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Flight from Oakland to Dallas/Fort Worth Airport

Flights from San Francisco Bay Area to Texas: the best tips from KAYAK users

Insights shared by verified travelers who flew the route from San Francisco Bay Area to Texas 
Verified travelerFlew with Alaska Airlines-Dec 2025
Bid on an upgrade seat if you can, I was pleased with my upgrade.
Verified travelerFlew with Alaska Airlines-Jan 2025
Use the lounge access at the discounted rate. It was very nice.
ThuFlew with Southwest-Oct 2024
Oakland is a great airport to fly in and out of. Long term park is very reasonable.
BryanFlew with American Airlines-Aug 2024
Don't count on wheelchair assistance, particularly if you have a short connection and different terminals. DFW is HUGE and the assistance program is a disaster.

FAQs for booking flights from San Francisco Bay Area to Texas

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from San Francisco Bay Area to Texas?

    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 Francisco Bay Area to Texas.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from San Francisco Bay Area to Texas?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight from San Francisco Bay Area to Texas 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 Francisco Bay Area to Texas?

    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 San Francisco Bay Area to Texas 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 San Francisco Bay Area to Texas?

    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 San Francisco Bay Area to Texas up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

  • Which airlines fly most frequently to Texas?

    San Francisco Bay Area and Texas are connected by different airlines. The airlines that fly that route the most regularly are United Airlines (142 flights per week), Virgin Australia (120 flights per week), and Air New Zealand (119 flights per week).

  • How many airports are there in Texas?

    There are 25 airports in Texas. The busiest airport is Dallas/Fort Worth Airport (DFW), with 52% of all flights arriving there.

  • Which is the cheapest airport to fly into in Texas?

    Prices will differ depending on the departure airport, but generally, the cheapest airport to fly to in Texas is Austin Bergstrom Airport (AUS), with an average flight price of $246.

  • What is the cheapest day to fly to Texas?

    Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to Texas is Thursday where round-trip tickets can be as cheap as $446. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Monday, where round-trip prices are $536 on average.

  • What is the cheapest time of day to fly to Texas?

    The cheapest time of day to fly to Texas is generally at night, when round-trip flights cost $409 on average. Morning departures are around 17% more expensive than evening flights, on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to Texas is generally in the morning, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $504.

  • What is the cheapest flight to Texas?

    The cheapest ticket to Texas from San Francisco Bay Area found in the last 5 days was to Austin, at $156 round-trip. The most popular route is Oakland (OAK) to Dallas Love Field Airport (DAL) and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 5 days was $215.

  • What is the cheapest month to fly from San Francisco Bay Area to Texas?

    The cheapest month for flights from San Francisco Bay Area to Texas is October, when tickets cost $196 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are June and March, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $274 and $251 respectively.

  • How far in advance should I book a flight from San Francisco Bay Area to Texas?

    To get a below average price on the flight from San Francisco Bay Area to Texas, you should book around 4 weeks before departure, which saves you about 24% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 13 weeks before departure.

  • How many cities have direct flights to Texas?

    From San Francisco Bay Area, there are direct flights to Texas from 2 cities. The city with the most direct flights is San Francisco, with 964 direct flights each week.

  • How many direct flights to Texas are there each day?

    There are around 161 direct flights from within San Francisco Bay Area to Texas every day. Most flights (52%) depart in the morning.

  • How many direct flights to Texas are there each week?

    Each week there are around 1,121 direct flights from within San Francisco Bay Area to Texas. The most common day for departures is Sunday, with 15% of flights taking off on this day.

  • How long is the flight to Texas?

    An average nonstop flight from San Francisco Bay Area to Texas takes 5h 42m, covering a distance of 1448 miles. The shortest route is Oakland (OAK) to Dallas/Fort Worth Airport (DFW) with an average flight time of 3h 15m.

  • How many long-haul flights are there to Texas each week?

    Each week, there are 264 medium-haul flights (3-6 hour flight duration) and 857 short-haul flights (up to 3 hour flight duration) to Texas. There aren't any long-haul flights (6-12 hour flight duration).

