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$126 Find Cheap Flights from Sacramento to San Antonio

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Cheapest round-trip
$199
Overall average: $376
Frontier
Sun 2/1Wed 2/25
SMF - SAT • 1 stop
Cheapest one-way
$126
Typical prices: $170-$242
Frontier
Fri 1/30
SMF - SAT • 1 stop
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Cheap Flights from Sacramento to San Antonio (SMF-SAT)

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Sacramento to San Antonio 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.
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Recent round-trip flight deals from Sacramento to San Antonio

Sun, Feb 1 - Wed, Feb 25
Frontier Logo
1:48 pm - 12:25 pm
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SAT
20h 37m1 stop
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5:12 pm - 7:43 am
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SMF
16h 31m2 stops
$199Frontier
Mon, Jan 5 - Thu, Jan 8
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11:37 am - 1:44 pm
SMF
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SAT
24h 07m1 stop
Multiple Airlines Logo
10:13 am - 1:13 pm
SAT
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SMF
29h 00m1 stop
$241Multiple Airlines
Sun, Jan 25 - Sat, Jan 31
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12:03 pm - 7:33 pm
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SAT
29h 30m1 stop
Multiple Airlines Logo
10:35 am - 10:13 am
SAT
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SMF
25h 38m2 stops
$259Multiple Airlines
Mon, Jan 5 - Thu, Jan 8
Frontier Logo
6:16 pm - 4:15 pm
SMF
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SAT
19h 59m2 stops
Frontier Logo
11:55 am - 9:42 am
SAT
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SMF
23h 47m1 stop
$261Frontier
Thu, Jan 8 - Sun, Jan 11
Frontier Logo
2:19 pm - 9:18 am
SMF
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SAT
16h 59m1 stop
Frontier Logo
10:13 am - 1:13 pm
SAT
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SMF
29h 00m1 stop
$266Frontier
Tue, Jan 6 - Tue, Jan 20
United Airlines Logo
11:21 am - 7:41 pm
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SAT
6h 20m1 stop
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5:59 pm - 10:45 pm
SAT
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SMF
6h 46m1 stop
$273United Airlines
Tue, Jan 13 - Tue, Jan 20
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12:58 pm - 8:44 pm
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SAT
5h 46m1 stop
United Airlines Logo
8:30 am - 1:28 pm
SAT
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SMF
6h 58m1 stop
$276United Airlines
Tue, Jan 6 - Tue, Jan 20
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8:45 am - 4:53 pm
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SAT
6h 08m1 stop
United Airlines Logo
1:20 pm - 7:36 pm
SAT
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SMF
8h 16m2 stops
$278United Airlines
Thu, Jan 8 - Sun, Jan 11
Frontier Logo
2:19 pm - 11:49 am
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SAT
19h 30m2 stops
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10:13 am - 1:13 pm
SAT
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SMF
29h 00m1 stop
$279Frontier
Tue, Jan 13 - Tue, Jan 20
United Airlines Logo
5:00 am - 1:09 pm
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SAT
6h 09m1 stop
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1:20 pm - 7:36 pm
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SMF
8h 16m2 stops
$281United Airlines
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Sacramento to San Antonio flights

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

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Planning a trip from Sacramento to San Antonio? KAYAK’s data-powered insights will help you find cheap flights. Learn the best time to fly, how early to book your ticket, and other tips to secure great prices.

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from Sacramento to San Antonio?

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

If your flying dates are flexible, you should consider flying to San Antonio on a Tuesday, as we generally find the cheapest rates on that day for this route. On the other hand, Sunday is the most expensive day to fly from Sacramento to San Antonio. For your return ticket, we recommend flying on a Tuesday and avoiding Sundays for the best deals.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Sacramento to San Antonio?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Sacramento to San Antonio, 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 Sacramento to San Antonio is February, where tickets cost $327 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are March and October, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is $420 and $398 respectively.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Sacramento to San Antonio?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from Sacramento to San Antonio, 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 Sacramento to San Antonio, you should book around 4 weeks before departure, which saves you about 39% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 22 weeks before departure.

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Low seasonAugust
Cheapest flight$126
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 5% drop in price.
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Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from Sacramento to San Antonio based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
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FAQs for booking flights from Sacramento to San Antonio

  • What are the transportation choices from the San Antonio International Airport (SAT)?

