$81 Find Cheap Flights from San Francisco to North Carolina

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Cheap Flights from San Francisco to North Carolina

Cheapest round-trip prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
Raleigh
Raleigh1 stop$289
Charlotte
Charlotte1 stop$353
Asheville
Asheville1 stop$301
Wilmington
Wilmington1 stop$309
Greensboro
Greensboro1 stop$292
Fayetteville
Fayetteville1 stop$392
Jacksonville
Jacksonville1 stop$402
New Bern
New Bern1 stop$365
Greenville
Greenville1 stop$437
Norfolk
Norfolk1 stop$180
Raleigh
Raleigh1 stop$289
Charlotte
Charlotte1 stop$353
Asheville
Asheville1 stop$301
Wilmington
Wilmington1 stop$309
Greensboro
Greensboro1 stop$292
Fayetteville
Fayetteville1 stop$392
Jacksonville
Jacksonville1 stop$402
New Bern
New Bern1 stop$365
Greenville
Greenville1 stop$437
Norfolk
Norfolk1 stop$180

Book Cheap San Francisco to North Carolina Plane Tickets

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from San Francisco to North Carolina 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.
Discover the best prices for you by selecting your travel dates on KAYAK.

Recent round-trip flight deals from San Francisco to North Carolina

Thu, Feb 19 - Mon, Feb 23
Frontier Logo
11:09 pm - 10:37 am
SFO
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ORF
8h 28m
1 stop
Frontier Logo
11:39 am - 9:39 pm
ORF
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SFO
13h 00m
1 stop
$180Frontier
Fri, Feb 27 - Mon, Mar 2
Frontier Logo
6:15 am - 6:06 pm
SFO
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TYS
8h 51m
1 stop
Frontier Logo
8:13 pm - 10:01 pm
TYS
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SFO
28h 48m
1 stop
$215Frontier
Sat, Feb 14 - Sat, Feb 21
American Airlines Logo
6:21 am - 6:40 pm
SFO
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ORF
9h 19m
1 stop
American Airlines Logo
3:01 pm - 11:10 pm
ORF
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SFO
11h 09m
1 stop
$279American Airlines
Sat, Feb 28 - Mon, Mar 2
American Airlines Logo
11:30 pm - 11:14 am
SFO
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GSO
8h 44m
1 stop
American Airlines Logo
5:00 pm - 11:10 pm
GSO
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SFO
9h 10m
1 stop
$292American Airlines
Wed, Feb 18 - Mon, Feb 23
United Airlines Logo
6:45 am - 5:17 pm
SFO
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RDU
7h 32m
1 stop
United Airlines Logo
6:27 pm - 9:44 pm
RDU
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SFO
6h 17mnonstop
$295United Airlines
Sat, Feb 21 - Sat, Feb 28
United Airlines Logo
11:20 pm - 7:25 am
SFO
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RDU
5h 05mnonstop
United Airlines Logo
6:15 am - 11:30 am
RDU
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SFO
8h 15m
1 stop
$299United Airlines
Mon, Apr 13 - Thu, Apr 23
Delta Logo
9:35 pm - 9:12 am
SFO
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AVL
8h 37m
1 stop
Delta Logo
5:45 pm - 11:59 pm
AVL
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SFO
9h 14m
1 stop
$309Delta
Sat, May 9 - Mon, May 11
Delta Logo
11:30 am - 9:25 pm
SFO
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GSO
6h 55m
1 stop
Delta Logo
6:55 pm - 12:15 am
GSO
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SFO
8h 20m
1 stop
$310Delta
Sat, Feb 14 - Tue, Feb 17
Southwest Logo
9:30 pm - 10:20 am
SFO
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CLT
9h 50m
1 stop
Southwest Logo
10:55 am - 8:15 pm
CLT
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SFO
12h 20m
2 stops
$369Southwest
Sat, Mar 14 - Wed, Mar 18
Southwest Logo
9:20 pm - 10:00 am
SFO
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CLT
9h 40m
1 stop
Southwest Logo
7:45 am - 3:15 pm
CLT
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SFO
10h 30m
2 stops
$370Southwest
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KAYAK's insights & trends for San Francisco to North Carolina flights

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

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

Data is based on round-trip flight searches on KAYAK over the past month.

The cheapest ticket to North Carolina from San Francisco found in the last 72 hours was to Charlotte, at $262 round-trip. The most popular route is from San Francisco (SFO) to Charlotte (CLT), and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 72 hours was $262.

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

The average round-trip price for all non-stop flights, flights with one layover, and flights with two layovers for the route found by users searching on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.

No, with an average price for the route of $486, prices are generally cheapest when you fly direct.

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

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from San Francisco to North Carolina, 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 San Francisco to North Carolina is July, when tickets cost $389 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and November, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $499 and $477 respectively.

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

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

Your flight ticket price will generally be cheaper if you fly to North Carolina on a Wednesday and more expensive on a Sunday. On your return trip to San Francisco, you should consider flying back on a Thursday, and avoid Sundays for better deals.

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

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from San Francisco to North Carolina, 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 San Francisco to North Carolina, you should book around 3 weeks before departure, which saves you about 27% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 8 weeks before departure.

Good to know

Low seasonJanuary
Cheapest flight$81
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 8% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 4% lower on average.
Flight from San Francisco to Charlotte

FAQs - booking North Carolina flights

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from San Francisco to North Carolina?

    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 to North Carolina.

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

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

    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 to North Carolina 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 to North Carolina?

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

  • What is the cheapest time of day to fly to North Carolina?

    The cheapest time of day to fly to North Carolina is generally at night, when round-trip flights cost $459 on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to North Carolina is generally in the morning, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $521.

