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Cheap Flights from Los Angeles to California

Cheapest round-trip prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 5 days
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San Francisco
1h 19mNonstop
from $79per person
San Jose
1h 10mNonstop
from $82per person
San Diego
0h 54mNonstop
from $89per person
Sacramento
1h 25mNonstop
from $104per person
Oakland
1h 20mNonstop
from $139per person
Fresno
1h 09mNonstop
from $154per person
Arcata
2h 02mNonstop
from $154per person
Santa Rosa
1h 36mNonstop
from $167per person
Monterey
1h 15mNonstop
from $209per person
Palm Springs
1h 03mNonstop
from $223per person
San Luis Obispo
0h 55mNonstop
from $319per person
Redding
1h 45mNonstop
from $339per person
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Price, demand and travel trends for Los Angeles to California flights

Use KAYAK data on prices, travel dates, airlines and seasonal trends to compare options and book flights with more confidence.

What are the cheapest fares from Los Angeles to California recently?

The cheapest fares from Los Angeles to California on KAYAK in the last week were to San Francisco (SFO) from $79 round-trip and to San Jose (SJC) from $83 round-trip.

How do fares into airports in California compare?

According to KAYAK data from the last 12 months, the cheapest airports to fly into California from Los Angeles are:

• Merced Municipal (MCE) (avg. price $156)
• Imperial County (IPL) (avg. price $188)
• San Francisco (SFO) (avg. price $203)

Are flights from Los Angeles to California cheaper or more expensive than last year?

Fares from Los Angeles to California are about 4% higher than they were in November last year, averaging $239 round-trip.

What's the cheapest month to fly from Los Angeles to California?

December is typically the cheapest month to fly from Los Angeles to California, with round-trip fares averaging $210. July is usually the most expensive, averaging $249.

How do fares from Los Angeles to California vary by day of the week?

On average, Thursday is the cheapest day to fly from Los Angeles to California and Sunday is the most expensive. Looking at the past 12 months of KAYAK data, it's 24% more expensive to fly on a Sunday compared to Thursday.

What's the best time of day to fly from Los Angeles to California?

It's cheapest to fly to California in the evening with average prices of $205. The night is the most expensive time to fly, with average prices of $283.

What's the best time to book a flight from Los Angeles to California?

Book your flights 7 weeks before your trip. KAYAK data collected over the past 12 months shows that booking in this window can save you around 49% compared to booking at the last minute (within 2 weeks of departure).

Key details for Los Angeles to California flights

Low season

September

Cheapest flight

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Beat the crowds with an average 14% drop in travelers.
The most popular month to fly with an average 10% increase in travelers.
One-way flight from Los Angeles to San Diego

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-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-Jan 2025
Bring water and snacks with shorter flights as some routes will not offer it.
DavianFlew with Southwest-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-Jul 2024
Bring a sweater, just incase other people's ac makes you cool.
Verified travelerFlew with Alaska Airlines-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.

Your Los Angeles to California flight questions, answered

Find helpful answers about this route, including flight times, airports, airlines and booking tips.

  • Is now a good time to book a flight from Los Angeles to California?

    Yes. Fares from Los Angeles to California are low right now. As a rule of thumb, a round-trip under $153 (cheaper than most fares this year) is a good deal, so if you spot one at or below that, it's a good time to book.

  • How much should I budget for a flight from Los Angeles to California?

    Over the past 12 months, round-trip fares from Los Angeles to California have typically cost between $153 and $328.

  • What are the main airports serving California?

    There are 43 airports in California. 58% of KAYAK users choose San Francisco (SFO) as their arrival airport, while 15% choose San Jose (SJC).

  • Which airlines fly nonstop from Los Angeles to California?

    Based on the flight schedule for the next 3 months, 7 airlines operate nonstop flights from Los Angeles to California, including:

    • United Airlines
    • Delta
    • Southwest
    • Alaska Airlines
    • American Airlines

  • Which destinations in California can I fly nonstop from Los Angeles?

    Based on the flight schedule for the next 3 months, you can fly nonstop from Los Angeles to 15 destinations in California. The most popular among KAYAK travelers are San Francisco, San Jose and Sacramento.

  • Is it cheaper to fly with a layover from Los Angeles to California?

    No, nonstop flights from Los Angeles to California are typically the cheaper option, averaging $228 over the past 12 months.

  • How long is a flight from Los Angeles to California?

    Nonstop flights from Los Angeles to California take 1h 27m on average. The fastest scheduled flight takes 57m, flying into San Diego (SAN).

  • Which cabin classes are available from Los Angeles to California?

    On flights from Los Angeles to California you can book Economy Class, Premium Economy Class, Business Class or First Class.

  • What are some popular landmarks around California?

