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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 Maryland to California.

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

Maryland and California are connected by different airlines. The airlines that fly that route the most regularly are Southwest (73 flights per week), United Airlines (26 flights per week), and Air New Zealand (25 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 San Diego Airport (SAN), with an average flight price of $283.

Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to California is Thursday where round-trip tickets can be as cheap as $449. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Monday, where round-trip prices are $647 on average.

The cheapest time of day to fly to California is generally at night, when round-trip flights cost $452 on average. Morning departures are around 6% more expensive than evening flights, on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to California is generally in the afternoon, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $583.

The cheapest ticket to California from Maryland found in the last 5 days was to Ontario, at $325 round-trip. The most popular route is Baltimore (BWI) to Los Angeles (LAX) and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 5 days was $351.

The cheapest month for flights from Maryland to California is October, when tickets cost $218 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are March and December, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $353 and $344 respectively.

To get a below average price on the flight from Maryland to California, you should book around 4 weeks before departure, which saves you about 43% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 17 weeks before departure.

From Maryland, there are direct flights to California from 1 city. This city is Baltimore and there are 164 direct flights each week.

There are around 24 direct flights from within Maryland to California every day. Most flights (51%) depart in the morning.

Each week there are around 164 direct flights from within Maryland to California. The most common day for departures is Sunday, with 16% of flights taking off on this day.

An average nonstop flight from Maryland to California takes 6h 40m, covering a distance of 2324 miles. The shortest route is Washington, D.C. Dulles Intl Airport (IAD) to Las Vegas (LAS) with an average flight time of 4h 55m.

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 164 medium-haul flights (3-6 hour flight duration), with the most arriving from Baltimore.

Based on KAYAK flight searches, the most popular destination is Las Vegas (30% of total searches to California). The next most popular destinations are Los Angeles (24%) and San Francisco (16%). Searches for flights to San Diego (8%), to Ontario (7%) and to John Wayne (Santa Ana) (3%) are also popular.