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Cheap Flights from San Francisco to North America

Cheapest round-trip prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 5 days
New York
New York1 stop$365
Orlando
Orlandononstop$352
Los Angeles
Los Angelesnonstop$89
Las Vegas
Las Vegasnonstop$89
Chicago
Chicago2 stops$289
Miami
Miaminonstop$359
Boston
Boston1 stop$335
Fort Lauderdale
Fort Lauderdale1 stop$309
Washington, D.C.
Baltimore2 stops$352
Denver
Denver1 stop$148
Seattle
Seattle1 stop$128
Atlanta
Atlantanonstop$300
Tampa
Tampa1 stop$399
San Diego
San Diegononstop$83
Cancún
Cancún2 stops$449
New York
New York1 stop$365
Orlando
Orlandononstop$352
Los Angeles
Los Angelesnonstop$89
Las Vegas
Las Vegasnonstop$89
Chicago
Chicago2 stops$289
Miami
Miaminonstop$359
Boston
Boston1 stop$335
Fort Lauderdale
Fort Lauderdale1 stop$309
Washington, D.C.
Baltimore2 stops$352
Denver
Denver1 stop$148
Seattle
Seattle1 stop$128
Atlanta
Atlantanonstop$300
Tampa
Tampa1 stop$399
San Diego
San Diegononstop$83
Cancún
Cancún2 stops$449
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KAYAK's insights & trends for San Francisco to North America flights

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

What is the cheapest San Francisco to North America flight route?

The cheapest ticket to North America from San Francisco found in the last 5 days was to Los Angeles, at $104 round-trip. The most popular route is from San Francisco (SFO) to Los Angeles (LAX), and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 5 days was $104.

What is the cheapest time of day to fly to North America?

The cheapest time of day to fly to North America is generally at night, when round-trip flights cost $511 on average. On average, there is no price difference when choosing to fly in the morning or the evening on this flight route. The most expensive time of day to fly to North America is generally in the morning, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $545.

Can I save money by flying with a layover from San Francisco to North America?

No, with an average price for the route of $504, prices are generally cheapest when you fly direct.

What is the cheapest month to fly from San Francisco to North America?

The cheapest month for flights from San Francisco to North America is January, when tickets cost $344 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are June and December, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $479 and $463 respectively.

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from San Francisco to North America?

For San Francisco to North America, Tuesday is the cheapest day to fly on average and Sunday is the most expensive. Flying from North America back to San Francisco, the best deals are generally found on Thursday, with Sunday being the most expensive.

How far in advance should I book a flight from San Francisco to North America?

To get a below average price on the flight from San Francisco to North America, you should book around 5 weeks before departure, which saves you about 32% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 24 weeks before departure.

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Low season

January

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Flights from San Francisco to North America: the best tips from KAYAK users