    California is home to many popular sights. KAYAK travelers' favorites include:

    • Universal Studios Hollywood
    • Gaslamp Quarter
    • Fisherman's Wharf
    • Venice Beach

  • What are the earliest and latest flights from Los Angeles to California?

    The earliest nonstop flight from Los Angeles to California departs at 5:45 am and the latest leaves at 10:55 pm. Nonstop flights take about 1h 27m.

Your guide to booking Los Angeles to California flights

Get tips on when to book, when to fly and what to know before your trip.
  • If you can plan ahead, the sweet spot for booking your flight is 7 weeks before your trip. KAYAK data shows fares in this window are around 49% lower than last-minute bookings (made within 2 weeks of departure). Not ready to commit? Set a Price Alert and we'll let you know when prices change.
  • Flexible with your dates? Fly in December to save some money. It's typically the cheapest month on this route, while flights in July will cost you the most.
  • Fly out on a Thursday to get the cheapest fares. Avoid Sunday flights, which are about 24% more expensive.
  • If you're watching your budget, fly into Merced Municipal (MCE) which has the lowest average airfare in the region. Just remember to budget for any onward travel by bus, car or domestic flight.
  • Start your trip in San Diego, the most popular destination in California. From there, it's easy to continue on to other popular spots such as Los Angeles, San Francisco and Anaheim.
  • Time or money? If speed matters most, fly from Los Angeles to Santa Barbara (SBA). If you're after the lowest fares, Merced Municipal (MCE) is usually your best bet.

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

 
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 4223 reviews
8.1Boarding
8.6Crew
7.0Food
8.0Comfort
7.5Entertainment
Airline reviews

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

2.0 MediocreJames, Apr 2026
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Terrible. Even though there’s assigned seating now, they are still the slowest boarding airline of anyone.

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.

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

The lead steward kept singing about "San Francisco" and hotel California---more annoying than humorous....needs work. Flight was smooth and on time.

Crew could have been friendlier, maybe I'm spoiled by SW crews. In flight wifi was good. Would be nice to have more food offerings on a 4 plus hour flight

Was as expected. Crowed planes. Too many carryons delaying takeoff. But the ride only took an hour and saved me a lot of time SFO is a not a great airport.

Can not wait for seating change to reduce the amount of pre boards - it’s disheartening the abuse. And then then deplaning

The flight took off late, which really stressed me out for 5 hours worrying about my connection. We started boarding late... not sure why. There was a long line for preboard of folks that needed assistance or were in wheelchairs and not enough attendants to help. There was one lady who seemed to hold up regular boarding bc she needed to consolidate her 3 bags into 2. I'm wondering why we all had to wait for her and not board around her. Crew on board was great! So funny, so helpful and very nice. They reassured me my connecting flight would wait... and it dead. Seems it was waiting on several connecting flights, so it took off late too. Overall a very long trip but I'm glad I didn't have to spend the night in the Baltimore airport. And why are SW terminals so far from each other. I had to haul from the end of one terminal to the end of different terminal to catch my flight.

Best domestic airline in the USA. Excellent fares and two bags included with every fare (only carrier to do so).

The crew was fabulous, outstanding, friendly, attentive and just great, really made my flight one of the best I've ever had, thank you southwest crew flight #474, from Los Angeles to San Francisco on April 2,2024

It might not have been their fault, but there was a two hour delay due to weather. Then we boarded and were about to leave when they said there were more problems at the destination, took us back to the gate where we had to fully deplane. But then five minutes later, they said everything was fine and to get back on the plane. This was the part that pissed everybody off.

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

You need a n/a category. Too short a flight for food. I love flying on Alaska from Santa Rosa Airport!

2 FLIGHT DELAYS? what an inconvenience to stay @the airport HALF THE DAY😳from 1pm till boarding @ 4pm pass 😠exhausting !

Flight was delayed - we left at 11:30 pm instead of 10:30 and it was extremely inconvenient. It affected both the day of the flight and the next day

Short flight so really no interaction with crew and there was no food. It was on time and comfortable. Liked the plugs in seat in front!

Quick, efficient, incredibly kind staff. It was a short flight (50 min)but still received beverage service. Treated my 5 year old like a star. Just endlessly appreciative.

I can't say yet as I'm still waiting for my luggage. I thought I had given my TSA # before my first flight but it wasn't on my boarding pass so my initial flying to my destination I wasn't able to utilize the device. I called Alaska Airlines and had it added to my profile. It still wasn't on my boarding pass so I had to go to an agent and have it added which took extra time as there was a line of people waiting to be helped.

Sat on tarmac for 30 minutes despite staring at three empty gates, one of which we eventually pulled into

The messaging about the change in flight destination and options for getting to SFO was poor. There should have been frequent updates. When I spoke to the boarding agent moment before we were supposed to board, he was flippant and offered no help before the announcement was made that transportation would be arranged. It was as poor of an experience that I've ever had.

