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Cheap Flights from San Diego to Mesa (SAN-PHX)

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from San Diego to Mesa 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 San Diego to Mesa

Wed, Sep 24 - Wed, Sep 24
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10:16 am - 11:50 amSAN-PHX
1h 34mnonstop
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4:30 pm - 5:47 pmPHX-SAN
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Sun, Sep 14 - Wed, Sep 17
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7:30 pm - 9:00 pmSAN-PHX
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8:00 am - 9:26 amPHX-SAN
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$85Frontier
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Tue, Sep 16 - Wed, Sep 17
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8:33 am - 10:14 amSAN-PHX
1h 41mnonstop
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8:00 am - 9:26 amPHX-SAN
1h 26mnonstop
Fri, Nov 7 - Sun, Nov 9
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11:34 am - 2:13 pmSAN-PHX
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8:01 am - 8:15 amPHX-SAN
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Fri, Oct 17 - Fri, Oct 17
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8:18 am - 9:44 amSAN-PHX
1h 26mnonstop
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11:57 am - 1:15 pmPHX-SAN
1h 18mnonstop
$91Hawaiian Airlines
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Tue, Dec 9 - Tue, Dec 16
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8:59 pm - 11:20 pmSAN-PHX
1h 21mnonstop
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4:16 pm - 4:30 pmPHX-SAN
1h 14mnonstop
$96Hawaiian Airlines
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Thu, Sep 18 - Sun, Sep 21
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1:55 pm - 3:30 pmSAN-PHX
1h 35mnonstop
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11:28 am - 12:46 pmPHX-SAN
1h 18mnonstop
$97Alaska Airlines
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Thu, Sep 18 - Sun, Sep 21
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6:20 am - 7:59 amSAN-PHX
1h 39mnonstop
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6:35 pm - 7:48 pmPHX-SAN
1h 13mnonstop
$98American Airlines
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Mon, Sep 15 - Mon, Sep 15
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8:33 am - 10:14 amSAN-PHX
1h 41mnonstop
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4:30 pm - 5:47 pmPHX-SAN
1h 17mnonstop
$107Alaska Airlines
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Fri, Sep 19 - Sun, Sep 21
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9:45 am - 11:15 amSAN-PHX
1h 30mnonstop
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8:39 pm - 9:52 pmPHX-SAN
1h 13mnonstop
$139American Airlines
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Low seasonApril
Cheapest flight$38
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 22% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 17% lower on average.
Flight from San Diego to Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport

When to book flights from San Diego to Mesa

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Flights from San Diego to Mesa: the best tips from KAYAK users' own experiences

Insights shared by verified travelers who flew the route from San Diego to Mesa 
BrandonFlew with American AirlinesSAN-PHXJan 2025
I didn’t check any bags, but Phoenix is very big so be prepared to walk that airport.
MichaelFlew with SouthwestSAN-PHXJan 2024
Lots of construction at Terminal 1 at Lindbergh Field. Give yourself extra time.

FAQs for booking flights from San Diego to Mesa

  • Which airports will I be using when flying from San Diego to Mesa?

    When flying out of San Diego you’ll be using San Diego. Mesa does not have its own airport so you’ll be flying into nearby Phoenix Sky Harbor Intl airport, which is 9.7 mi away.

  • How long does a flight from San Diego to Mesa take?

    Direct flights cover the 305 miles separating San Diego and Mesa in about 1h 21m.

  • How many flights are there between San Diego and Mesa?

    24 direct flights run between San Diego and Mesa on a daily basis. On average, there are about 173 departures each week.

  • What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly between San Diego and Mesa?

    Consider leaving on a Wednesday and avoid Thursdays if you are looking for the best rates. For your return to San Diego, you’ll find the best rates on Wednesdays and the most expensive ones on Saturdays.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from San Diego to Mesa?

    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 San Diego to Mesa.

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

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

    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 Mesa with an airline and back to San Diego with another airline.

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

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

  • Which airlines provide the cheapest flights from San Diego to Mesa?

    In the last 72 hours, the cheapest one-way ticket between San Diego and Mesa found on KAYAK was with Frontier for $38. Frontier offered a round-trip connection from $85 and Hawaiian Airlines from $91.

Top tips for finding cheap flights from San Diego to Mesa

  • There is no airport in Mesa. Instead, you’ll be flying into Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport when flying between San Diego and Mesa.
  • The cheapest flight from San Diego to Mesa was found 83 days before departure, on average.
  • Book at least 1 week before departure in order to get a below-average price.
  • High season is considered to be February, March and April. The cheapest month to fly is September.

