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Cheapest round-trip
$49
Typical prices: $96-$204
Frontier
Fri 11/6Mon 11/9
SAN - PHX • Non-stop
Cheapest one-way
$47
Typical prices: $70-$198
Frontier
Sat 12/5
SAN - PHX • Non-stop
Arrival airport
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Cheap Flights from San Diego to Scottsdale (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 Scottsdale 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 Scottsdale

Fri, Nov 6 - Mon, Nov 9
Frontier Logo
9:57 am - 12:25 pmSAN  San Diego-PHX Phoenix Sky Harbor Intl
1h 28mnonstop
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8:45 am - 9:02 amPHX  Phoenix Sky Harbor Intl-SAN San Diego
1h 17mnonstop
$49Frontier
Thu, Oct 1 - Sun, Oct 4
Frontier Logo
7:04 pm - 8:34 pmSAN  San Diego-PHX Phoenix Sky Harbor Intl
1h 30mnonstop
Frontier Logo
8:21 am - 9:43 amPHX  Phoenix Sky Harbor Intl-SAN San Diego
1h 22mnonstop
$49Frontier
Mon, Oct 5 - Sat, Oct 10
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7:04 pm - 8:34 pmSAN  San Diego-PHX Phoenix Sky Harbor Intl
1h 30mnonstop
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7:24 pm - 8:48 pmPHX  Phoenix Sky Harbor Intl-SAN San Diego
1h 24mnonstop
$77Multiple Airlines
Sat, Sep 19 - Wed, Sep 23
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1:04 pm - 2:33 pmSAN  San Diego-PHX Phoenix Sky Harbor Intl
1h 29mnonstop
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11:37 am - 12:53 pmPHX  Phoenix Sky Harbor Intl-SAN San Diego
1h 16mnonstop
$80Multiple Airlines
Sat, Aug 29 - Sat, Aug 29
Southwest Logo
9:10 am - 10:40 amSAN  San Diego-PHX Phoenix Sky Harbor Intl
1h 30mnonstop
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3:35 pm - 4:45 pmPHX  Phoenix Sky Harbor Intl-SAN San Diego
1h 10mnonstop
$97Southwest
Sat, Aug 29 - Sat, Aug 29
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6:20 am - 7:50 amSAN  San Diego-PHX Phoenix Sky Harbor Intl
1h 30mnonstop
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11:20 am - 4:15 pmPHX  Phoenix Sky Harbor Intl-SAN San Diego
4h 55m1 stop Denver Intl
$107Southwest
Sat, Sep 5 - Sun, Sep 6
American Airlines Logo
6:25 am - 7:58 amSAN  San Diego-PHX Phoenix Sky Harbor Intl
1h 33mnonstop
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5:06 pm - 6:18 pmPHX  Phoenix Sky Harbor Intl-SAN San Diego
1h 12mnonstop
$117American Airlines
Sun, Sep 20 - Tue, Sep 29
Alaska Airlines Logo
9:01 pm - 10:27 pmSAN  San Diego-PHX Phoenix Sky Harbor Intl
1h 26mnonstop
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7:08 am - 8:32 amPHX  Phoenix Sky Harbor Intl-SAN San Diego
1h 24mnonstop
$117Alaska Airlines
Sun, Sep 20 - Tue, Sep 29
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9:01 pm - 10:27 pmSAN  San Diego-PHX Phoenix Sky Harbor Intl
1h 26mnonstop
Alaska Airlines Logo
3:15 pm - 4:42 pmPHX  Phoenix Sky Harbor Intl-SAN San Diego
1h 27mnonstop
$117Alaska Airlines
Thu, Sep 3 - Sat, Sep 5
American Airlines Logo
6:25 am - 7:58 amSAN  San Diego-PHX Phoenix Sky Harbor Intl
1h 33mnonstop
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7:34 am - 8:50 amPHX  Phoenix Sky Harbor Intl-SAN San Diego
1h 16mnonstop
$134American Airlines
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Low season

July

Cheapest flight

$49
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 33% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 17% increase in price.
Flight from San Diego to Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport

When to book flights from San Diego to Scottsdale

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

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

FAQs for booking flights from San Diego to Scottsdale

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

    When flying out of San Diego you’ll be using San Diego. Scottsdale does not have its own airport so you’ll be flying into nearby Phoenix Sky Harbor Intl airport, which is 5.8 mi away.

