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Cheap Flights from Madison to California

Cheapest round-trip prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
Los Angeles
Los Angeles1 stop$265
San Francisco
San Francisco1 stop$268
San Diego
San Diego1 stop$260
San Jose
San Jose1 stop$333
Palm Springs
Palm Springs1 stop$313
Fresno
Fresno1 stop$349
Arcata
Arcata2 stops$459
Redding
Redding2 stops$612
Reno
Reno1 stop$281
Los Angeles
Los Angeles1 stop$265
San Francisco
San Francisco1 stop$268
San Diego
San Diego1 stop$260
San Jose
San Jose1 stop$333
Palm Springs
Palm Springs1 stop$313
Fresno
Fresno1 stop$349
Arcata
Arcata2 stops$459
Redding
Redding2 stops$612
Reno
Reno1 stop$281

Book Cheap Madison 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 Madison 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 Madison to California

Sat, Oct 10 - Tue, Oct 13
Frontier Logo
7:54 pm - 7:25 am
MSN
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LAS
13h 31m
1 stop
Frontier Logo
12:59 am - 6:47 pm
LAS
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MSN
15h 48m
1 stop
$249Frontier
Tue, Jul 14 - Tue, Jul 21
Frontier Logo
7:55 pm - 11:29 pm
MSN
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LAS
5h 34m
1 stop
Frontier Logo
6:00 am - 7:10 pm
LAS
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MSN
11h 10m
1 stop
$250Frontier
Tue, Aug 25 - Sat, Aug 29
Delta Logo
2:51 pm - 8:19 pm
MSN
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RNO
7h 28m
1 stop
Delta Logo
11:08 pm - 10:27 am
RNO
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MSN
9h 19m
1 stop
$281Delta
Sat, Aug 15 - Tue, Aug 18
American Airlines Logo
7:00 am - 6:24 pm
MSN
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RNO
13h 24m
2 stops
American Airlines Logo
12:55 pm - 8:40 pm
RNO
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MSN
5h 45m
1 stop
$286American Airlines
Fri, Aug 28 - Mon, Aug 31
Breeze Airways Logo
9:10 am - 11:27 am
MSN
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LAX
4h 17mnonstop
Breeze Airways Logo
12:12 pm - 6:10 pm
LAX
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MSN
3h 58mnonstop
$287Breeze Airways
Sat, Dec 12 - Tue, Dec 15
Delta Logo
11:11 am - 6:38 pm
MSN
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SNA
9h 27m
1 stop
Delta Logo
12:20 pm - 10:34 pm
SNA
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MSN
8h 14m
1 stop
$289Delta
Sat, Aug 15 - Tue, Aug 18
American Airlines Logo
7:00 am - 6:24 pm
MSN
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RNO
13h 24m
2 stops
American Airlines Logo
12:55 pm - 12:10 am
RNO
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MSN
9h 15m
2 stops
$291American Airlines
Mon, Jul 27 - Mon, Aug 3
Breeze Airways Logo
9:10 am - 11:27 am
MSN
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LAX
4h 17mnonstop
Breeze Airways Logo
12:12 pm - 6:10 pm
LAX
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MSN
3h 58mnonstop
$297Breeze Airways
Sat, Dec 5 - Sat, Dec 12
United Airlines Logo
6:30 am - 12:00 pm
MSN
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SNA
7h 30m
1 stop
United Airlines Logo
2:03 pm - 10:53 pm
SNA
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MSN
6h 50m
1 stop
$307United Airlines
Tue, Oct 27 - Mon, Nov 2
United Airlines Logo
3:57 pm - 10:00 pm
MSN
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SNA
8h 03m
1 stop
United Airlines Logo
2:03 pm - 10:53 pm
SNA
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MSN
6h 50m
1 stop
$319United Airlines
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Madison to California flights

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

How much is a round-trip flight from Madison to California?

This analysis is based on the cheapest round-trip price found on KAYAK in the last 12 months by searching for a flight from Madison to California departing in August.

What is the cheapest Madison to California flight route?

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

The cheapest ticket to California from Madison found in the last 5 days was to Los Angeles, at $159 round-trip. The most popular route is from Madison (MSN) to Los Angeles (LAX), and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 5 days was $159.

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

The average price for all round-trip flights from Madison 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 morning, when round-trip flights cost $298 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 $298.