Reviews of the top 5 airlines serving San Diego to Mesa

 
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from San Diego to Mesa? 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.
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Alaska AirlinesOverall score based on 10000 reviews
8.5Crew
7.0Entertainment
8.1Boarding
7.1Food
7.8Comfort
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My flight wait is 3 hours delayed due to Unknown reason. We waited a very long time in the tarmac. Our flight 24 was scheduled @ 7, therefore we left my house at 330 to park our car. We were at the gate @ 530, then we were told at 6a that it will be late , we boarded at 930 but did not take off until 1015. Therefore my arranged pick up in JFK was cancelled because of no show. Before all these I got an email offers of changing my flight to a different date which I took a day earlier. I will never again take Alaska Airlines, very Inefficient and Disappointing.

10.0 ExcellentGRACE, Aug 2025SAN - JFK
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My flight wait is 3 hours delayed due to Unknown reason. We waited a very long time in the tarmac. Our flight 24 was scheduled @ 7, therefore we left my house at 330 to park our car. We were at the gate @ 530, then we were told at 6a that it will be late , we boarded at 930 but did not take off until 1015. Therefore my arranged pick up in JFK was cancelled because of no show. Before all these I got an email offers of changing my flight to a different date which I took a day earlier. I will never again take Alaska Airlines, very Inefficient and Disappointing.

Such great crew, from checkin to the plane. So friendly and helpful, I was genuinely impressed.

Seats extremely uncomfortable, no entertainment, no snacks, and when boarding, half of the passengers needed to check in the carry on luggage without any explanation.

The flight was jumping between being delayed and closer to schedule about 5 times. Alaska air website showed incorrect times while google had latest info. This panic was horrible to deal with.

I always heard this was a terrible airline but I was happy to experience otherwise. The seats were more comfortable than delta. They did board late and gate was a little chaotic, which is to be expected for a budget airline. I would definitely do it again for that price.

Very expensive for short flights. Can’t communicate with Alaska Air about passport issue at check-in. Also no replies to my text messages. Wanted to extend our vacation for two more days but this expensive flight ticket is called SAVER and I couldn’t make changes or cancel or get a credit even, so I paid another airline for the return trip. Extremely disappointed.

They canceled my flight then changed me $155 for the same flight the next day

Our flight time was drastically changed which caused us to lose a day of vacation

I like the new adjustable headrest. Unfortunately 2 crying children were in front of us. But it was the first time and not holding Alaska accountable for that. Alaska always seems to have everything in order professional but comfortable.

Very bad, terrible food and late by 2 hours. Then no to open aircraft doors

The cabin was quiet for the redeye flight. The area was clean. The staff was great. The 787 Max was in good condition. Drawbacks were that the seat widths were tight for some passengers. The seat padding was at best average and for a long flight uncomfortable.

Delayed flight. Nicest crew member was a SW pilot flying seated next to me who kindly move to seat the final passenger. Flight extra delayed. My cup of refreshment of ginger ale was so packed with ice it was literally 2 sips.

No trays in our seats, we sat in first row, purchased a business class fare. Had to hold our drinks and snack in our hands. No plugs for our cell phones. Had to pay for it a drink cocktail each. Seats so uncomfortable.

Flight wasn’t even full, but too many carry-ons caused us to run out of bin space. New bag fee has folks who would usually check their bags carrying on. Watching Southwest morph into Spirit/Frontier is so sad to watch

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

It was a perfect flight in all aspects! Both legs!

Only one drink pass through the cabin for a 4 hour flight. Quite rough and bumpy landing.

Great flight, 47 passengers on a 180 seat plane. Stewardess was pleasant and cheerful.

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.

It was pretty good except there was no food, which was understandable because it was a short flight but I would have liked to at least have a snack; otherwise it was great. Staff/crew, great. Thank you

The flight was great! The flight attendants were friendly and attentive. I would definitely fly Hawaiian Aurlines again!

You have to buy the ear buds and they only offers little cup of water twice.

Boarding was confusing. Why are families so special that they get to board first? They and their stupid kids take up all the space in the overhead compartments. Then I get stuck having to gate check a bag when I've gone to a lot of trouble to pack efficiently to AVOID checking luggage.

