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Cheap Flights from Fort Lauderdale to California

Cheapest round-trip prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
Los Angeles
Los Angelesnonstop$176
San Francisco
San Francisco1 stop$210
San Diego
San Diegononstop$237
San Jose
San Jose1 stop$317
Palm Springs
Palm Springs1 stop$327
Fresno
Fresno1 stop$317
San Luis Obispo
San Luis Obispo1 stop$369
Bakersfield
Bakersfield1 stop$520
Reno
Reno1 stop$268
Sacramento
Sacramento1 stop$325
Los Angeles
Los Angelesnonstop$176
San Francisco
San Francisco1 stop$210
San Diego
San Diegononstop$237
San Jose
San Jose1 stop$317
Palm Springs
Palm Springs1 stop$327
Fresno
Fresno1 stop$317
San Luis Obispo
San Luis Obispo1 stop$369
Bakersfield
Bakersfield1 stop$520
Reno
Reno1 stop$268
Sacramento
Sacramento1 stop$325

Book Cheap Fort Lauderdale 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 Fort Lauderdale 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.
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Recent round-trip flight deals from Fort Lauderdale to California

Thu, Apr 9 - Tue, May 12
Multiple Airlines Logo
7:14 pm - 9:43 pm
FLL
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LAS
5h 29mnonstop
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10:52 pm - 2:07 pm
LAS
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FLL
12h 15m
1 stop
$158Multiple Airlines
Fri, Apr 3 - Thu, Apr 9
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9:15 pm - 11:49 pm
FLL
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LAS
5h 34mnonstop
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9:51 am - 5:25 pm
LAS
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FLL
4h 34mnonstop
$159Multiple Airlines
Wed, Apr 15 - Tue, May 5
Multiple Airlines Logo
8:05 am - 1:43 pm
FLL
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LAS
8h 38m
1 stop
Multiple Airlines Logo
6:45 am - 5:50 pm
LAS
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FLL
8h 05m
1 stop
$161Multiple Airlines
Thu, Apr 9 - Mon, Apr 13
Spirit Airlines Logo
8:59 pm - 11:56 pm
FLL
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LAX
5h 57mnonstop
Spirit Airlines Logo
11:30 pm - 7:15 am
LAX
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FLL
4h 45mnonstop
$176Spirit Airlines
Tue, Apr 14 - Wed, Apr 22
Spirit Airlines Logo
6:05 pm - 9:02 pm
FLL
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LAX
5h 57mnonstop
Spirit Airlines Logo
5:30 am - 3:45 pm
LAX
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FLL
7h 15m
1 stop
$177Spirit Airlines
Fri, May 1 - Wed, May 6
JetBlue Logo
8:35 pm - 11:56 pm
FLL
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SFO
6h 21mnonstop
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11:05 pm - 7:30 am
SFO
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FLL
5h 25mnonstop
$224JetBlue
Wed, Apr 15 - Sat, Apr 18
JetBlue Logo
8:35 pm - 11:56 pm
FLL
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SFO
6h 21mnonstop
JetBlue Logo
11:10 pm - 7:32 am
SFO
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FLL
5h 22mnonstop
$231JetBlue
Wed, Apr 15 - Mon, Apr 27
Delta Logo
6:30 pm - 11:54 pm
FLL
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OAK
8h 24m
1 stop
Delta Logo
5:55 am - 5:11 pm
OAK
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FLL
8h 16m
1 stop
$289Delta
Wed, Apr 29 - Tue, May 5
Delta Logo
6:30 pm - 11:28 pm
FLL
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RNO
7h 58m
1 stop
Delta Logo
11:05 pm - 10:17 am
RNO
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FLL
8h 12m
1 stop
$291Delta
Tue, Apr 28 - Tue, May 5
United Airlines Logo
7:36 am - 5:37 pm
FLL
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RNO
13h 01m
2 stops
United Airlines Logo
5:30 am - 3:48 pm
RNO
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FLL
7h 18m
1 stop
$296United Airlines
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Fort Lauderdale to California flights

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

What is the cheapest Fort Lauderdale to California flight route?

