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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 Idaho to California.

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

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 Idaho to California with an airline and back with another airline.

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

Idaho and California are connected by different airlines. The airlines that fly that route the most regularly are Alaska Airlines (84 flights per week), United Airlines (74 flights per week), and Southwest (49 flights per week).

There are 29 airports in California. The busiest airport is Los Angeles Airport (LAX), with 40% of all flights arriving there.

Prices will differ depending on the departure airport, but generally, the cheapest airport to fly to in California is Burbank Bob Hope Airport (BUR), with an average flight price of $130.

Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to California is Thursday where round-trip tickets can be as cheap as $394. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Sunday, where round-trip prices are $624 on average.

The cheapest time of day to fly to California is generally in the afternoon, when round-trip flights cost $348 on average. Morning departures are around 37% 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 $552.

The cheapest ticket to California from Idaho found in the last 5 days was to Oakland, at $90 round-trip. The most popular route is Boise (BOI) to San Francisco (SFO) and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 5 days was $198.

The cheapest month for flights from Idaho to California is February, when tickets cost $179 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are September and July, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $230 and $229 respectively.

To get a below average price on the flight from Idaho to California, you should book around 4 weeks before departure, which saves you about 55% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 7 weeks before departure.

From Idaho, there are direct flights to California from 3 cities. The city with the most direct flights is Boise, with 485 direct flights each week.

There are around 74 direct flights from within Idaho to California every day. Most flights (62%) depart in the morning.

Each week there are around 515 direct flights from within Idaho to California. The most common day for departures is Sunday, with 15% of flights taking off on this day.

An average nonstop flight from Idaho to California takes 3h 09m, covering a distance of 699 miles. The shortest route is Boise (BOI) to Sacramento (SMF) with an average flight time of 1h 25m.

There are not any long-haul (6-12 hour flight duration) or medium-haul (3-6 hour flight duration) flights to California. Instead, there are 515 short-haul flights (up to 3 hour flight duration), with the most arriving from Boise.

Based on KAYAK flight searches, the most popular destination is Las Vegas (17% of total searches to California). The next most popular destinations are San Francisco (16%) and Los Angeles (15%). Searches for flights to Sacramento (7%), to San Diego (7%) and to John Wayne (Santa Ana) (7%) are also popular.