pm - 4:04 pm
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SMF
4h 17m
1 stop
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6:28 pm - 3:50 am
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DEN
8h 22m
1 stop
$256Frontier
Sat, Jul 25 - Mon, Jul 27
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10:00 am - 3:32 pm
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6h 32m
1 stop
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6:28 pm - 3:48 am
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8h 20m
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$257Frontier
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Denver to Sacramento flights

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Denver to Sacramento to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

How much is a round-trip flight from Denver to Sacramento?

This analysis is based on the cheapest round-trip price found on KAYAK in the last 12 months by searching for a flight from Denver to Sacramento departing in July.

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from Denver to Sacramento?

The average price of all round-trip flights from Denver to Sacramento clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.

If you are looking for a flight deal from Denver to Sacramento, look for departures on Fridays and avoid leaving on a Tuesday, as it's usually the priciest day. When flying back from Sacramento, Friday is the cheapest day to fly and Sunday is the most expensive.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Denver to Sacramento?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Denver to Sacramento, 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 Denver to Sacramento is September, where tickets cost $247 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are July and June, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is $447 and $436 respectively.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Denver to Sacramento?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from Denver to Sacramento, 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 Denver to Sacramento, you should book around 2 weeks before departure, which saves you about 46% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 9 weeks before departure.

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Expert advice for your flight from Denver to Sacramento

 
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Bill is an award-winning travel writer with extensive credits covering airlines and the aviation industry for publications including AARP, AFAR, The Points Guy and Yahoo. Based in Portland, Oregon, Bill has traveled to more than 75 countries - and been late for his flight in most of them. He once achieved top-level frequent flier status for all of American, Delta and United Airlines during a single year.

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Low seasonJanuary
Cheapest flight$108
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 20% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 10% increase in price.
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When to book flights from Denver to Sacramento

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FAQs for booking flights from Denver to Sacramento

  • Are there any cash machines located at the Denver International Airport (DEN)?

    Yes, the airport has ATMs which are provided by the Canvas Credit Union. The ATMs are strategically placed at Gates A, B, and C and the Jeppesen Terminal. The Canvas Credit Union also has its operations at Level 6 and opens from Monday to Friday between 9 am and 6 pm.

  • Does Denver International Airport have nursing rooms for mothers traveling with their babies?

    Yes, the airport has lactation rooms for breastfeeding mothers located at Level 5 inside the women’s restrooms at the center of Jeppesen Terminal, B Gates, C Gates, and A Gates. The nursing rooms have comfortable seating, a changing table, sink, wheelchair access, and power outlets and are open and available 24/7.

  • Is there a religious facility at the Denver International Airport?

    The airport has an interfaith Chapel and Prayer Hall located at Level 6 East of the Jeppesen Terminal. This Chapel is normally opened from 4 am to midnight every day. The establishment includes an Islamic Masjid as well.

  • Does Sacramento International Airport offer accessibility options?

    The Sacramento International Airport offers several services geared towards increasing the comfort and convenience of travelers with reduced mobility. The airport has Braille signs, TDD telephones, and visual paging. It also has parking spots designated for persons with disabilities and wheelchair-accessible facilities.

  • What is the cheapest flight from Denver to Sacramento?

    In the last 5 days, the lowest price for a flight from Denver to Sacramento was $108 for a one-way ticket and $246 for a round-trip.

  • Do I need a passport to fly between Denver and Sacramento?

    Even though you are not required to have a passport, keep in mind that an official ID is needed to board the airplane.

  • Which airlines offer Wi-Fi service onboard planes from Denver to Sacramento?

    JetBlue, Hawaiian Airlines, American Airlines, Delta, and Alaska Airlines offer inflight Wi-Fi service on the Denver to Sacramento flight route.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from Denver to Sacramento?

    The Boeing 737 MAX 8 is the aircraft model that flies most regularly on the Denver to Sacramento flight route.

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from Denver to Sacramento?

    Star Alliance is the only airline alliance operating flights between Denver and Sacramento.

  • On which days can I fly direct from Denver to Sacramento?

    There are nonstop flights from Denver to Sacramento on a daily basis.

  • Which is the best airline for flights from Denver to Sacramento, Southwest or United Airlines?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from Denver to Sacramento are Southwest and United Airlines. With an average price for the route of $413 and an overall rating of 7.9, Southwest is the most popular choice. United Airlines is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $431 and an overall rating of 7.4.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Denver to Sacramento?

    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 Denver to Sacramento.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from Denver to Sacramento?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Sacramento from Denver 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 Denver to Sacramento?