Insights shared by verified travelers who flew the route from San Francisco to North America 
Verified travelerFlew with Alaska Airlines-Jul 2026
Develop a list of essentials, prepare for 3 or 4 interchangeable outfits, 2 pairs of shoes and try not to overpack!
BelindaFlew with Alaska Airlines-Jul 2026
I prefer Oakland over SFO. I liked the self-check for my suitcase for the bag drop . Getting through security went smoothly. It would have been really nice to know my boarding time was 1/2 hour later than on my app. I only found out that boarding was 1/2 hour late after rushing to the gate. I would have had time to go to my airport club had I known. Bag pick up at JFK was fast once I got to baggage claim, that was great
CherylFlew with United Airlines-Jul 2026
Don’t take a bottle of Korbel in your carry on! It has to be checked.
TylerFlew with Alaska Airlines-Jul 2026
Don't leave hungry. No food on these short flights.
Verified travelerFlew with JetBlue-Aug 2026
My most frequent trip is between JFK and SFO on Jet Blue. Food options at SFO are amazing, but expensive. Sadly, getting through security at JFK is a hassle and takes an incredibly long time. Give yourself plenty of time. Also, when I arrived at JFK around midnight, there was no place to get food and I was disappointed to learn that I needed to take the air train all the way out to Howard Beach to get an Uber.
Verified travelerFlew with WestJet-Jun 2026
Don't use WestJet. If this is your only option, make sure that your layover is long enough to make up for delays. There are so few flights to Calgary, I would recommend going to a larger hub so that you might have options for continuing your travel with another carrier.
TaylorFlew with Alaska Airlines-Aug 2026
Don’t fly into SFO. Try Oakland instead with the construction that’s happening.
HartajFlew with United Airlines-Apr 2026
My main tip is to allow a bit of extra time at SFO, since the airport is currently undergoing renovations. It is nothing unmanageable, but giving yourself a little buffer can help avoid delays.
EricFlew with Delta-Mar 2026
SFO TSA agents is not affected by the government shutdown, so the airport is functioning as normal. No need to arrive too early.
MartaFlew with Alaska Airlines-Mar 2026
Security is fast. It is run by a private company and not TSA. Lines move quickly. Immigration/customs is a smooth operation.
JorgeFlew with Aeromexico-Mar 2026
Be patient. Carry on is the best way for efficiency.
MFlew with Alaska Airlines-Apr 2026
Newark terminal B is probably the worst in the country. Allow yourself plenty of time a patience
GregFlew with Alaska Airlines-Jan 2026
Upgrade to first class for free checked bags, priority boarding and half off the SFO lounge for not that much extra
PhilipFlew with Alaska Airlines-Feb 2026
Taking a flight with a smaller plane was pleasant, fewer passengers and.easier boarding and disembarking.
Verified travelerFlew with Alaska Airlines-Dec 2025
Bid on an upgrade seat if you can, I was pleased with my upgrade.
MitchellFlew with United Airlines-Jan 2026
United had a direct flight to RDU - worked out well just need to manage food timing as arriving in RDU after 9 PM, very limited availability for healthy food. rental car transfer at RDU went very smoothly
ElenaFlew with United Airlines-Jun 2025
Construction in the terminal so allow for extra time in SFO. Very easy finding luggage and getting outside at Newark. Also, this time, took the Express Bus into Manhattan - $25 is a good price, though the bus arrived 20 minutes after the scheduled time.
MaryannFlew with United Airlines-Mar 2025
Bring your own food with you. Airport and airline food is expensive and you WILL need something to eat on such a long flight.
JendanFlew with Porter Airlines-Mar 2025
Make sure you have an online streaming option to help the time pass faster.
Verified travelerFlew with United Airlines-May 2025
Gate area is very expensive, be sure to get food before getting there.
LawrenceFlew with United Airlines-May 2025
Get to your gate early!!! Very little seating at/near gates 19, 20, 21 and 22. The last couple of flights, American boarding (very different gates) has been very straightforward. The last time on United, boarding at gate 19 was bedlam. Really going to look hard before scheduling on United next time!!!
SarahFlew with Alaska Airlines-Feb 2025
Go early in the day so if your flight is canceled, you might have better alternatives than I did when my 12:30 flight was canceled.
Verified travelerFlew with Alaska Airlines-Jan 2025
Use the lounge access at the discounted rate. It was very nice.
ericFlew with Air New Zealand-Jan 2025
At least two hour connection Buy food pre-flight
Verified travelerFlew with United Airlines-Sep 2024
If you do not find enough space for your personal belongs( bags or luggage), you can ask the crew for help. They are kindly and friendly, and they can help you.
GeraldFlew with Alaska Airlines-Oct 2024
Book a flight as early in the day as possible to avoid incoming flight delays.
StevenFlew with Southwest-Oct 2024
Take later flight out side of the hotel check in time. Lines are terrible. Travel light.
William DrewFlew with Alaska Airlines-Nov 2024
Arrive at least two hours before your flight.
BrookeFlew with Delta-Jun 2024
Book early for the best price. Upgrade if you can. Sun country is a more consistent experience but delta has better in-flight entertainment.
IreneFlew with Southwest-Jun 2024
Arrive a least 1 hour before boarding if you’re checking bags. Light layers due weather variation
JohnjimyFlew with ANA-Aug 2024
Layover from NRT(JPN), to SFO (US), to LAX(US) Easy if you are a United States Citizen, when you go to US Border & Customs, bring your Passport if you arrive Internationally. Remember to pick up your check baggage before moving into domestic flights, as they will check the tag for the plane you are boarding in. (They will check your baggage again). Bring your ID/DL (Real-ID COMPLIANT) with you to pass security/TSA, passport works too. SFO is pretty strict as well as LAX.
Verified travelerFlew with Alaska Airlines-Jul 2024
It is a very crowded flight, so I advice to choose seats in advance. We didn’t have that option and that was the only complaint I’d have because they put us in the middle seats and we both wanted aisle seats. My sister was able to switch but I wasn’t. She was switched to the back, almost to the last row.
Verified travelerFlew with Alaska Airlines-Jun 2024
SFO ~ most convenient People should prepare themselves for cold temperature inside the cabin, bring coat/jacket and food in case flight is delayed.
NancyFlew with United Airlines-Aug 2024
Bring your own food, shorten your legs by about 4-5" and bring your own entertainment that is not relying on any internet.
DanteFlew with Flair Airlines-Jul 2024
drop an air tag in your check in luggage or pay for the luggage tracking.
MorismaFlew with Aeromexico-Aug 2024
Before you go, make sure you have ride to your destination
FatimaFlew with Frontier-Jun 2024
Frontier requires 3hr preflight check in even on domestic flights
RobertFlew with Alaska Airlines-Jun 2024
Bring some food on board for the flight
JulieFlew with Southwest-Jun 2024
Avoid flying into LAX. It’s a nightmare. Baggage claim took 40 minutes. And then the shuttle to the car rental place took an hour because there are two shuttles. The first is a local bus that makes a stop at every seven terminals and then it takes you to another place where you have to wait for your smaller shuttle to the car rental place.
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.
Verified travelerFlew with United Airlines-Mar 2024
Get TSA PRE and CLEAR. Life will be easy.
Verified travelerFlew with Alaska Airlines-Mar 2024
SFO is pretty good to fly to Cancun. Alaska airlines was comfortable but the snacks are not the best at all. You should bring your own snacks/ food.
Verified travelerFlew with Porter Airlines-Mar 2024
Be on time, don’t carry so much cumbersome baggage on board.
KateFlew with Alaska Airlines-Apr 2024
Fly in the morning when it’s not windy.
SidFlew with United Airlines-Jan 2024
wear layers as you never know if you will be cold or hot (with non-functional vents).
Verified travelerFlew with Alaska Airlines-Feb 2024
Be prepared to wait for a long time in customs lines.