Great overall experience and use of the Delta One lounge was amazing!

Rude staff from baggage check to gate crew. Poor instructions. Inconsistent application of baggage rules.

Requested an aisle seat at the gate and got it. The staff so friendly

Had to deplane 2 x due to problems with plane. Delayed over 6 hours ans was given a $12 food credit which barely oaud for anything and limited to wear incoukd redeem.

Very bad multiple confusion and miscommunication which i ended up missing my flight.

Delta is always late. Ruined our first day of a short vacation. Timing is important. We pay to stay on an itinerary

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

Staff were friendly and happy. Delta could make sure passengers that don't have the app know of changes. Without Kayak I would not have known about the change of gate or the delay. Kayak was faster to notify me.

There are 4 flights in consecutive gates with about the same departure time. Two flights were boarding at the same time. One was delayed or boarding would be happening at the same time. I am not sure what Delta and LAX need to do to have a better layout at the end of Terminal 2

I guess they don’t serve drinks on planes anymore

Wifi is very frustrating - could not connect and therefore unable to work on the trip

awesome team work seen since on board till off plane in my destination. thanks you so much.

My return flight to Honolulu (UA 1170) was on a 777-200. I’d forgotten the weird seating arrangement in first-class (2-2-2); I was in 1B, so I faced the passenger in 1C. Unfortunately, there was a problem with the flight computer, so we left LA an hour late (6:05pm). The meal I chose was Korean BBQ Glazed short rib. It was served with a nice salad and fried rice. This meal was better than breakfast on the outgoing leg. All in all, a decent flying experience. Ratings: 777: 3.75, food: 3.5, service: 5 (out of 5).

Baggage claim signs were not updated with my flight information, so I had to guess. The app wasn't updated either.

UA594 was delayed multiple times. I ended up getting picked up so I can make it in time for work 6AM on Monday, 7/6/2026

Boarded from a very small gate at LAX. Staff at gate had us line up, then waited 25 minutes to board without a word of explanation. Plane arrived on time then waited 20 minutes for a plane to vacate our gate. Majority of bags arrived after 15 minutes but it took an hour for a small number of remaining bags to be off-loaded despite my “priority” bag tag.

The gate was too far away for the connecting flight

For a 22 minute flight all you expect is for it to be safe and comfortable

Horrible. Delayed on both planes several times. No attempt to fix it

The seats seem to be a little cramped, and there really is no entertainment unless you use your own device, which I'm not able to do. The flight from LAX to Palm Springs - passengers put small items in the overhead bins, like small backpacks, jackets, purses. When I boarded, the bin over my seat was full and I had to search to find a bin for my roller bag. I noticed hardly anyone had an item stowed under their seat. There should be more guidelines for people to follow.

Airport staff was terrible, they made up excusses on how I can get to my terminal, I missed my flight then had to pay for A whole other flight! Worst experience ever, even A employee also loughed and said yea sorry for our poor training.

It was awful ....my first time flying on it and I will NEVER fly it again ....everything about it was terrible .....most especially the flight attendants

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

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.

I liked the turn-style feature at gate 209B at LAX. Very efficient process. The gate staff also made several, clearly directed announcements so I felt very informed.

The seats were awful, hard plastic covered in sheet vinyl. The airline tries to scam you into paying extra to get seat together when the flight wasn’t full. They were going to separate a family with young children but my wife who had a row to herself gave up her seat so the young mom could be with her young boys. I’m never giving this airline my money again.

It was a short flight so no food or entertainment….

Flight was delayed 3 times, would have been nice to have received text message instead of email notifications. Frontier app wasn’t even updated accordingly, no gate number disclosed. No agent at front desk of gate to inform of delay. Very confused and left if the dark

Horrible! The short distance flight ended up taking 5 hrs! There was a 3 hr delay for the flight to take off and there was a 70 min wait on the tarmac for some bogus reason that the pilot said the gate he was supposed to board was taken up. After a 30 min wait he said the plane that was supposed to push out of the gate called a medical emergency and 40 min later he ended up boarding another gate. For the initial 3 hr delay there was no information/alert about the gate or delay in the app or the boards up until the boarding time and even beyond! Had to walk all the way to the end of the terminal to find the frontier staff to ask what was going on. Avoid this airline at all costs! If you have carryon bags or checked bags , their prices come equivalent to the prices of more reliable airlines. They are the worst in timeliness at 60% (reported as delayed) this year (check the data) by a high margin even compared to the second worst airline. If you are ok with having a miserable flight experience with the odds close to flip of a coin, feel free to try them. If you value your time , money and flying experience, stay away.

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