    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 to Sacramento with an airline and back to Denver with another airline. Booking your flights between Denver and SMF can sometimes prove cheaper using this method.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from Denver to Sacramento?

    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 to Sacramento from Denver up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

KAYAK’s top tips for finding a cheap flight from Denver to Sacramento

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found flights on this route for $165 or less one-way and $374 or less round-trip.
  • The Denver International Airport (DEN) is located about 25.9 mi from Denver town and takes approximately 45min to cover the distance. Travelers from Denver city to the Denver International airport can use the A Line and SkyRide bus services offered by RTD to the airport. These transport options have direct access to security screening, baggage claim, baggage check, and airline check in. You can also take a taxi or shuttle to the airport.
  • Denver International Airport caters to passengers who may have a disability by providing parking options located at all the parking facilities owned by the airport. Some of the parking spaces are located at Levels 1, 2, 4, and 5 of the garage and also next to the pick-up and drop-off facilities at the Economy East and West parking lots. The airport also offers elevators, ground transportation, interpreter services, and video relay services.
  • The Denver International Airport also offers currency exchange services through the three World Wide Money Exchange locations at strategic locations in the airport. All three offices operate between 7 am and 7:30 pm on weekdays and between 7 am and 5:30 pm on weekends. The exchange company also offers postage, Western Union Money Transfer, and cash and foreign travelers’ checks for American Express only.
  • Sacramento International Airport (SMF) is located about 10.5 miles the northwest of downtown Sacramento. The airport offers about nine Bank of America ATMs strategically placed all over the airport. These ATMs are also available at the rental car facility and charge about $3 for any individual who is not a Bank of America customer.
  • Once you get to the Sacramento International Airport, there are several options to get downtown especially if you don’t have any prior arrangements made for pick up. The airport has a car rental facility at the rental car terminal. The rental car shuttle is available every 10min outside the terminals. If you would want to rent a car, companies such as Hertz, Budget, National, and Avis are available at the facility.

Prefer to fly direct from Denver to Sacramento?

 
Direct data is based off flight results for the next 60 days. Find direct flights from all airlines flying direct from Denver Intl to Sacramento Intl.
Find which airlines fly direct from Denver Intl Airport to Sacramento Intl Airport, which days they fly and book direct flights.

Direct departures

Denver Intl to Sacramento Intl

Monday

Frontier,Southwest,United Airlines

Frontier,Southwest, +1 more

Tuesday

Southwest,United Airlines

Southwest,United Airlines

Wednesday

Frontier,Southwest,United Airlines

Frontier,Southwest, +1 more

Thursday

Southwest,United Airlines,Frontier

Southwest,United Airlines, +1 more

Friday

Frontier,Southwest,United Airlines

Frontier,Southwest, +1 more

Saturday

Frontier,Southwest,United Airlines

Frontier,Southwest, +1 more

Sunday

Southwest,United Airlines,Frontier

Southwest,United Airlines, +1 more

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Direct returns

Sacramento Intl to Denver Intl

Monday

Frontier,Southwest,United Airlines

Frontier,Southwest, +1 more

Tuesday

Southwest,United Airlines

Southwest,United Airlines

Wednesday

Frontier,Southwest,United Airlines

Frontier,Southwest, +1 more

Thursday

Southwest,United Airlines,Frontier

Southwest,United Airlines, +1 more

Friday

Frontier,Southwest,United Airlines

Frontier,Southwest, +1 more

Saturday

Frontier,Southwest,United Airlines

Frontier,Southwest, +1 more

Sunday

Southwest,United Airlines,Frontier

Southwest,United Airlines, +1 more

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Reviews of the top 3 airlines serving from Denver to Sacramento

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Denver to Sacramento. 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 Denver to Sacramento? 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.
7.9
SouthwestOverall score based on 4243 reviews
8.1Boarding
7.0Food
8.6Crew
7.5Entertainment
8.0Comfort
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The flight was late. The crew was rude. There was no food. Cramped and uncomfortable. Nothing about this flight was good.

2.0 MediocreIrene, Jun 2026
DEN - SFO
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The flight was late. The crew was rude. There was no food. Cramped and uncomfortable. Nothing about this flight was good.

Not having a five hour delay with little notice! The crew was very kind, though, and just as tired as we passengers were. The flight didn't depart until nearly 1 am...and no reason was ever given.

This leg was much better, but we did have to have a 3 hour lay o er after coming from a very exhausting hiccup with our flight from BNA to Den

Connecting flight is on time and boarding was a breeze!

It was a perfect flight in all aspects! Both legs!

Boarding process, crew were good. But the seats were so uncomfortable that was all I could focus on. I literally had to sit forward so that all 3 of us could fit in row. I will try to avoid Southwest in the future for any flights over 60 minutes.