    One choice that utilizes public transportation to get from the San Antonio International Airport to the downtown area is to take the line number seven bus operated by VIA Metropolitan Transit, that can make the trip downtown in about 18min. Travelers that would like to take a taxi on this route can expect a trip time of around 12min.

  • Which hotels are near San Antonio international airport?

    One of the most convenient choices that sits adjacent to the terminal buildings at the San Antonio International Airport is the Embassy Suites by Hilton San Antonio Airport, that offers complimentary shuttle service not only to and from the airport but also to any destinations that are within 3 miles of the hotel.

  • Where are the car rental desks at San Antonio International Airport?

    Every one of the rental car agencies that operate at this airport do so at the consolidated rental car facility of the airport. You can get to this area after your flight by making your way up to the mezzanine level you will find in terminal B. Once there, you will cross the pedestrian brindge to get to the rental car facility.

  • Where will my ride pick me up at San Antonio International Airport?

    All of the rideshare companies that operate at this airport will meet their customers at the outer commercial curbside on the lower level of terminal A.

  • What is the cheapest flight from Sacramento to San Antonio?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from Sacramento to San Antonio was $126 for a one-way ticket and $199 for a round-trip.

  • Do I need a passport to fly between Sacramento and San Antonio?

    No, a passport isn't needed to fly from Sacramento to San Antonio. However, local authorities might ask for an official ID.

  • Which airports will I be using when flying from Sacramento to San Antonio?

    Sacramento airport is called Sacramento Intl and the only airport in San Antonio is San Antonio.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from Sacramento to San Antonio?

    We unfortunately don’t have that data for this specific route.

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from Sacramento to San Antonio?

    Star Alliance, SkyTeam, and oneworld are the airline alliances operating flights between Sacramento and San Antonio, with Star Alliance being the most commonly used for this route.

  • Which is the best airline for flights from Sacramento to San Antonio, Southwest or Delta?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from Sacramento to San Antonio are Southwest and Delta. With an average price for the route of $389 and an overall rating of 7.9, Southwest is the most popular choice. Delta is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $330 and an overall rating of 7.9.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Sacramento to San Antonio?

    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 Sacramento to San Antonio.

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

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to San Antonio from Sacramento 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 Sacramento to San Antonio?

    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 to San Antonio with an airline and back to Sacramento with another airline. Booking your flights between Sacramento and SAT can sometimes prove cheaper using this method.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from Sacramento to San Antonio?

    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 to San Antonio from Sacramento up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

KAYAK’s top tips for finding a cheap flight from Sacramento to San Antonio

  • If you prefer to ride from downtown Sacramento to Sacramento International Airport (SMF) without having to drive your own car, consider riding on bus route number 142, operated by Sacramento Regional Transit, that makes the trip from the downtown area to the terminal in around 17min.
  • For travelers looking to pass the time before their flight, Sacramento International Airport offers a wide variety of art installations found throughout the terminal buildings at the airport. One of the highlights of this collection are two pillars sitting in the baggage claim area of the terminal that look as though they got constructed entirely of airline luggage.
  • If you are looking for a comfortable place to wait for your flight at the Sacramento International Airport, consider one of the two Escape Lounge locations you will find in each terminal at this airport. These lounges offer a quiet and comfortable place to wait for your flight that includes plenty of great seating options, as well as a good selection of food and beverage menu options.
  • Travelers taking a pet or service animal through Sacramento International Airport should be aware that this airport offers four different pet relief areas. The two outdoor pet relief areas have locations adjacent to the passenger drop-off area. The indoor areas have locations adjacent to gates A1 and B11.
  • Passengers driving to Sacramento International Airport should know that this airport offers a large selection of parking choices. One of the most economical choices you will find at this airport are the east and west economy lots that offer a much lower daily rate than those lots adjacent to the terminal building, plus they offer shuttle services to the terminal.

Reviews of the top 5 airlines serving from Sacramento to San Antonio

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Sacramento to San Antonio. 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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7.9
SouthwestOverall score based on 4250 reviews
8.0Comfort
8.1Boarding
8.6Crew
7.0Food
7.5Entertainment
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No delays and arrived to destination 30 min early. Staff was super friendly.

