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Cheap Flights from El Paso to California

Cheapest round-trip prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 5 days
Los Angeles
Los Angeles1 stop$131
San Francisco
San Francisco1 stop$171
San Diego
San Diego1 stop$158
San Jose
San Jose1 stop$241
Palm Springs
Palm Springs1 stop$309
Fresno
Fresno1 stop$276
Bakersfield
Bakersfield1 stop$338
Reno
Reno1 stop$234
Los Angeles
Los Angeles1 stop$131
San Francisco
San Francisco1 stop$171
San Diego
San Diego1 stop$158
San Jose
San Jose1 stop$241
Palm Springs
Palm Springs1 stop$309
Fresno
Fresno1 stop$276
Bakersfield
Bakersfield1 stop$338
Reno
Reno1 stop$234
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KAYAK's insights & trends for El Paso to California flights

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

How much is a round-trip flight from El Paso to California?

This analysis is based on the cheapest round-trip price found on KAYAK in the last 12 months by searching for a flight from El Paso to California departing in October.

Flight prices are below average for this route right now.

Flights to California from El Paso usually cost between $302 and $422 in October.
The lowest price found in the past 5 days was $131 on Frontier (Oct 20-Nov 5).

What is the cheapest El Paso to California flight route?

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

The cheapest ticket to California from El Paso found in the last 5 days was to San Diego, at $237 round-trip. The most popular route is from El Paso (ELP) to Los Angeles (LAX), and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 5 days was $269.

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

The average price for all round-trip flights from El Paso 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 $377 on average. Morning departures are around 45% more expensive than evening flights, on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to California is generally in the morning, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $561.

Can I save money by flying with a layover from El Paso 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 $429, prices are generally cheapest when you fly direct.

What is the cheapest month to fly from El Paso to California?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from El Paso 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 El Paso to California is January, when tickets cost $294 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are June and March, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $383 and $380 respectively.

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from El Paso to California?

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

When flying from El Paso to California, you should consider leaving on a Friday and avoid Sundays if you are looking for the best rates. For your return to El Paso, you’ll find the best rates on Tuesdays and the most expensive ones on Sundays.

How far in advance should I book a flight from El Paso 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 El Paso 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 El Paso to California, you should book around 4 weeks before departure, which saves you about 41% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 8 weeks before departure.

Good to know

Low season

February

Cheapest flight

$62
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 2% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 1% lower on average.
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FAQs - booking California flights

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from El Paso 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 El Paso to California.

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

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight from El Paso 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 El Paso 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 El Paso 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 El Paso 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 El Paso 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 El Paso to the following destinations at these prices or less: Las Vegas $175 one-way - $184 round-trip; Los Angeles $250 one-way - $401 round-trip; San Diego $138 one-way - $317 round-trip

Reviews of the top 4 airlines serving from El Paso to California

 
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8.0
SouthwestOverall score based on 4218 reviews
8.1Boarding
7.0Food
7.5Entertainment
8.6Crew
8.0Comfort
Airline reviews

No wifi, seems to be very common with Southwest currently. Everything else was normal.

8.0 ExcellentSean, Jul 2026
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No wifi, seems to be very common with Southwest currently. Everything else was normal.

The Air hostess were very rude on my flight from Houston to Austin . Their regular communication itself felt a they are shouting at people.

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

Still a fan of open seating. Flight was on schedule and arrived on time. The 737 MAX is very comfortable.

Plane late from DC to Austin 30 minutes. Crew made up much of the time enroute to San Diego.

Fine, but how to board on SW versus othrr airlines, is just lame. Goood staff though and all was solid otherwise.

Our first flight was so delayed that we had 10 mins to board the next one. We requested if the flight attendant could allow us off there plane first and they denied our request even though I have seen this done before. Luck was on our side that we didn’t miss our next flight.

The flight in it self was good. The delays looking for pilots was unexpected.

This flight left late. We had A46/A47 boarding, but SW boarded 45 people from an interrupted flight ahead of us. It was a zoo. Seats are very uncomfortable, even for a 5’8” person of normal BMI.

The crew was very helpful, nice friendly. The only issue I have was the horrible turbulence that we experienced leaving Dallas love field airport. It lasted about 20 minutes I think.

The flight was on time, seats were comfortable, crew is friendly and professional. Nice flight overall. Thanks!

The plane was delayed almost 3 hours. I had a first class seat and there was no food loaded due to the late night departure (no nuts, not meal and no cookie), and the first class bathroom was out of order. Truly a disappointment all around.

Flight attendant was rude when I advised her that the bathroom had no paper towels or tissue paper.