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

    Direct flights cover the 305 miles separating San Diego and Scottsdale in about 1h 18m.

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

    35 direct flights run between San Diego and Scottsdale on a daily basis. On average, there are about 247 departures each week.

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

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

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

    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 Scottsdale.

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

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Scottsdale 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 Scottsdale?

    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 Scottsdale 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 Scottsdale?

    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 Scottsdale 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 Scottsdale?

    In the last 5 days, the cheapest one-way ticket between San Diego and Scottsdale found on KAYAK was with Frontier for $23. Frontier offered a round-trip connection from $45 and Alaska Airlines from $96.

Top tips for finding cheap flights from San Diego to Scottsdale

  • There is no airport in Scottsdale. Instead, you’ll be flying into Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport when flying between San Diego and Scottsdale.
  • The cheapest flight from San Diego to Scottsdale was found 84 days before departure, on average.
  • Book at least 2 weeks before departure in order to get a below-average price.
  • High season is considered to be May, June and July. The cheapest month to fly is October.

Reviews of the top 5 airlines serving San Diego to Scottsdale

 
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from San Diego to Scottsdale? 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 4218 reviews
7.5Entertainment
8.1Boarding
8.6Crew
7.0Food
8.0Comfort
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Red eye from San Diego. Temperature of the cabin was way too warm and the air duct flowed very little air.

6.0 GoodGordon, Jul 2026
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Red eye from San Diego. Temperature of the cabin was way too warm and the air duct flowed very little air.

Great job Southwest! My family doesn't fly often but we felt safe the whole time.

Comfortable. Easy. No problems. Just wish they had gf options for snacks.

The charges were ridiculous for an hour flight and the turbulence was very scary.

The seats are now more narrow. I paid for front row the seats in the front are even more narrow than before.

The boarding and seat assignment system no longer works for me, but I know it is being replaced. Otherwise, I am good with the overall experience.

San Diego airport is brand new, spacious, airy and very smooth checkin at SW baggage drop.

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.

There was over a 9 hour delay for one thing after another. A toilet problem, they had to change the brakes, they had to refuel, three pilots times out, etc. We had to sit on the plane at the gate for over 5 hours with no air.

Usually reliable SWA worked out fine for my quick business trip to Phoenix.

We got in the plane late we still got to our destination on time. I wished Airlines would make people that put their luggage above were smaller maybe they would all fit and get them out easier customers like myself pay for her luggage in the back when your in a hurry to go to another destination it’s very frustrating for everyone to take their time to get their luggage down and wait because they don’t want to pay.

The plane smelled like an aquarium. Many passengers noted it smelled like fish. We then sat on the plane for over 2 hours before taking off

The flight was very late departing the gate, for unknown reasons.

Now that Spirit is not around Alaska took over the title of cheap and worse airlines with high prices for garbage cheap planes. Seats recline the entire 2”. What’s the purpose? Just make the stationary. Crew is on steroids. Food is like McDonald’s happy meal. Only happy in the name rest is garbage

Loved being about to check my carry on for free then getting to board earlier ( Group c rather than F) Crew was very nice and accommodating. Enjoyed the beverage and pretzels - I'll fly Alaska again if given the opportunity

Only issue is that when you board last they make you check your carry on due to lack of space. Did not care for that.

delay was longer than the entire flight. I didn’t stop flying with delta for this.

There were 5 delays IN TOTAL there and back. And we got a $12 food voucher, RIDICULOUS. Will never fly Alaska again!