FAQs - booking North America flights

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    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 to North America up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

Top tips for finding cheap flights to North America

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found tickets from San Francisco to the following destinations at these prices or less: New York $284 one-way - $421 round-trip; Las Vegas $114 one-way - $167 round-trip; Los Angeles $123 one-way - $224 round-trip

Reviews of the top 5 airlines serving from San Francisco to North America

 
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from San Francisco to North America? 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.
7.9
Alaska AirlinesOverall score based on 13122 reviews
8.5Crew
7.0Food
7.8Comfort
8.1Boarding
7.0Entertainment
Airline reviews

Alaska prevented me from selecting a seat and was only assigned a seat at the gate. This gave me unnecessary anxiety prior to boarding. Several 15-minute delays (probably weather though no explanation was provided) eventually pushed departure back by one hour.

6.0 GoodDAVID, Oct 2026
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Alaska prevented me from selecting a seat and was only assigned a seat at the gate. This gave me unnecessary anxiety prior to boarding. Several 15-minute delays (probably weather though no explanation was provided) eventually pushed departure back by one hour.

Gate agent was VERY efficient, even as his 2nd wasn't there. But... Great Landing! (I suspect he's done this before.)

For a 6 hour flight better snacks at least bag of chips should be offered all we got was connamon pretzels going and coming back nothing but maybe bc it’s an overnight.

Our flight was experience was great. The captain announced what to expect on the flight. The weather was stormy in Florida our destination and he explained we would be going thru some turbulence but all would be good. He took time to announce when we flew over notable areas of the country. Flight crew was good. The snacks need to step up. One Biscoff for a five hour flight on a $650.00 ticket is slack.

Sort flight, helpful staff. A special thank you for allowing me to board early, I'm almost ninety and I have problems lifting , was able to get done. Thank You

Boarding was well organized, seats comfortable & it was a very pleasant flight

Low cost, but I think I really wanted an aisle seat, and I could not easily get one. The return leg might be easier.

Trip from SNA to SFO and back was riddled with DELAYS.