I do wish the the actual airplane I flew on was bigger. But, I made it work.

The flight itself was okay, but there were 2 screaming kids in front of me my entire flight which made it just awful. The parent did zero to try and make the children settle down and flight attendants did nothing either. I understand it's hard to travel with children, but constantly yelling, screaming, or loud talking for 4 hours straight is just ridiculous.

Everything went smoothly, with the exception of a two-hour delay on the return flight, which wasn't the airline's responsibility.

The ride was smooth as silk, the crew was perf.

My luggage didn't arrive. I had a cruise next day. I waited for three hours in the airport and nobody knew that my luggage didn't arrive and it was in El Paso. They only gave me $200 to buy what I need for my cruise. It was 2:00am It was a nightmare to deal with AA staff. I am very dissapointed. I will not recommend AA at all.

Ground crew was great in Austin, flight crew left a lot to be desired. Not particularly friendly, helpful or nice.

The pretzels are awesome. The free movies are excellent. The plane crew was amazing. The Austin airport lounge was too small and overcrowded. There were not enough seats. And the boarding staff was not as friendly.

Awful! We boarded and then sat on the plane for 50 mins before having to deplane due to a maintenance issue which should have been addressed before boarding. Then we had to change terminals as there was no other plane for us at the current terminal. Then we waited another 2 and a half hours to board again only to wait for 50 mins on the plane again for the snacks to be brought from the broken plane. And once we were on the flight we still only got the complimentary cookie and soda or water. No food vouchers provided even though we had waited over 3 hours for our flight.

Horrible. No AC. No Air inside the plane. We had to deplane twice! It is late almost 5 hrs in total. I almost passed out and about to call 911. I asked the crew to be honest and open the door. The lady next to me was lay down in the floor due to heat and no air inside the plane. I got headaches, can’t wait the replacement flight about midnight Dallas time. I end it up rebook for next day flight and stay overnight using my own pocket in a hotel nearby due to headaches and can’t breath. I still have a headache this morning. Still not decided yes how to file this issue to AA and/or FAA.

Worst communication. Delayed boarding for two hours without a single announcement until hour 1 had passed - on time status showing until our flight was supposed to takeoff and the crew had already walked away. No one was boarding. Disgusting part of DFW overcrowded with no AC on a 97 degree day. Then the first app update is that we’d take off in 15 mins… but again no one had boarded a full flight. No announcement in the terminal so everyone is just crowded around a disgusting place with no info for over an hour which turned into two. This was an overfill flight and a disgrace to passenger decency all while likely just trying to fix their own issue of overbooking. The worst airline at the worst airport.

Mechanical delay > Crew Time out. No communication to passengers. Crew time out was positioned as a surprise (even though it must have been know at the time of boarding that the crew would time out.

Initial flight had an engine overheat - returned to DFW. Had another plane ready, but crew timed out. Had to wait 5h for boarding. Fully boarded and pilot says plane is not flight worthy. Deplane and go to the other end of the terminal. Wait an hour to board third plane because the crew couldn’t leave the second plane because no wheelchairs were brought to remove passengers. Finally take off and there is no catering (in flight service) even in first class. Very much an AA failure.

2 hours delay on my flight causing me to miss my connecting flight. Cause was for maintenance. I understand maintenance is important but maintenance should be done before boarding people!

Flight cancelled. Twice. And no communication. No gate agent. Went past boarding time and had to go and see email from AA. Airport communication was bad

Was put into a seat right behind the toilet that had no entertainment possible but did have plenty of leg room over noisy part of plane.

Great flight. No issues at all. I still think boarding could be more efficient but otherwise, a good experience.

No complaints. Good WiFi, great crew and excellent speedy baggage claim

Tiny seats, no entertainment, no amenities, delays, they charge for carry on and their allowed personal item is smaller than in other airlines.

I really didn't like anything. Paid for my checked luggage online ($79) and then was told that I would have to paid another $79 for my carry on. Was not allowed to enter the terminal until 3 hours before my flight and when I finally was allowed to check my bag and enter, my flight was delayed 3 times. When I finally landed, we were all instructed to "run off the plane" as they had to do a quick turn around to Las Vegas. Me and several of my flying companions will never fly Frontier again.

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

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

I had to cancel within 1hour of the reservation an they put you through hell to . no live customer service desk. I'm handy caped and they make it almost impossible to cancel. They are steeling my money. You should not have that airline on your site. Contact me and I will give you all info. Of what the are doing to me just notable treatment they are set up like that to take people

Horrible flight, rude crew, someone had so mu h perfume on breathing was difficult.

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