Orderly boarding; engaged, attentive and detailed flight crew. Late out of the gate but time recovered during flight; super landing and deplaning.

Everything was good. Uneventful flight, which is the best kind.

The Kayak confirmation number did not work for checking in the day before. I checked in at 8.30 using my ticket number. When I arrived at the airport, I was informed that the flight was overbooked, and since I had checked in late, I did not have a seat. The Next flight was not until ten PM. I called my wife, who had been taking care of our kids all weekend, and she was upset, calling me a liar and telling me to stay in SD. It turned my weekend getaway into a nightmare! I blame the Kayak website and will not book flights using your app in the future.

comfortable but the food is horrible. I have flown Hawaiian several times now and no matter what they say the food is its the same squashed bread with melted goop inside. Tastes fake and isnt what they represent, its quite nasty. What happend to real food? And there is NO entertainment!! so not sure why they are asking for a review on that.

3 hour wait on customer service after flight was cancelled. Was bumped to a flight where I wouldnt have gotten to my destination for another 2 days. Had to fully refund flight and book a new one the following morning. Paid twice the amount for the flight than I had originally booked. Very disappointed I was not offered any sort of discount or points for all of the frustration, in fact the airline profited twice as much off of me by cancelling my flight and and changing my entire trip.

I accidentally made this purchase and they wouldn’t refund me even though I called immediately to cancel it.

The flight was delayed and they didn’t have a pilot for the flight. Seemed very unorganized and took way longer than expected.

The worst flight experience I've ever had. Our flight was delayed 14 whole hours because the flight crew never showed up. We had to wait in a two hour line to get our new boarding passes, we were told we had no other option but to fly at 10pm (we didn't depart until 11:45pm). Everyone had to contact their hotels and car rental places, workplaces, etc. since we lost an entire day's worth of travel. The crew showed up at 10:15, which was past the time we were supposed to board. They were laughing and being completely smug when they boarded, and they took another hour to board us onto our flight. The flight crew never came to check in on us, we were quickly given one drink and sandwich and they turned off the lights and were negligent the rest of the trip. My mom asked three attendants for a seat belt extender, they never brought one. I was dehydrated and never received another drink. They were very rude and unfriendly, we had been up since 4am the morning of our flight and didn't land in our destination until 2am the next day (5am local time). This was unacceptable service and treatment, these flights are not cheap and we were inconvenienced out of an entire day of travel. This was 100% avoidable and was the fault of Hawaiian Airlines, and their crews inability to show up to work on time.

I was unable to get a check im and get a boarding pass. I tried at the desk of the flight operator Alaska, was told to go to Hawaiian and almost had to go back to Alaskan. In the end inwas told to go thru security and directly to the gate without checking in. It would have been more helpful to have the details rather than walking all over the terminals trying to check in.

We were delayed at the SD gate for close to an hour before we were allowed to depart for SJ. Reason given was inadequate ground crew to move the plane from the gate.

Your crew shortage delayed departure by an hour resulting in us missing an event we had scheduled for that afternoon outside of Fresno.

Despite two calls as well as a chat on the website, Alaska would not add my TSA number to my reservation. The flight was switched from Hawaiian to Alaska which caused them to mess this up in the first place

Well, true to American Airlines, both of my flights were delayed. But it’s a good thing that American is so consistently incompetent because if the first flight was delayed in the second flight was on time then I might’ve had a problem..

Was not able to do a online check-in because the American Airlines system doesn't store our visa or other passport information, allowing us to have a trouble-free check-in. We were forced to have to check-in at the counter which Changes are upgrade status given that we were not able to check in much earlier.

The entertainment package was vast and the selections were very current. Keep updating it was great.

The seat was so hard my tailbone was aching The crew was kind of a b**** because I made a joke that I didn't care if they close the door I total c*** when she was trying to f****** act like she was mad at me because I said that The flight was bumpy. Sure you didnt have control over that.