Can I save money by flying with a layover from Madison 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 $418, prices are generally cheapest when you fly direct.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Madison to California?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Madison 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 Madison to California is August, when tickets cost $91 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are February and January, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $248 and $222 respectively.

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

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

If you are looking for a flight deal from Madison to California, look for departures on Sundays 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 Saturday is the most expensive.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Madison 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 Madison 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 Madison to California, you should book around 4 weeks before departure, which saves you about 19% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 21 weeks before departure.

Good to know

Low seasonJanuary
Cheapest flight$120
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 9% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 47% increase in price.
Flight from Madison to Las Vegas

FAQs - booking California flights

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

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

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

  • How many flights are there between Madison and California per day?

    There is a maximum of 1 nonstop flight a day that takes off from Madison and lands in California, with an average flight time of 4h 17m. The most common departure time is 9:00 am and most flights take off in the morning. Each week, there are 2 flights.

Top tips for finding cheap flights to California

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found tickets from Madison to the following destinations at these prices or less: Los Angeles $143 one-way - $303 round-trip

Reviews of the top 5 airlines serving from Madison to California

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Madison 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.
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8.2
Breeze AirwaysOverall score based on 296 reviews
6.7Food
8.4Boarding
8.2Comfort
6.7Entertainment
8.8Crew
Airline reviews

Flight was great except for lunatic lady and her mother sitting middle/window who went nuts when the woman on the aisle wouldn’t stand up right away to let them out even though the aisle was full. Police had to be called. Some people just shouldn’t be allowed to fly.

10.0 ExcellentPaul, Jun 2026
CHS - HPN
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Flight was great except for lunatic lady and her mother sitting middle/window who went nuts when the woman on the aisle wouldn’t stand up right away to let them out even though the aisle was full. Police had to be called. Some people just shouldn’t be allowed to fly.

Flight attendants were wonderful. Seats were comfortable “Nicest” bundle). No screens or meal, but it is a budget airline.

it is an economy airline so lack of perks expected .. however an efficient board, clean plane, pleasant crew and an early arrival for half the price of full service airline

Very quick and easy process from check in to deboarding and baggage claim. Crew was professional and friendly. Flight was smooth and on time. Very convenient for short flights.

It was easy and very comfortable! The crew was accommodating and cheerful. I enjoyed myself!

I normally have very good experiences with Breeze. The crew is great, pricing is excellent, and the planes are new and usually clean. This time in Huntsville we were delayed, which I understand can happen, however we were moved from one gate to the opposite side of the terminal and then back again... There was a lot of confusion. Also, my seat had a lot of food crumbs still on the floor where I had to stow my bookbag, so that was a bit disappointing. Other than that, all was good. Crew was great as usual!

Our flight was delayed 7 hours. Due to a change in equipment we were downgraded from "Nicest" to "Nicer," even having to pay for a soft drink. Disappointing. To Breeze's credit that issued a $100 flight credit. A refund would have been more appreciated.

Lost my luggage and terrible experience with customer service trying to track it down

10 hour delay with minimal updates. Couldn’t leave terminal and then ended up on redeye with a dirty broken plane. It is literally impossible to reach customer service via gate agent, app, phone, text or email.

I was surprised with Breeze Airlines. It was my first time flying with them, and I was hesitant. It was a great experience. The seats are really comfortable. You have much more space than other airlines, and they are better quality seats. The service was amazing, and we landed almost an hour before schedule. It was an amazing experience; I really recommend Breeze Airlines.

Crew was real good, flight was smooth and came in early.

Love me some Delta. One of the few airlines to recognize and support veterans. Easy boarding, flight was on time and arrived early and the flight attendants were excellent on this flight.

We sat on the runway for over an hour before departure. That was unwelcome.

Flight delayed four separate times. I’m now one hour hours late to landing.

worst flight ever from Delta, it got delayed and kept on delaying..

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.

Very late arrival at PWM. Late jet getting to ATL. Equipment problem with aircraft - could not get enough water onto plane., Another delay getting FAA approval for flight with bottled H2O. Not the crew’s problem.

Know that the movies that you are going to be offered are the oldest be rated movies they could possibly get. They may have one or two new movies that they keep advertising but when you’re flying 15 hours, there is nothing to see past the first new movie.