  • What are the most popular destinations in Texas?

    Based on KAYAK flight searches, the most popular destination is Dallas (53% of total searches to Texas). The next most popular destinations are Houston (27%) and Austin (15%). Searches for flights to San Antonio (3%), to El Paso (1%) and to Corpus Christi (0%) are also popular.

Reviews of the top 5 airlines serving from San Francisco Bay Area to Texas

 
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from San Francisco Bay Area to Texas? 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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SouthwestOverall score based on 4190 reviews
7.5Entertainment
8.0Comfort
8.6Crew
7.0Food
8.1Boarding
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Delayed and once landed waited very long for the luggage

6.0 GoodIngeborg, Sep 2026
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Delayed and once landed waited very long for the luggage

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

SW can't get their wifi right. I upgrade to insure wifi service but the last two trips had intermittent service. Not worth the extra costs.

One major problem that was very unprofessional and uncalled for. Plane landed and we had to wait 20 minutes to get off the plane since they were waiting for someone to come to the gate to drive the jetway. Southwest couldn't have someone available and waiting for the plane to land? Is there only one person in Hobby airport who knows to drive the jetway? Was he at lunch? In the bar? Uncomfortable and uncalled for!

Southwest is kind of a slum airline. It’s gotten more expensive over the years for less and less service. I am a Southwest Chase Visa card holder and was forced to choose a seat in the 26th row in the middle seat. However my wife who is a rewards member but doesn’t hold a card or anything else, gets randomly assigned a normally paid seat in row 6! How does that work?

The seat was not comfortable. 1D. My back was sore all night and the next day.

Great flight but super high price. Glad it was a business trip and not personal

Service was great, boarding and exiting went smoothly, and the flight was very pleasant.

The crew and flight went well. My issue was internal communications. I had a connecting flight that initially was changed to a later time since first flight was delayed, then they changed back to original time because “the captain thought hed make it”. Upon arrival at connecting airport, the flight attendant assured that the connecting flight was still there and I should run to the gate after deplaning…well that was inaccurate. The plane had departed and gate was empty. I was stuck at airport 4 hours hungry and irritated and also had to again cancel my transportation plans at destination. After informing the help desk I was given a dry oh well and a measly $15 food voucher that barely could afford anything at that airport.

There were over 40 people in the “preboard” group. It’s not fair for southwest to charge for an upgraded boarding fee (a1-a15) and then let over 40 people board before.

The wifi was barely operable. just enough to charge me, not enough to be useful. I wasted 2 hours of time I could have been working. So now, I' have two hours of work this weekend to catch up on thanks to Delta's crappy technology. Plus I'm out the money!

It’s a 3 hour flight with no entertainment and no WiFi due to Delta using old planes on this route and food is cold. Today we were told no potable water on the flight to even make coffee or tea. Ridiculous service in this direct route for business travelers and non business travelers

Audio Visual Equipment lacking content and features. No connection ability for noise cancellation pods

Delta is getting worst by the minute. Where this was at one point my only go to airline, it has become like a budget airline

Long story short, it was one of the better flight experiences I've had in some time when compared with other airlines.

Smaller plane for a longer flight than my first one. Doesn’t make sense.

Another late night flight and MORE men belligerently drinking and yelling. I had to move from first to economy because they were so obnoxious and disruptive. Crazy to go from a cozy chair to cardboard when you were supposed to be in first. Delta allows was too much drinking which leads to belligerent behavior.

Delta flights recently are always delayed AND at jfk tney get the gates further away (need To walk 20’ to get to them/all the way at the end of the terminal). Not sure whats happening but price doesnt match experience!

Only freetext wifi was available in flight; browsing WiFi required payment. Since the seats had no in flight entertainment, Delta should revisit this policy on this longer flight.

Good breakfast granola bar good crew seamless flight and baggage transfer we’ll done!

Flight was on time, clean, etc. Despite connecting to your wi fi I was unable to use your app to watch entertainment.