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

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from San Francisco to North Carolina. 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.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from San Francisco to North Carolina? 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 4262 reviews
7.0Food
8.0Comfort
8.6Crew
7.5Entertainment
8.1Boarding
Airline reviews

3 hour delay. Had to change plans and was still delayed.

2.0 MediocreAnonymous, Jan 2026
SFO - SAN
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3 hour delay. Had to change plans and was still delayed.

The staff was very friendly, professional, and courteous. The overall flight was a great experience.

We got exit row seats both flights. Everything was running on time

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.

The lead steward kept singing about "San Francisco" and hotel California---more annoying than humorous....needs work. Flight was smooth and on time.

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

Crew could have been friendlier, maybe I'm spoiled by SW crews. In flight wifi was good. Would be nice to have more food offerings on a 4 plus hour flight

Ever since Southwest starting charging for bags, passengers don't want to pay to check their bags, so the gate agents have to beg people to check their roller bags now because there's "not enough space". This was a terrible business move by Southwest.

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

As always, the entire Southwest experience was wonderful, from online booking to flight to baggage retrieval. Very grateful.

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

The flight was delayed for about 2 hrs. Other than it, it was good.

I am extremely disappointed that delta internal pilot manuals now refer to the Gulf of Mexico as the “gulf of America”. You can bow down to the Orange turd on your own. I will never fly delta again

Very smooth, on-time, and pleasantly uneventful flight. The team at the gate and on board were professional and genuinely courteous. The pilot kept us well updated throughout, and both takeoff and landing were steady and enjoyable without any drama. Just a good, solid flight. Thank you! 💗

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.

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.

The flight crew where really good. Better then the crew from BNE to SFO

Food should be changed in menu Many muslims travels in this airlime they need to add one Halal meal

left on time, reasonable boarding process arrived early luggage came out quickly

Some flight attendants were great others were cranky. Seats were very tight and sitting on an aisle was very hard as the carts and people walking constantly bumped shoulder and arm.

Pushed back only to get deplaned due to a tire damaged by ground crew. They did at least go pretty fast. The bathrooms should be banned under the Geneva convention. No room to even sit straight on the toilet. The under-seat entertainment units block what little leg room there is.

United airlines has the best customer experience from booking to arrival. I always fly United airlines. The mileage program is excellent

from SFO-> FRA flight, AVML meal was significantly less compared to regular meal, especially no Desert, no Bread, no sides.

This was an older airplane. The cabin was constantly warm to hot throughout the 10 hour flight and there were no vents to personalize air flow. Also since it was an older plane, the material and comfort of the chairs were very uncomfortable. I left my flight with major soreness on my tailbone.

Older aircraft, no meal, only food was for purchase. Not impressed United.

Not pleasant trip cross country when the entertainment and WiFi system not working. No entertainment for entirety of route. Staff was rather nonchalant in that they dismissed the problem due to age of plane. It would have been nice to know this up front so I could have come prepared to read or download movies before boarding Coincidentally or not, there was a similar issue with the entertainment system on my previous flight I took on my fist leg of the trip. There are no seat TVs, so you must rely on the app when it works. United can do better. Also, what use it it to pay for boarding group 2 when half of the passengers are in the same line as you?

It was a good trip. Flight Attendants were friendly and responsive.

Crew in Columbia was not prepared for landing. It was a bit of a disaster and getting bags took forever.

Tell the crew (when boarding) to yell at the imbeciles blocking us from walking up to scan. I promise everyone crowds around and half of us (most the time I’m group 4) have to push our way through. Your staff is awesome, the public - not so much-

It was fine. My connection in Charlotte to go to WPB was too late and I had to spend the night in the Charlotte Airport in the mini suites.

Nothing to write home about, average flight experience. Seats were spacious enough, crew friendly enough. Loved the AA entertainment/wifi service.

Great flight - friendly and attentive team! Seats in coach were comfy, but a little cramped - but that is the case with all airlines ;)

Experience was good, however I had a delay due to weather happening and had to re purchase a seat on a new plane for a higher price (could be my own issue and misunderstanding) but other than that situation. First time flyer (by myself) was terrific!! The last from ORD to ALO didn't have wifi, but it was only 45 minutes so I'm sure that was part of the reason. Overall my experience was great! Next time I will remember to buy tickets with longer layovers. The delays really saved my overall anxiety. :)

Did not understand a single word the attendant said on the pa system. I was glad it was not an emergency.

My flight was delayed about three hours. I got home at 3:30 in the morning very bad experience.

I had a positive experience on American. I'm blind and traveling with a guide dog and the flight attendants were so kind, friendly, and helpful towards us. They checked in on us during the flight and they made us feel comfortable and welcomed. There was an hour delay before depature, but overall the flight was a smooth ride. I appreciate that there were no issues on this long flight back home.

It was ok. It was expensive to check 2 bags ($75.00 per bag), and then it took a long time to wait for shuttle to take us from one terminal to the terminal where the plane was taking off at LAX. And all of this for a flight where we had to pay for any food or drink that was not water.

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.

Everyone seemed to be in zone 1 for boarding. Maybe break it up a little. Otherwise, smooth flight.

This airline sucks. They offer low rates then charge you for everything, the app does not work well, the seats are the most uncomfortable. Maintenance issues on the flight, and you still have to sit through their credit card commercials. People are nice enough but does not make up for overall poor experience.

Finally a Frontier on time and efficient. I've had problems before with your airline, but this time everything went fine.

Frontier is terrible. Paid for exit row, not given exit row, refused to refund fee.

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….

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