$36 Find Cheap Flights from Los Angeles to California

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Cheap Flights from Los Angeles to California

Cheapest round-trip prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
San Francisco
San Franciscononstop$97
San Diego
San Diego1 stop$107
San Jose
San Josenonstop$87
Palm Springs
Palm Springsnonstop$239
Fresno
Fresno1 stop$149
San Luis Obispo
San Luis Obispononstop$239
Bakersfield
Bakersfield1 stop$466
Arcata
Arcata1 stop$181
Redding
Reddingnonstop$259
Crescent City
Crescent City2 stops$854
Imperial
Imperialnonstop$151
Merced
Mercednonstop$127
Reno
Renononstop$143
Sacramento
Sacramentononstop$76
San Francisco
San Franciscononstop$97
San Diego
San Diego1 stop$107
San Jose
San Josenonstop$87
Palm Springs
Palm Springsnonstop$239
Fresno
Fresno1 stop$149
San Luis Obispo
San Luis Obispononstop$239
Bakersfield
Bakersfield1 stop$466
Arcata
Arcata1 stop$181
Redding
Reddingnonstop$259
Crescent City
Crescent City2 stops$854
Imperial
Imperialnonstop$151
Merced
Mercednonstop$127
Reno
Renononstop$143
Sacramento
Sacramentononstop$76

Book Cheap Los Angeles 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 Los Angeles 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 Los Angeles to California

Wed, May 20 - Sat, May 23
Spirit Airlines Logo
6:30 am - 7:41 am
LAX
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LAS
1h 11mnonstop
Spirit Airlines Logo
9:18 pm - 10:35 pm
LAS
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LAX
1h 17mnonstop
$66Spirit Airlines
Tue, May 19 - Fri, May 22
Spirit Airlines Logo
6:30 am - 7:41 am
LAX
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LAS
1h 11mnonstop
Spirit Airlines Logo
9:53 am - 11:07 am
LAS
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LAX
1h 14mnonstop
$67Spirit Airlines
Sat, May 23 - Sat, May 30
Frontier Logo
8:27 pm - 9:46 pm
LAX
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LAS
1h 19mnonstop
Frontier Logo
7:45 am - 9:03 am
LAS
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LAX
1h 18mnonstop
$69Frontier
Tue, May 26 - Thu, May 28
Frontier Logo
12:08 pm - 1:30 pm
LAX
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LAS
1h 22mnonstop
Frontier Logo
6:08 pm - 7:32 pm
LAS
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LAX
1h 24mnonstop
$71Frontier
Tue, May 26 - Tue, Jun 2
United Airlines Logo
9:17 am - 10:56 am
LAX
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RNO
1h 39mnonstop
United Airlines Logo
6:55 pm - 10:37 pm
RNO
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LAX
3h 42m
1 stop
$143United Airlines
Wed, May 27 - Wed, Jun 3
United Airlines Logo
6:00 am - 9:27 am
LAX
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RNO
3h 27m
1 stop
United Airlines Logo
6:00 am - 7:38 am
RNO
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LAX
1h 38mnonstop
$147United Airlines
Tue, May 26 - Sat, May 30
Delta Logo
8:20 am - 9:52 am
LAX
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RNO
1h 32mnonstop
Delta Logo
10:32 am - 12:09 pm
RNO
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LAX
1h 37mnonstop
$157Delta
Tue, May 26 - Tue, Jun 2
Alaska Airlines Logo
6:22 pm - 7:59 pm
LAX
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STS
1h 37mnonstop
Alaska Airlines Logo
5:21 pm - 7:01 pm
STS
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LAX
1h 40mnonstop
$157Alaska Airlines
Fri, May 29 - Sat, May 30
Alaska Airlines Logo
7:45 pm - 9:22 pm
LAX
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STS
1h 37mnonstop
Alaska Airlines Logo
5:21 pm - 6:53 pm
STS
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LAX
1h 32mnonstop
$177Alaska Airlines
Sat, May 30 - Mon, Jun 1
Delta Logo
7:00 am - 1:00 pm
LAX
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MFR
6h 00m
1 stop
Delta Logo
12:21 pm - 8:16 pm
MFR
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LAX
7h 55m
1 stop
$197Delta
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Los Angeles to California flights

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

What is the cheapest Los Angeles to California flight route?

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

The cheapest ticket to California from Los Angeles found in the last 72 hours was to Sacramento, at $58 round-trip. The most popular route is from Los Angeles (LAX) to San Francisco (SFO), and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 72 hours was $105.

Can I save money by flying with a layover from Los Angeles 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.

