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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 Kentucky to California.

KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight from Kentucky 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 Kentucky 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 Kentucky to California up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

There are 29 airports in California. The busiest airport is Los Angeles Airport (LAX), with 41% of all flights arriving there.

Prices will differ depending on the departure airport, but generally, the cheapest airport to fly to in California is Los Angeles Airport (LAX), with an average flight price of $174.

Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to California is Friday where round-trip tickets can be as cheap as $189. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Sunday, where round-trip prices are $526 on average.

The cheapest time of day to fly to California is generally at night, when round-trip flights cost $165 on average. Morning departures are around 30% 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 $306.

The cheapest ticket to California from Kentucky found in the last 5 days was to San Francisco, at $149 round-trip. The most popular route is Lexington (LEX) to Los Angeles (LAX) and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 5 days was $246.

The cheapest month for flights from Kentucky to California is August, when tickets cost $47 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are April and February, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $167 and $138 respectively.

To get a below average price on the flight from Kentucky to California, you should book around 5 weeks before departure, which saves you about 16% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 14 weeks before departure.

From Kentucky, there are direct flights to California from 1 city. This city is Louisville and there are 4 direct flights each week.

There are around 1 direct flights from within Kentucky to California every day. All flights depart in the morning.

Each week there are around 4 direct flights from within Kentucky to California. The most common day for departures is Monday, with 25% of flights taking off on this day.

An average nonstop flight from Kentucky to California takes 5h 46m, covering a distance of 1864 miles. The shortest route is Nashville (BNA) to Las Vegas (LAS) with an average flight time of 3h 50m.

There are not any long-haul (6-12 hour flight duration) or short-haul (up to 3 hour flight duration) flights to California. Instead, there are 4 medium-haul flights (3-6 hour flight duration), with the most arriving from Louisville.

Based on KAYAK flight searches, the most popular destination is Las Vegas (32% of total searches to California). The next most popular destinations are Los Angeles (23%) and San Francisco (9%). Searches for flights to Ontario (7%), to San Diego (6%) and to John Wayne (Santa Ana) (5%) are also popular.