Boarded from a very small gate at LAX. Staff at gate had us line up, then waited 25 minutes to board without a word of explanation. Plane arrived on time then waited 20 minutes for a plane to vacate our gate. Majority of bags arrived after 15 minutes but it took an hour for a small number of remaining bags to be off-loaded despite my “priority” bag tag.

The boarding process on the departure from LA was rather slow even though I was in Group 1. For first class, I was not expecting to have to pay for Wi-fi but I did and then the wi-fi was spotty. The entree was surprisingly good and so that was a pleasant surprise. However, once I got to Houston, it was terrible. Unfortunately there was bad weather but the constant gate changes for my connecting flight was difficult to manage due to having to navigate back and forth between different terminals.

No screens or meal options. Freezing cold. Dirty seats. Left late.

Boarding was again a "free for all". We were boarding group 4, and almost the entire plane was able to board before us. It's a shame that someone who follows the rules, gets the short end of the stick. Not fair.

My flight was canceled a few hours before boarding. I was rebooked on Copa airlines and missed an important meeting .

Complimentary light meal would be appreciated. But great flight crew service on all legs

I boarded flight UA#1318 at Sacramento International Airport going back to Houston TX. The flight was scheduled at 5:10am. I was able to check in virtually using the United Airlines app. When I entered the airport, there was no one outside assisting with checked bags as it was for Delta Airlines. Immediately upon entering, there was a LONG, EXTREMELY LONG line to the kiosks to get boarding passes. I stand in line to get boarding passes then had to move to ANOTHER EXTREMELY LONG line to get my bags checked in. While standing in this line, we noticed an agent taking customers to 3 at a time to her station to check their bags in. Lucky for me, she called me back, checked my bags for me and I was on my way. I then encountered another long line at the TSA check and to avoid I ending up having to sign up for CLEAR to bypass it. So glad, I did.,...Both of my flights were great with no issues, butthe check in progress at Bush Airport was so much smoother. Check-in at SMF airport needs to be anaylzed and corrected. Do better United, I know you can....thanks

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.

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.

Little communication with passengers after sitting over 1 hour for a maintenance issue Then we had to deplane- no crew communication Poor gate information after deplaned WiFi would not connect AT ALL

Plane had mechanical issues. We had to de plane and board a different plane and were an hour late

More space for economy, and the bathroom size is only for people with size XS

We enjoy the professionalism and cleanliness of the staff and aircraft. We are grateful to the experiences pilots and flight crew

Flight attendant made the flight very enjoyable. He was courteous and gave great care to the passengers

Not good. Flight crew, was not friendly and just shoved stuff at us. Not the way I like to travel.

The WiFi didn’t work entire flight, couldn’t watch a movie. The recline button didn’t work

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..

Aside from the little delay, overall was flight good. Made it safely. Thanks!

Over the course of 7 months of travel, I can count on my hand the number of times the flight has departed on time. Majority of the instances have been related to non-weather reasons. Would not recommend flying this Airline

Terrible. Delayed my family flight for several hours affecting family plans

Flight was delayed and then my second leg was completely canceled. Had to get a refund

When I wanted to check in 3 hours prior to boarding time, the employees mentioned “a little over an hour delay” so I waited for an hour then I went to go look for food in the terminal and most people from that flight were in the same area looking for food. Finally I decided after food to check to see if it’s anytime closer and now it’s 2 mins until boarding closes?! What are you kidding me? I didn’t receive anything via sms about boarding now nor via email or on the intercom. I luckily made it through, barely, and then there’s no room for my carry on mind you I’m in the very first row so I had to place my purse in one further row back and my carry on sections down. Not sure who pays for better seats to get your stuff placed all over the plane but that was the worst experience I’ve ever had flying with anyone.

baggage clamed had to wait over a hour and half for all people on my flight it was terrible

My flight was canceled I was promised a reginf still not received.

It was a short flight so no food or entertainment….

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.

They changed the timing , first delayed by 4 hours then went back to 40 mins late, we had to run back to airport to not miss our flight. This is ridiculous

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 delayed for more than 3 hours, crew at ONT airport was rude, and when we got to DFW the airplane had an issue landing, we had to be taxied to the terminal, and the luggage was hold until the next day.

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