Flight there was massively delayed but never updated on the app. Flight home was massively delayed but also never reported until after we arrived at the airport.

Gate agent and flight crew were amazing! Only issue was landing and waiting on the run way for 30 mins to deplane.

WiFi was a major problem and if it does not work on a 4 hour flight then that lowers the overall experience

The Airline Attendant found us in flight and moved us to seats in the front of economy due to the short time we would have to make our connecting flight. We really appreciated it.

Carmen was an absolute delight on the flight staff! Everyone was lovely and made it a very pleasant flight.

Internet connectivity still seems to be touchy on these flights, making it difficult to rely on it for getting work done.

My son’s suitcase was left behind at SFO and did not make the flight.

Crew was absolutely fantastic and we’re so welcoming and friendly ❤️

Flight delayed four separate times. I’m now one hour hours late to landing.

The plane was an older model, so it wasn’t as comfortable as others. The flight attendants were not helpful during onboarding. It was a full flight so there was chaos finding space for baggage.

Awesome! On time flight, early arrival, and a complimentary upgrade!

Delta’s staff is unmatched. From the gate agents, to the pilots, to the flight attendants… all top of the industry.

One of my checked luggage was damaged. Cracked on the top by the handle.

Not so good. Crew was not as attentive as they should have been especially if flying business class. Only offered dinner 2 hours after takeoff. My flight attendant seemed overwhelmed. Pushed my help button but no one came. I explained everything on my previous review.

I have been flying united for a long time but now I’m done

Delayed - leaving, delayed getting to the gate at destination. What should have been a very easy flight and experience was not.

Better management of the boarding process. Is there any way you could forward all the window seats first? That's the Way Reno Air used to do it, and they had the fastest boarding in the industry!

overall a very good travel experience - left on time, arrived early. Mostly a smooth flight. Polaris seats were excellent, very good service and nice food with options.

Flight was over two hours late, but they notified us early in the morning. They ended up changing planes the food on board that was extremely mediocre and we were in premier class.

Food was very bad Crew was not so welcoming. Chairs was so uncomfortable

The business class had to wait to board last. Unacceptable

The air hostess was excellent. I have taken so many flight domestic and international, this is the first time the air hostess was so caring. She was a delight

The worst seat in any business class. Food are worst then economy class.

No food on 4.5 hour flight, wi-fi did not work. Terrible experience for a long haul flight.

Multiple delays and made us miss the connecting flight and lost our bags

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

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.

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

The food was okay and the space in business class was smaller than we had to Singapore.

The plane was spartan, the seats not that comfortable. It was like flying a super low budget airline. They charged for coffee!!! I have never, ever experienced that before.

I really didn't like anything. Paid for my checked luggage online ($79) and then was told that I would have to paid another $79 for my carry on. Was not allowed to enter the terminal until 3 hours before my flight and when I finally was allowed to check my bag and enter, my flight was delayed 3 times. When I finally landed, we were all instructed to "run off the plane" as they had to do a quick turn around to Las Vegas. Me and several of my flying companions will never fly Frontier again.

They didn’t offer a water, even after I asked

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.

No frills for sure. No gate announcements about flight delay, not even water to drink on the flight.

I loked walking out on the tarmac to board and no first class. I didn't like that they have no snacks or onboard wifi to bide your time.

It was a redeye flight, so every passenger just wanted to sleep, but through the entire flight, the flight crew made announcements over the loudspeaker at maximum volume every few minutes making sleep impossible. For example: it’s 2am, and the crew decides to give an extremely detailed announcement about snacks and beverages for sale. And 3am is the perfect time to wake up everyone with a lengthy announcement about how to get a coffee refill and how to take advantage of new offer from frontier for a credit card.

While booking it was not obvious that I had to pay for carryon. Realized it only during check-in. Overall, meh!

Stop changing gates at sfo. When you are elderly going back for it’s not fun.

After 5 hours of delay, they cancelled the flight. Very disappointed

My flight to LA was cancelled. I waited at the airport for 3 hrs saying it was delayed and then all of a sudden it was cancelled. Frontier only gave me a voucher and refund but could not rebook me. Flights on other airlines were too expensive last minute. I had to drive down to LA and didn’t even take my return flight home since I had to drive. One of the worst airline experiences in my life. It’s crazy how airlines can just upend people’s plans just like that.

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