Departure was two hours late! Better than four hours late on our first flight

Miserable. Birthday trip for daughter booked for Cabo. Her plane was canceled and the best they could do was get here to fly north to San Jose, CA, stay in a hotel, sit around half a day and finally fly to Cabo late the next day. 36 hours traveling and wasted time. Missed a night of a booked resort, missed here ATV excursion, etc. I know it's a "first world problem" but it still was incredibly inconvenient, and wasted a good deal of money. And almost all the "service" people, in person and on their support lines, were not helpful. They were as useless as an automated AI assistant.

The flight was supposed to leave at 7:30pm, but departed 10:50pm. They kept moving departure time out every half hour. It was a 45 minute flight from n Sunday night with great weather.

Flight got delayed and it was very inconvenient . Had to come with another carrier. Had to spend one more night in San Francisco.

A second drink service on a 6 hour flight would have been helpful.

Everything was good for the price I paid. Crew was very nice.

As smooth as you can expect. Some issues with boarding because the previous plane took forever to deplane but overall, a good experience.

After a two hour delay, my flight was CANCELLED! No pilot available. Such BS.

Cramped seats. FAA should make airlines have more legroom, for even short people complain

Flight was full, and would have preferred an aisle seat, but due to getting a late ticket ,the seat I had was adequate. The flight crew were very help full and hard working. Food and drink were excellent for the 11hr flight. Overall I was pleased with flight, and would recommend British Airways again.

I miss the screens they used to have for the long flights. I use a Kendal and it doesn’t work well with there WiFi. I tried my cell and the wifi was not good for it either this is the free wifi.

Update departure times in a more timely manner. We are not boarding on time if the plane isn’t arriving until after our scheduled departure time.

Took off on time and successfully avoided weather that looked to be a problem along the way

Very friendly and efficient and smooth boarding. We were even way early arriving at my destination. Thank you.

The trip was very smooth and they provided great customer service

The plane was late and then sat on the runway for almost 45 minutes before taking off.

Flight was delayed one hour. Notification to the crowd waiting near the gate was terrible…announcements were unclear and very hard to hear and therefore understand. Frontier does NOT send texts to notify, only email. The reader board over the gate itself was NEVER updated to indicate the gate had been changed. It’s like a bunch of children are running things.

We’ve all seen the YouTube vids of out of control passengers. But this was an instance of a highly aggressive, bully flight attendant. Yelling in the face of a vet with PTSD who was texting their family. And no , we had not yet been instructed to put our phones in airplane mode. My suggestion is that you should pay whatever difference there is in order to avoid Frontier airlines. Additionally, after 3hrs trying to get customer service frontier offered a $25 voucher. I declined. This experience was so traumatic. To be verbally assaulted and abused by a flight attendant that has the power to say “boo” and I miss my flight ( which was to a family member’s funeral ). Frontier is unsafe and I cannot impress enough how much I discourage anyone ( esp those with any kind of disability like PTSD ) flying on Frontier.

We had to wait in line over an hour just to check our bags. It's a good thing we were so early to the airport. Only one clerk was working and the line was around the corner and down the hall. No good. I felt bad for her. Not sure how she kept her sanity with all the upset people. Then we get to our gate and there is no seating. Everyone was standing. Then I realize it is not a gate at all, we still have to be shuttled to our airplane. Ugh. Then we were late taking off and missed a window of opportunity before the airport runways were shut down for some reason. (not frontier's fault the runway shut down.) The seats on the airline are crammed and there is no cushion. Never had a tighter seating arrangement while flying. My 6' 4" husband was absolutely miserable the whole time with knees digging in to the seat in front of him. You think you are getting a good deal on a ticket, and then wham! I had to pay 75 dollars for our checked bags and 75 dollars for a carry on. No other airline does that!!! And also, there is a 40 pound weight limit on checked bags... Would have been cheaper flying with another airline, and I would have at least gotten a snack and drink. Was thankful for the tiny cup of water at least.

Cancelled flight after I arrived at airport after 75 min drive and parking. Next flight was 4 days in the future. Had to scramble and buy a much more expensive flight on another carrier.

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….

i was denied boarding, even though i had an assigned seat, checked in on line and was at airport early. Then they refused to fully refund the the fair and replacement fair because they claimed it was "no show/denied boarding". I will never fly this airline again

Frontier had yet another flight cancellation. Have never made a complete round trip with this airline without at least one leg getting cancelled. Miserable flights - dirty, uncomfortable planes that apparently always have issues since I've had multiple delays and cancellations with them.

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

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