Yes, flying with a layover may cost you more time, but you can also save money on the route, with a 2 stops layover the cheapest option at $228 on average.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Los Angeles to California?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Los Angeles 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 Los Angeles to California is July, when tickets cost $189 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are March and January, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $241 and $237 respectively.

Good to know

Low seasonJanuary
Cheapest flight$36
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 1% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 5% lower on average.
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Flights from Los Angeles to California: the best tips from KAYAK users

Insights shared by verified travelers who flew the route from Los Angeles to California 
CaseyFlew with Scandinavian Airlines
LAX
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SAN
May 2025
Better concession options on other terminals than 3, if you’re flying Delta. Explore if you have time.
Verified travelerFlew with Alaska Airlines
LAX
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SFO
Jan 2025
Bring water and snacks with shorter flights as some routes will not offer it.
DavianFlew with Southwest
LAX
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OAK
Sep 2024
Don't rent a car or Uber. Add Clipper Card to your digital phone wallet and use it to take the Bart! It was super easy and very clean with spectacular views along the way
Verified travelerFlew with Alaska Airlines
LAX
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SFO
Jul 2024
Bring a sweater, just incase other people's ac makes you cool.
Verified travelerFlew with Alaska Airlines
LAX
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SFO
May 2024
Please be prepared to check in your luggage even if there is available space in the overhead bins. Despite the availability of space, Alaska Airlines employees refused to allow us to bring our bags onto the plane and insisted that we check them in.

FAQs - booking California flights

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Los Angeles 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 Los Angeles to California.

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

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight from Los Angeles 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 Los Angeles 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 Los Angeles 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 Los Angeles 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 Los Angeles 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 Los Angeles to the following destinations at these prices or less: Las Vegas $86 one-way - $131 round-trip; San Francisco $130 one-way - $202 round-trip

Reviews of the top 5 airlines serving from Los Angeles to California

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Los Angeles 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 Los Angeles 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.
8.0
SouthwestOverall score based on 4314 reviews
8.0Comfort
7.5Entertainment
8.6Crew
8.1Boarding
7.0Food
Airline reviews

This leg was much better, but we did have to have a 3 hour lay o er after coming from a very exhausting hiccup with our flight from BNA to Den

8.0 ExcellentCheryl, Apr 2026
DEN - SBA
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This leg was much better, but we did have to have a 3 hour lay o er after coming from a very exhausting hiccup with our flight from BNA to Den

Terrible. Even though there’s assigned seating now, they are still the slowest boarding airline of anyone.

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

It was good from LAX to Phoenix, But the connection in Phoenix to Tulsa was not that great. The staff on both flights were great. The choice of free entertainment was ok nothing to brag about. The 45 min delay because of some electrical issue wasn't great from Phoenix to Tulsa. We sat there with hardly any air, The seat I had was between windows so the side of the plane pushed in on you. My being a bigger man it then made the seating area uncomfortable. The seats on the plane had no power to connect to recharge your phone or anything. I would recommend that they should look into a slot or clamp to hold your phone to enjoy while watching the entertainment choices hands-free. Also make it possible to raise the inner seat by the window be able to raise the arm rest up to make more room for larger people to set more comfortably. I would also say other then that stop price gouging the airfare or nickel and diming everything. Not fair for people having to fly for emergencies and be paying for higher prices due to the season or holidays. Your making your money either way and the cost of flying is still going to be the same regardless if there's 100 people or 200 people.

Boarding was easy. The seats are small and fairly uncomfortable

The problem with the seat assignments is that there were a lot of rows in the front that were empty but my row at the back was full. Just not so pleasant.

No food or entertainment, just a quick 40 minute flight. A little bumpy due to Santa Ana winds but pilot has no control over that. Good flight and landing!

Good but I prefer choose your own seat. With the new assigned seats they should board from the back I see no advantage to this new boarding. Just like every other airline

Flight boarded late after announcing on time boarding. Flight arrived only a little late despite late departure. Had trouble connecting to WiFi

Mediocre. Boarding is now unpleasant. The employees, once friendly and nice, are now regularly speaking sternly to passengers, badgering them to do things right so they can take off on time and gate check bags because they don't have enough overhead bin space. The pretzel snack was crushed flat and broken into even smaller pieces, which happens frequently lately. Drink service was suspended before they reached my row.

Agent could not provide me a boarding pass for the second leg of my flights - yet with a partner airline. Not understood.

Alaska is consistently the best in all categories. Excellent airlines and employees

Our flight when we finally got rerouted to a different destination than we were going was fine. But 2 days was taken out of our vacation because our flit was cancelled. We understand mechanical problems and of course don’t want to be on a plane that has mechanical problems.Wish there had been another solution.