This was an overnight flight, and in the morning they did know coffee service. How you can throw passengers in a San Francisco airport at 5:40 a.m. in the morning and not giving them Coffee is a crime.

Our flight was delayed several Times due to mechanical issues. Although I understand this may happen at times, it was very inconvenient and we had to book a hotel for an overnight stay. We were traveling with my 3-yo grandson and waiting at the airport from noon until 6:30pm with no reassurance that our next rescheduled flight would depart, we had to decide what’s best for him. A day later, I found out that I may be able to demand compensation if my flight is delayed more than 4 hours. I will hav to read the fine print next time.

Service was professional and quick. Premium economy seat was comfortable given the class

Like: departed and arrived on time. Unlike: Food options for purchase allways bad, 1 of 2 of the crew members not very friendly at all. Seats and leg room aweful. At this point I am thinking on switching to AA.

The staff was extremely helpful and friendly at all times! They went above and beyond to get us into an earlier flight in San Diego to make our connection in SFO possible, because our original flight did actually not make it! I did so much appreciate the UA team and how they made this possible. We also didn’t have seats together on the long flight to Singapore, but they found us seats together last moment with no additional cost! Nobody sat next to us, so that we were able to sleep! Thanks to UA for improving their service and Underpricer for booking this trip! Please be careful: 1,5 hrs for transfer in San Francisco might not be enough time in the future

Packed flight, which makes it tough on crew and boarding staff (and the customers of course). But this was great boarding, clear instructions, etc. Traveling on the weekends are always fraught with danger as you have families and less frequent flyers thus more confusion. But this flight went as planned.

Destroyed my suitcase. Tired of talking about it. Cancelling my unite mileage plus account.

New plane was lovely. Crew customer service is always lax but expected. Kraft on time and arrived safely.

Flight cancelled due to fog. No other flights available for 36 hours. Directed by United to book passage on another carrier, and submit receipts for reimbursement. Did that. United now states they will not reimburse. Currently out 2 grand.

The flight attendant was very polite and attentive. The food was good.

Flight cancelled. Twice. And no communication. No gate agent. Went past boarding time and had to go and see email from AA. Airport communication was bad

It was so much better than expected, Ohare is not such a pleasant experience but American Airlines with the new, clean aeroplane and free Wi-Fi was outstanding and the crew so pleasant and helpful.

Was put into a seat right behind the toilet that had no entertainment possible but did have plenty of leg room over noisy part of plane.

American delayed the flight for a crew rest period. The delay occurred late in the evening - the earliest i can find is 10:20 pm. With a 6 am flight anyone on the flight would have already have been asleep (unless you are insane, a vampire or on drugs) and at least for me i was already on the way to the airport at 445 am the next morning when i discovered they delayed the flight until 9 am. Given the incoming flight was in the air at 6 pm the evening before this should have been figured out a lot more timely that was there only crew to use. Just frustrating given there is no consideration for customer experience anymore in flying.

Flight: Started on time. Comfortable flight. Arrived on time. Crew: Very cordial and helpful. Drinks and snack was served with a smile. Overall enjoyed the trip. Regards, Hari Doss Chanchala Doss

Seating was horrible. Small seats. Access to flight information and extras very iser unfriendly. Kept losing internet after paying for it. Staff in madison was as unprofessional and unhelpful.

The counter/baggage counter was busy and so many people missed flights. We got stuck sitting on the plane over 2 hours at the gate while they were doing an inspection is wrong. Many of us missed our connecting flights because of it.

Our flight was changed from Madison to DC to Madison to Charlotte.

Boarding was relatively fast and easy and the crew was attentive throughout.

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

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.

Great for the price. No wifi or entertainment, but gate agents and crew were fantastic and we boarded quickly and left on time.

Decent clean onboard experience. Okay discount airline experience. Unfortunately, any customer service interactions are difficult and unhelpful. There is no service. Also, a premium seat only gets you premium boarding if you line up first. Once they start general boarding you must go to the back of the line. Not very premium

Late, terrible communication, horrible planning of passenger seating until the literal last minute. One of the worst flying experiences of my life. Y'all suck

The crew was mostly okay. The flight attendant who answered our questions was curt and unhelpful unfortunately. He seemed upset and I understand having off days.

Very bad! No good service delayed my second connection flight

It was a no frills flight. Would have liked to be able to charge my device

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