10.0 ExcellentIlevba, Nov 2025
DCA - DAL
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No delays and arrived to destination 30 min early. Staff was super friendly.

Everything a cheap airline should be at normal airline rates.

Full cans of soda would be nice. A choice between two snacks would be appreciated.

Tried watching free movie and it kept freezing so I couldn’t finish.

Sacrament staff are always polite and helpful. Airport is easy to maneuver and boarding is straightforward.

I was re-booked onto another flight because my original flight was delayed and I would have missed my connector. I ended up in the “C” group after paying extra to be in the “A “ group on the original flight. At least if you’re going to re-book people, re-book them into the same group.

Southwest is Southwest. No frills. If you're luck enough to get a happy crew (we did), then it makes for a nicer flight.

I liked the crew member who gave flight instructions on "in case of a problem:. The seats are so small that only a young teenager could sit in middle seat.

Great flight staff. Ease of boarding. Overall, very uneventful and easy trip.

Multiple delays and gate changes. Arrived at final destination 6 hours late. All rental cars had been taken.

No lunch on a x-country flight scheduled for 10:50 am departure, arrived 5+ hrs later. That requires a black box label before you pay for the tickets. Worst, when I checked in online, it's specifically said that lunch was served on his flight for economy Plus passengers.

Our flight from SFO to MSP was right on time on 11/15/2025. No delays. As we approached MSP at about 8 pm, we circled in the air until 8:40 pm so I don't call that efficient for MSP. I think the captain should announce the delay and why. (as if we all don't know that we are just circling around the area, slowing down, speeding up, slowing down.) Thank you. Marilyn Fischer

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.

The flight used a B767 with a very old interior from before 2014. The entertainment system did not work at all during the flight despite attempts to reset the system. It was like they flew this route just to be competitive.

Delayed flight (1hour) plus a long layover after an overnight flight with no backup plane available.

Lounge in Lagos is terrible, food on board from Lagos to Atlanta was horrible. Only bright spot the cabin crew were awesome.

Flight delayed for two and half hours and then canceled altogether due to mechanical issues. No mechanic onsite to fix so had to send one from LAX.

My husband upgraded our seats and I don't know if it was due to the type of planet was or if they didn't upgrade our seats. We were supposed to be in I believe comfort seats and they were just as tight as any other seat- no leg room and we are very tall people but at least it wasn't extremely cold. My husband did put in a complaint about our seating because he paid extra and if we would have known that the space and the tightness would have been the same, we just would have gotten the emergency row emergency row seats that we normally get. We love Delta but both our flights coming home we're not good. Oh I forgot to mention that on our flight to Hawaii our luggage wheels got broke and we had to purse new luggage on vacation then we never had this problem so we didn't know protocol and reported it after we got home only for them to tell is we only had 24hrs to report the damage. Not sure what was going on with Delta this vacation trip.

Crew was excellent. Comfort seats not as nice as other kinds of planes.

It was a great flight and the stewards and stewardess were all kind and accommodating!! The seats were comfortable and entertainment screen excellent!

Ot was overall fine. Left on time and had basic snacks. Weather was finicky but that’s not the airlines fault.

Even though we were delayed, we were able to make our connection

Crew and customer service were excellent. This flight also had plenty of leg room and seat mounted screens for entertainment. A very pleasant flight all around!

I was in first class. The outlets at my seat did not work. The plane was shabby and run down. I had prepurchsed a day subscription for internet that was not redeemable. I had to repurchase the internet for my flight and then it didn’t work anyway. Quite disappointed in what was supposed to be the launch of a great vacation.

Flight was good and crew was super polite. However, there were around 5 kids screaming the WHOLE 2 hours. I understand kids have to come but parents need to do something to control their children. They make the experience terrible, especially after finishing 16 hour shifts at the hospital I needed some sleep, which I did not get.

Armrest controller on my seat 35D and nextbooennseat 35E did not work right. Hard to press buttons to recognize and 35D had constantnpressure either upmost down somit was nearly impossible to make selections. .