Southwest has a serious issue with keeping their passengers in the dark about delays. They also appear to lack the necessary crews to deal with any sort of hiccup in their operations. The way they run their day-to-day operations is a joke. You are telling me that a hail storm in Denver, where hail storms are incredibly common, results in hours of delays due to every plane needing to be inspected for hail damage? Understandable, but there seems to be a skeleton crew of maintenance workers undergoing this daunting task. There was no particular order of inspecting planes, leading to some planes only having an hour delay or less in others having four or more just because of the luck of the draw of what plane got inspected with no consideration to how long the respective delay was. The entire time the passengers were told nothing except the fact that there was lightning in the area and the ground crews could not load the bags. This always happens that Southwest will incrementally delay a flight with no information given, leaving many frustrated passengers fuming once they find out that their flight is canceled. Don't make people wait around for hours at the airport giving them no information, just to keep them on the hook and prevent any action from being taken by the passengers in terms of finding alternate routes of transportation or accommodations for the night. How many hours of people's times do you think you waste by operating like this? How about having a fully staffed crew in one of your busiest hubs that is famous for severe weather that can effectively deal with a situation like this, or how about having planes on standby to quickly replace in case something like this happens, like all the other major airlines do. This is just like the Christmas fiasco but on a Denver scale, but again this is literally just from a single thunderstorm going over Denver in the spring. I'm glad I've stopped using Southwest as my primary airline and have switched to United. Every single time I fly Southwest, something has to come up. It's ridiculous and I seriously can't wait to finish using my miles so I don't have to deal with your garbage anymore. You used to be so good and I don't know why you thought you could just scrap your quality and expect people to deal with it. Oh, and I walked by someone getting CPR for over 5 minutes in the concourse. I hope he was ok. Southwest needs something similar.

Flight had over 6 people in wheel chairs and there was only 1 gate agent. Very impressed though in how Maddie handled having to efficiency move that many people by herself. We still nursed in a timely manner.

I loved that the flight was not as full, so we were able to have seats available between us. I just wish wipes are available as we board so that we can clean our areas, as the window area was quite dirty in my case, on both legs of this trip, and it was hard getting the flight attendant's attention for this. She also seemed a bit stingy with the free drinks. I asked for two cups of drinks; she brought one and then waited until I fell asleep and brought the other. Not sure why...

Easy boarding, but no power at the seats and no television wasn’t a good experience.

Destroyed my suitcase. Tired of talking about it. Cancelling my unite mileage plus account.

New plane was lovely. Crew customer service is always lax but expected. Kraft on time and arrived safely.

Wonderful in-seat entertainment with seatback screens and huge selection of quality movies. The ability to bluetooth connect headphones was amazing.

Flight was late - I was downgraded from first class to coach

Great experience…left a bit behind schedule but made up fir that in the air and landed 10 minutes early 😁

See my previous comments. I was probably booked in business but was moved to economy

Generally good but there wasn’t any staff available when my luggage didn’t appear at baggage claim in Fresno. It took about half an hour to locate a staff member to open up the locked room where it was being kept.

Too many fees (but that seems to apply to all airlines nowadays)

United requires seat selection in order for those booking together to stay together.

Serving a coffr Or a Drink would have been nice.

Crew was kind of grumpy and there was no beverage service at all. Sodas were $4. Disappointing.

12 hour delay required getting on and off plane 3 times - would have at least liked to have been offered a snack or drink

There's no seats that lean back with little leg space i wad uncomfortable the entire flight. Your charges for extra baggage is despicable and costly!!

There was no food and no entertainment, so I'm not sure why these are even in the survey, as my understanding is frontier does not ever offer food without a few, not even a snack, and there are no screens so unless the flight safety talk is our entertainment why ask how we liked it?. One of the flight attendants say in the back of the plane as people filed in to their seats, yelling orders about where to put baggage and telling people to hurry up. It was the least professional experience I've ever had on a flight.

Not clean and was told I would get a great seat and it was not great at all

Delayed. Text notifications were slow. Not much information o what was happening. Boarding was slow and confusing. Wasn’t even offered water other flight. Had to ask. No entertainment at all. Felt like.a Greyhound bus.

Very bad! No good service delayed my second connection flight

Everything went as planned. Crew was great. Seats were still not that comfortable.

Lost baggage on my connecting flight. 24 hours later, still no update on my bags.

Frontier is a no-frills airlines were the focus is low cost. You get basic service so don't set your expectations high. Watch out thought because this airline, like a few others, will try to nickel and dime you.

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