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

The cheapest ticket to California from Fort Lauderdale found in the last 72 hours was to San Francisco, at $148 round-trip. The most popular route is from Fort Lauderdale (FLL) to Los Angeles (LAX), and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 72 hours was $154.

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

The average price for all round-trip flights from Fort Lauderdale 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 $215 on average. Morning departures are around 4% cheaper than evening flights, on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to California is generally in the evening, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $335.

Can I save money by flying with a layover from Fort Lauderdale 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 $352, prices are generally cheapest when you fly direct.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Fort Lauderdale to California?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Fort Lauderdale 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 Fort Lauderdale to California is October, when tickets cost $257 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and June, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $347 and $342 respectively.

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from Fort Lauderdale to California?

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

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

How far in advance should I book a flight from Fort Lauderdale 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 Fort Lauderdale 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 Fort Lauderdale to California, you should book around 3 weeks before departure, which saves you about 35% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 7 weeks before departure.

Good to know

Low seasonJanuary
Cheapest flight$59
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 1% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 11% lower on average.
Flight from Fort Lauderdale to Las Vegas

Flights from Fort Lauderdale to California: the best tips from KAYAK users

Insights shared by verified travelers who flew the route from Fort Lauderdale to California 
ShengFlew with United Airlines
FLL
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SFO
May 2024
Arrive early for morning flight. Airport had really long lines!
Verified travelerFlew with Spirit Airlines
FLL
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LAX
Feb 2024
The shuttles from the rental car drop off to the various terminals was an insanely long wait. The guy working the shuttle lines told everyone we could walk, that it would only take "4 minutes" to get to our terminal, but it ended up taking about 30 minutes. So hoards of people slugging their luggage to various terminals on the sidewalk was painful. The security lines were LONG, probably would've taken 1 hour to get through, but we paid for the Clear and it ended up being maybe 45 minutes instead. The TSA process was not super efficient and they only had a 3 lanes open out of the maybe 10 possible. Not too many nice shops or eating places near our gate. Will do everything to avoid flying to/from Ft Lauderdale in the future.

FAQs - booking California flights

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Fort Lauderdale 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 Fort Lauderdale to California.

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

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight from Fort Lauderdale 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 Fort Lauderdale 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 Fort Lauderdale 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 Fort Lauderdale 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 Fort Lauderdale 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 Fort Lauderdale to the following destinations at these prices or less: Las Vegas $78 one-way - $212 round-trip; Los Angeles $171 one-way - $255 round-trip; San Francisco $173 one-way - $300 round-trip

Reviews of the top 5 airlines serving from Fort Lauderdale to California

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Fort Lauderdale 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 Fort Lauderdale 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.
7.9
DeltaOverall score based on 8293 reviews
7.9Comfort
8.1Boarding
8.5Crew
7.8Entertainment
7.2Food
Airline reviews

Left a few minutes early. Got in 15 minutes early. Very attentive service on board. Very organized boarding.

10.0 ExcellentCharles, Mar 2026
ABQ - LAX
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Left a few minutes early. Got in 15 minutes early. Very attentive service on board. Very organized boarding.

There’s not much to say about a one hour flight. This is a connection from LA to RNO that I missed the previous night due to a mechanical check delay on my originating flight from JFK to LAX. The short flight itself was fine. Instructions from the pilot and crew were per usual. The coffee was barely lukewarm, which possibly was purposeful so we would down it quickly. Bags were already on carousel upon reaching baggage claim, which was excellent.

An awesome flight crew. FC seat cushion just doesn’t cut it for a 3+ hour flight.

Delta continues to set the benchmark for traveler-friendly service with minimal disruption and clear communication within the mainland US (coast to coast). I am consistently pleased to be a Delta customer, and this experience once again met my expectations. There was a brief delay departing from MIA due to a technical issue that required the aircraft to return to the gate. However, the situation was handled professionally and transparently. Fortunately, my planned layover allowed ample buffer time, so the adjustment caused no stress. Overall, another smooth and reassuring experience.