I flew with my dog and had already purchased my dog’s ticket. Even that morning I had called costumer service to insure that my husband and I had seats together since the website was giving me an error when choosing our seats and the representative mentioned our dog. I showed up early to the airport and when I got to the gate and we started boarding I was help back and told that I was supposed to have a yellow tag and that I should have checked in at the counter for them to give me that tag. I was not aware of this, the representative on the phone did not say anything. Nor did I see it anywhere in the checking process online, so if you travel with a pet and are not checking in luggage, just know that you still have to go to the check in counter when arriving at the airport unless you want to be the last one to board and not have room for your carry on in the overhead bins. Other than that, I had a great experience.

This flight was perfect. No complaints and only the highest regard for the crew and ground staff and how they executed perfectly. I fly a lot with United and would request predictability and transparency in their operations instead of last minute changes.

This is for UA2274 from Houston to Sacramento. The flight was delayed arriving due to mechanical issues so we left about 3 hours later than scheduled. When boarding the plane the temperature inside was excessive - likely close to 100. Pilot apologized and said it was going to improve at altitude, which it did. But before that I honestly thought there might have been more delays removing passengers made ill from the heat. We were delayed leaving due to another mechanical issue. There was not water on the plane due to a panel that was not secured. They did that quickly, but the combination of mechanical issues was rather disturbing and did not reflect well on United.

United sent me a mileage plus number last year but that number is invalid so I can’t use it to check into flights or collect mileage. There is human to speak about the problem, only computers who keep asking me if I am using the correct email. It’s so frustrating and I cannot resolve it.

The boarding was as always, the crew tried their best but not enough. The food was a disaster I had dietary restrictions that were half met because the company did not loaded the food for the flight. The entertainment screen was fine but content was not and also they removed the free messaging option from the flight and they charged 30 dollars for that crappy bandwidth. This flight is not worth the cost and the company is going down on quality.

A little late at the start but all worked out well.

I liked the humor of the captain and crew on the flight from Flagstaff to Dallas. They were humorous.

After arriving in Dallas, the aircraft taxied for an unusually long time and was unable to park at the gate, which caused a significant delay and made me miss my connecting flight. I then had to wait in a very long line to be rebooked, and I was told that no hotel or meal accommodations would be provided. What is even more unacceptable is that my luggage was mishandled and has still not been located. My suitcase contains important medications that I urgently need, and I have been unable to access them due to the airline’s mishandling. This situation has caused me considerable stress and inconvenience, and I need this issue to be resolved immediately.

I appreciated that it was on time, safe and professional. I didn’t like that I wasn’t in a place where I had a window at my window seat. It would have been nice to know that in advance. If it was mentioned in the ticketing, I didn’t notice it.

I have a gluten allergy so didn't have any food

Baggage handling poor. Second time this has happened. My bag went to San Francisco instead of Fiji. No apology. Luckily Nadi airport staff are fantastic. My bag arrived in Fiji the next day.

Wish a flight with more than 2 hours with some snack rather than just cookie/biscuit.

Flight delayed and missed connection. Rescheduled flight cancelled after 6 hrs wait. Rerouted thru ORD, flight cancelled, overnight stay in ORD. Still in the air on new flight!

Delayed delayed delayed and no offer for food or vouchers

Our flight got rescheduled 48 hours later, the airline didn’t pay a penny for our expenses.

Uncomfortable seats and tiny tray table. Expensive snacks. Flight was on time and crew was pleasant but take me back to Southwest!

Boarding and unboarding processes were pretty smooth. I gave a low score for Boarding because of how my flight was missing from all the boards at the airport, and when I checked the flight status on the Spirit website, it said it would be departing from Terminal E, gate D15. There are no "D" gates in terminal E.

The flight was on time and the crew was very professional and accommodating. When other airlines are canceling flights Spirit is still flying with on time flights. I have no complaints and will continue to choose Spirit when it is the best option for me.

Prices for bags are extremely expensive and if you go higher on weight, the charge is ridiculous.

Waited at the airport for over 4 hours to board this flight. Terrible airline

Flight was good and on time. Everyone was nice. Seats aren't very comfortable

The seats are too small the plane makes weird noise when landing 🛬

For the minimalist experience, it is really a great ride-- feels a little like public transport i guess

I didn't order food. I requested a Tomato juice and was given a boody mary mix. The serve needs to warn the customer what their given. It wasn't a huge deal, but I wasted $4.50.

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