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

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

Had to wait on pilot and crew to depart and had to wait to arrive at the gate because they only had 2 crews working. Delays, delays....Planes just keep getting smaller and tighter and they nickle and dime for everything. When will an airline actually wake up and make flying more enjoyable?

I paid for what I got which was cheap, I brought my own entertainment. I knew what to expect, so I could be prepared. If you’re flying economy, check in early like me. I have no problems with my flight, was on time, staff were friendly, and overall good experience.

Multiple maintenance delays and the missed and rebooked connection changed gates at least 6 times including one which had us walking 20 minutes to another terminal and then back again. Seated our family of three in different middle seats throughout the plane and then there was an empty seat next to me. Very long travel day which I would have never agreed to if I knew the itinerary would be changed at 5 am, 2 hours before takeoff.

Being on time would help since we missed our connection with your partner airline. Costly and ruined two days of our vacation.

We had an awful experience getting our bags checked in. Frontier’s check in on the app manipulated us into buying the business package because that was the only option available for a checked bag which included two checked bags per person which we did not need. Upon arriving to the airport, we stood in line for what seemed like forever at the baggage check in and there was no one available at the counter. We were first in line and we were afraid we were going to miss our flight due to the baggage attendant being late. After realizing there were a lot of other people waiting at the baggage check in and no one available. I reached out to Frontier and could not get any customer service so I had to call the airport to page the baggage attendant to send someone to the counter to check in our bags before we were able to go through security , I finally spoke to the attendant at the counter and explained to her that we had to pay for two checked bags person a total of six bags when we only had a total of three bags between three people she said to reach out to Frontier and they would issue a refund for the three bags that we paid for and did not need. I reached out to Frontier which I was not able to reach anybody by phone so I had to go through their automated chat feature, which sent me around in circles until I finally reached a representative to assist me. I explained to them what happened and they explained that they were not able to assist me. I continued to push the issue with them as this was very frustrating and they finally put in a customer service ticket where we were issued a flight credit and we were so disappointed because after this experience, we NEVER want to fly Frontier again, and we do not want a credit that we will not use. Frontier charged us almost $500 for us to check three bags which is absolutely absurd! The customer service agents were not able to offer anything else other than a flight credit and I do not feel like my frustrations were truly heard , we will never use Frontier Airlines again ! Truly Theft by Manipulation! They should be ashamed!

Every day about it was very different all the boarding pass where all wrong l miss flight no refund all crazy

The trip was good but the last minute changes I didn’t like because I had already talked to the attendee and they didn’t help me with my ticket I was having trouble checking in and when the time was up they help me but charge me for that and last minute luggage it was a small bag. After I was in the airplane I realized you were charging because the flight was almost empty and you have to get the money some how. Thanks for everything.

Our flight was delayed by four hours without notice, the app for getting my boarding pass is super confusing, and I wasn’t able to check a suitcase without paying for a higher cost package

First the gate was a total nightmare-no chairs anywhere! So over crowded and only one bathroom and nightmare of food service - took forever and NOT one place to sit. No inflight entertainment and had to pay 60.00 for a small carry on. I will never fly Frontier again!

I didn't like anything about the flight It was my first time and definitely my last time boarding a frontier flight. Their counter agents need training and they need to learn to communicate regularly and respectfully

Flight was 3 hours late leaving. Poor communication from the staff about delays. Impossible to get in touch with customer service (by design). And it actually didn't come out to be much cheaper than a non-budget airline! Not worth the headache, I'm never flying Frontier again

I did not enjoy the trip home on Frontier for several reasons: there is too much cost besides the flight, which was more than I would normally pay, then having to pay for luggage, and carry-on, seat (if you want to reserve when booking) then you must pay over $3 for a can of soda, and $4 for a snack. A cup of water is free.

Flight was delay 9hrs and nothing was provided at airport, had to go and get a room to sleep in, paid for Uber back and fort with no offers until we landed back home a 1hr later for a $75 voucher for a future flight.

Terrible. Seats are bad and the baggage policy is inconsistent

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