Awesome! On time flight, early arrival, and a complimentary upgrade!

Was forced to check in my small carry on, even though I informed the crew it has very fragile items inside

They double booked seats, the gate staff changed my ticket as I was boarding she went over to the computer and changed it without telling me. She messed up an entire three row section for me and others. Other travelers were outraged but the gate staff were so rude, so condescending saying it wasn't their problem to solve. I would rate this a zero if I could. Will not fly Delta again I'll stick with United and American.

Comfort seating was on the tight side. Maybe it was a smaller plane(?)

Excellent flight and got us around tough weather. Only issue was seat TV did not work and crew tried to reboot.

I usually get upgraded so my experience is usually amazing. I did not get upgraded this time - which was fine - but the wifi had issues, the monitors were going in & out, & (though not Delta's fault) one of the gentlemen next to me desperately needed a shower.

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.

Flight cancelled 2 hours prior to boarding. No explanation. No refunds.

Delayed by 1.5 hours. Terrible apologies, half hearted at best. It will be a LONG time until i book w Jet Blue again. Very disappointed.

They made me check my bag and I didn't need to as there was overhead space available. I paid for a seat towards the front of the plane and it didn't recline. I requested a refund and they declined to give me one.

I have to congratulate Kayak (and Dylan the Chatdeal agent) because because when we decided extended our trip in Florida by two days, there were many direct flights oprions back to Boston available on the Friday we wanted to fly on the JetBlue website, but once I canceled the original JetBlue flight on their website, those direct return options disappeared immediatley! I think it's a game JetBlue plays. . Luckily, I checked Kayak and they had a direct flight that wasn't appearing on JetBlue's website and so I booked it, and we were able to fly home direct through the Kayak booking when JetBlue was offering nothing (even though I have been a True Blue member for 20 years, and also am a Mosaic member). So much for loyalty- their algorithm for booking is like a shell game. JetBlue used to be a good company but now they're worse than anyone. Also I was originally booked this trip to Florida, two months before the departure date, I booked the trip on JetBlue's website and then after the payment part, they said there was a problem and that I needed to do the booking again, so when I immediately went to rebook , the price had gone up 30%! I called them and it sounded like they had heard this so many times before and the guy told me to check back in 10 minutes and the price would be back to where it was when I was booking- it but it never was. How could the price go up 30% in one minute two months before the flight???? They're playing a game with their customers. Anyways, I booked a cheaper flight then at a less convenient time. So fast forward two months the night before the 7 AM flight, they sent me an email at midnight when I was sleeping to let me know that my flight at 7 AM had been canceled. The only thing they offered was a flight that night from from a different airport (Providence) to a different airport in Florida (West Palm Beach) or a flight two days later. No compensation, nothing. They couldn't of tried to get another plane to the Boston airport? They had all night to do it. I passed on their ridiculous options and flew with Delta and it was a great experience. Of course, I had to pay a lot more booking on the same day, but JetBlue doesn't care. I put in a lengthy complaint with the agent who assured me someone would get back to me by email within three days and I haven't heard a thing. JetBlue used to be a good company but now they're among the worst. The only thing they still have is decent legroom, but the corporate bean counters will probably start taking that away too.

We were made to wait in the airport for six hours for a flight that was ultimately canceled.

Crew were fantastic and so catering and wonderful! Full score for the entire crew!

Friendly crew, efficient boarding and flight arrived early. Couldn’t ask for a better experience

Horribly rude check in at airport, worst in 25 years of flying. All over a simple issue they could have googled to resolve.

1) No pilot available for 1 hour 2) no room for most passengers careyon in overhead—-> stowed below 3) when we landed we had to wait 45 min. Before docking at gate as gate was not ready

Good. No issues except a slight delay. Crew came in late.