The bathroom trash container under the sink fell out and was like that long before my flight. The plane smelled of canned fish and floor was Deteriorating

My TSA pre check was left Off my boarding pass which was a large inconvenience.

Alaska is a great airline. Unfortunately, our flight was canceled in a really late hour and it caused a lot of hardship in my travel process.

More comfortable than the flight to Los Angeles. But food was mediocre again. Attendants kind and courteous.

I behave had better flights this one was old and poor

I haven’t flown in over 20 years and had my grandkids, so I had lots of questions. They were very polite and helpful . Thank you.

Was notified the departure would be late. Later on it was suddenly on time. Traffic by LAX was horrendous, and I missed the flight.

Everything went smoothly, although the usual gripes about airline travel were still present: the boarding process is inefficient, the snack selection is limited, and so on. Since there was extra space on the flight, the gate agent rearranged many people's seats to put people on the aisles and windows, leaving the middle seats empty, as much as possible, which was pretty great.

While they turned off most cabin lights to allow people to sleep, I was bothered by how bright the side lights still were. It was still quite bright for me in a window seat, when I wish I could have slept!

One of the flight attendants was a little cranky. I appreciated the free wifi and plug to charge my laptop

WiFi didn’t work most of the time. The usb chargers would work only occasionally for 5 mins and wouldn’t charge after that. Had to keep trying repeatedly at each of the seats in the row.

The crew bent over backwards to thank us for flying and make us comfortable. The food service was quick and efficient. The Captain communicated and said goodbye and thank you as we departed. They really stood out!

Generally on time departures and arrivals, clean planes, sky miles membership provides great benefits (complimentary upgrades, etc).

N Everything was perfect from boarding to assistance to baggage in Tampa

my mom urmila patel needed a wheelchair which was not available on the curbside. she needed to walk almost 50 meters inside (at the risk of falling) and then had to wait in line to get a wheelchair (this is not ok). Once obtained she had to seat in it for 30-45 minutes for someone to take her in thru the checkin process (which was fairly smooth and easy). the lady who helped her with her checkin process was very courteous and helpful

Fast, lovely scenery, great info on the Delta flight screen about landmarks we were flying over. Great landing!

Staff at the check-in counter were friendly, happy and helpful. They tagged our bags and sent us to “bag drop off” but were not very clear about where that was. The airport was busy we headed off in what we thought was the right direction until a gentleman waved us down and actually came after us. He was the baggage handler for Delta and recognized our “deer in the headlights “ look-he brought us to the right area (which was marked as the Southwest Airlines Drop Off) and sent us on our way. Wonderful guy, low key and working with a big smile on his face. Loved it. Loved him.

Outstanding service, efficient & friendly crew, flight was safe, comfortable & on time

Food was surprisingly delicious. Space in the seat is horrible when the seating front is reclined. Movie offerings were terrible. Crew was friendly and helpful.

The business class seat is exceptional. I wish the food is more palatable.

My flight was canceled a few hours before boarding. I was rebooked on Copa airlines and missed an important meeting .

Business class seats felt very cramped compared to other airlines.

OK, we were delayed and had to de plane and reboard.

Flight delayed for more than 16 hrs and no effort was spent to provide an alternate

it was a very short flight so my expectations were low.

Very disappointing given gate agent behavior. Filed a formal complaint with United.

Crew was great (professional, attentive, prompt). Snacks for 4 hrs flight is deplorable.

They didn’t offer a water, even after I asked

Remind customers of the need to have passport or new ID for boarding.

The flight never took off and we spent 7 hours at the airport

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

It was ok. It was expensive to check 2 bags ($75.00 per bag), and then it took a long time to wait for shuttle to take us from one terminal to the terminal where the plane was taking off at LAX. And all of this for a flight where we had to pay for any food or drink that was not water.

When I wanted to check in 3 hours prior to boarding time, the employees mentioned “a little over an hour delay” so I waited for an hour then I went to go look for food in the terminal and most people from that flight were in the same area looking for food. Finally I decided after food to check to see if it’s anytime closer and now it’s 2 mins until boarding closes?! What are you kidding me? I didn’t receive anything via sms about boarding now nor via email or on the intercom. I luckily made it through, barely, and then there’s no room for my carry on mind you I’m in the very first row so I had to place my purse in one further row back and my carry on sections down. Not sure who pays for better seats to get your stuff placed all over the plane but that was the worst experience I’ve ever had flying with anyone.

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.

This airline sucks. They offer low rates then charge you for everything, the app does not work well, the seats are the most uncomfortable. Maintenance issues on the flight, and you still have to sit through their credit card commercials. People are nice enough but does not make up for overall poor experience.

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