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Cheap Flights from El Paso to California

Cheapest round-trip prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
Los Angeles
Los Angeles1 stop$195
San Francisco
San Francisco1 stop$210
San Diego
San Diego1 stop$226
San Jose
San Jose1 stop$241
Palm Springs
Palm Springs1 stop$325
Fresno
Fresno1 stop$297
Bakersfield
Bakersfield1 stop$327
Reno
Reno1 stop$229
Los Angeles
Los Angeles1 stop$195
San Francisco
San Francisco1 stop$210
San Diego
San Diego1 stop$226
San Jose
San Jose1 stop$241
Palm Springs
Palm Springs1 stop$325
Fresno
Fresno1 stop$297
Bakersfield
Bakersfield1 stop$327
Reno
Reno1 stop$229

Book Cheap El Paso 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 El Paso 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 El Paso to California

Sat, Aug 22 - Thu, Aug 27
Frontier Logo
8:17 pm - 9:11 pm
ELP
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LAS
1h 54mnonstop
Frontier Logo
7:15 am - 10:03 am
LAS
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ELP
1h 48mnonstop
$192Frontier
Sun, Sep 6 - Wed, Sep 9
Frontier Logo
10:58 am - 11:51 am
ELP
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LAS
1h 53mnonstop
Frontier Logo
5:28 pm - 8:21 pm
LAS
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ELP
1h 53mnonstop
$194Frontier
Wed, Aug 5 - Wed, Aug 12
American Airlines Logo
6:45 am - 7:55 am
ELP
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LAX
2h 10mnonstop
American Airlines Logo
8:56 pm - 11:58 pm
LAX
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ELP
2h 02mnonstop
$237American Airlines
Tue, Aug 18 - Tue, Aug 18
Southwest Logo
6:45 am - 7:35 am
ELP
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SAN
1h 50mnonstop
Southwest Logo
5:40 pm - 8:30 pm
SAN
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ELP
1h 50mnonstop
$247Southwest
Tue, Aug 18 - Tue, Aug 18
Southwest Logo
6:15 am - 11:55 am
ELP
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SAN
6h 40m
1 stop
Southwest Logo
5:40 pm - 8:30 pm
SAN
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ELP
1h 50mnonstop
$257Southwest
Mon, Sep 14 - Thu, Sep 17
Multiple Airlines Logo
7:18 pm - 1:17 pm
ELP
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SJC
18h 59m
1 stop
Multiple Airlines Logo
2:24 pm - 8:21 pm
SJC
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ELP
4h 57m
1 stop
$302Multiple Airlines
Fri, Sep 18 - Thu, Sep 24
Multiple Airlines Logo
7:18 pm - 9:32 am
ELP
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SJC
15h 14m
1 stop
Multiple Airlines Logo
2:24 pm - 8:21 pm
SJC
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ELP
4h 57m
1 stop
$314Multiple Airlines
Tue, Sep 15 - Fri, Sep 18
American Airlines Logo
12:15 pm - 3:48 pm
ELP
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RNO
4h 33m
1 stop
American Airlines Logo
4:19 pm - 9:22 pm
RNO
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ELP
4h 03m
1 stop
$343American Airlines
Mon, Sep 14 - Thu, Sep 17
Alaska Airlines Logo
7:18 pm - 9:27 am
ELP
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OAK
15h 09m
1 stop
Alaska Airlines Logo
10:11 am - 6:38 pm
OAK
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ELP
7h 27m
1 stop
$349Alaska Airlines
Mon, Sep 14 - Thu, Sep 17
Alaska Airlines Logo
7:18 pm - 9:27 am
ELP
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OAK
15h 09m
1 stop
Alaska Airlines Logo
10:11 am - 6:38 pm
OAK
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ELP
7h 27m
1 stop
$359Alaska Airlines
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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 August.

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 Los Angeles, at $253 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 $253.

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 evening, when round-trip flights cost $376 on average. Morning departures are around 48% 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 $555.

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 $466, 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 September, when tickets cost $67 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are June and July, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $176 and $148 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 Wednesdays 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 3 weeks before departure, which saves you about 29% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 8 weeks before departure.

Good to know

Low seasonJanuary
Cheapest flight$68
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 12% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 4% lower on average.
Flight from El Paso to Las Vegas

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 $183 one-way - $281 round-trip; Los Angeles $247 one-way - $376 round-trip; San Diego $223 one-way - $383 round-trip

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

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from El Paso 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.
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7.9
Alaska AirlinesOverall score based on 12632 reviews
7.0Food
8.1Boarding
7.8Comfort
7.0Entertainment
8.5Crew
Airline reviews

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

10.0 ExcellentElena, Jun 2026
DFW - SAN
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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.

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.

Baggage check in would have been better if the service clerk told the other clerk that she was merging her two long lines of customers with her line so she could move luggage. Instead she only told the customers. When I told the agent and ask if she could direct who is next in line so we weren’t trying to cut in front of each other she said it’s not her problem and she can’t work three lines. I was shocked. Understood that they were working more than their share but some organization so the customers aren’t getting upset at each other would have gone a long way

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.

To have arrived on time and not 3 hours late after having already spent $100 to change to an earlier flight, only to arrive back home close to the original flight time.

American Airlines is a miserable experience. It is predictably miserable, in the sense that every time I fly American, I brace myself for the certainty that it will be unpleasant and uncomfortable. But it is unpredictable in the sense that I never know if the flight will be on time or delayed nine hours (both happened to me this week). I never know if I will be able to sit in the seat that I selected when I purchased the ticket or if I will be told by Customer Service (!!!) that I must relocate from first class to a seat in the back of the aircraft with no explanation (both happened to me this week). Will the food be frozen and half defrosted, or scalding hot? Will the drinks be warm? Will the flight attendants be surly and mean? Will the toilets be cramped and foul? Will the seats be narrow and uncomfortable? Will there be a real electric outlet at the seat, or just an unreliable USB-2 port? Will there be enough seats in the boarding lounge or just a few? Will the boarding process be smooth and efficient, or will the gate agents mess it up and delay it needlessly for 30 or 40 minutes? Will the catering and cleaning crew be prompt or will they take an extra 30 minutes? Will the brakes on the aircraft work properly, or will the pilot delay takeoff for four hours while the ground crew attends to what can only be described as routine maintenance that should have been done the night before? I've eexperienced every one of these unpleasant things this year, 2026. The only thing I can reliably count on is that American will find a new way to make the experience of flying as miserable as they possibly can.

The WiFi would not connect enough for me to do my actual work. It permaspooled, disconnected, said it was connected, then wouldn't open an email... it was frustrating. I am not a tall person, 5'4" - and I felt cramped with little room to reach into my bag under the seat in front of me. I feel sorry for anyone taller than me having to fly. the one positive thing I will add, is the overhead bins are roomy enough to manage more bags than other carriers.

Delayed for mechanical and no updates on what was happening and how long the delay might be.

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

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

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

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.

Very bad! No good service delayed my second connection flight

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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