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

The flight was significantly delayed for 6.5 hours because of snow. There was no communication once the plane returned to the gate regarding when the flight would resume. Other flights were departing while our flight was being unloaded for reasons unknown. Our flight also seemed out of the queue regarding further deicing, refueling, and waiting to Taxi to the runway.

They are always late and seats was also not having working charger

did not have enough meal for first class passengers so offer us snack

Amazing I love American. I’ll never fly anyone else if I can help it.

Little warm on the plane and delayed for an hour

Everything about the flight was lovely. My only suggestion would be to offer a few more options of tv series from Apple TV or HBO.

After the door had been closed, the cockpit makes an announcement that catering is running late and it is not the airline's fault. It is their fault in the sense that we had to sit for 2 hours or more when we could have stayed in the terminal. Poor communications between catering and airline. This caused a young man to lose his temper and he went storming out hitting objects. He had complained to the gate agent that he had already waited at the gate 7 hours and when can the airplane leave? Airilnes do a poor job of explaining delays, maintenance issues, etc. whereas being truthful may gain more sympathy or understanding.

For whatever reason, the flight was not catered -we were told it would be a 45 minute delay waiting for catering - so no food. There were opened candy and peanuts in the seatback pocket. Flight landed early in DFW but due to the assigned gate not being available, we sat on the ground for 30 minutes waiting for the gate to open - making the flight actually arrive at the gate late.

We were told the flight was delayed 5 times, then it was moved to the next day.

Bad airline to travel with my flight was delayed for more than 3 hours they act like it’s normal

My flight was ultimately cancelled but the lack of updates and professionalism from the crew leading up to the cancellation announcement was frustrating for all passengers.

Delay due to personnel issues on Spirit’s end. Original departure time 9:30pm. Took off at 2:15am. Lost an entire night’s sleep bc Spirit couldn’t get a crew together. Very poor.

If there are delays, it takes less than a minute for a Spirit employee to make an announcement. It’s very simple.

I’m still waiting to get on the flight. No one knows what’s happening. The passengers have gotten no updates. We have been up all night and waiting at the airport. This is no way to operate and we should be refunded for this lack of respect for their passengers.

Flight was delayed, then undelayed, then delayed again. Gate was changed to the other side of the airport. Horrible seats with no screens. Spirit os truly awful, even for a budget option.

The flight was delayed by two hours, then by three hours. Then, at 10:01, a notification that the flight was back on schedule for the original time. I just happened to be getting on a train to go to the airport at 10 just to be extra early for the delayed departure when I saw the update come through. I got to the train terminal at the airport at 11:07. A shuttle immediately arrived and offloaded, but didn't show anyone on before speeding off. It was 30 minutes before another arrived. I finally got to the terminal and through security and to the gate just in time for them to tell me the door had just been locked. Flight closed. I had to wait until the next day to fly out. No or for a hotel, a meal, nothing.

Everything is an additional fee. No one said anything when I checking in and got my boarding pass about my small carry on suitcase. Charged me $100 at the gate for that little bag that I still had to take with me. Delays for both flights for no reason and then when I asked everyone said something different. Never flying spirit again. If it was just one thing maybe. This was a show from the minute I got to the airport.

I have to wait for the flight for 3 hours. The gate was switching for 5 times. Made feel frustrated. Delays took all my sleep. I went to work without any sleep.

They changed our boarding gates at the last minute! No one at gate told us! It was finally announced over loud speaker but the person spoke very broken English and couldn’t understand!! Just went to information board to confirm. Had a “ medical emergency “ they called it and we couldn’t use bathrooms ( I understand) The flight attendant allowed the teenager sitting in my row to move to be with friend? Would have loved the same from my husband at back of plane! Why did attendant ask me twice to push my bag under the seat and NEVER once said anything to man in aisle across from me?? His was laying in floor!! Rate food? What food? Just drinks were offered for a price. Should be against the law to charge $5 for water. No… not the best flight.

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