$121 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
Charlotte
Charlotte1 stop$244
Raleigh
Raleigh1 stop$271
Asheville
Asheville1 stop$279
Wilmington
Wilmington1 stop$291
Greensboro
Greensboro1 stop$282
Fayetteville
Fayetteville1 stop$373
Greenville
Greenville1 stop$415
Norfolk
Norfolk1 stop$247
Charlotte
Charlotte1 stop$244
Raleigh
Raleigh1 stop$271
Asheville
Asheville1 stop$279
Wilmington
Wilmington1 stop$291
Greensboro
Greensboro1 stop$282
Fayetteville
Fayetteville1 stop$373
Greenville
Greenville1 stop$415
Norfolk
Norfolk1 stop$247

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

Thu, Sep 25 - Mon, Sep 29
Frontier Logo
6:29 am - 7:50 pmSFO-TYS
10h 21m1 stop
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8:35 pm - 12:16 amTYS-SFO
6h 41m1 stop
$222Frontier
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Fri, Sep 26 - Thu, Oct 2
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6:29 am - 4:43 pmSFO-CLT
7h 14m1 stop
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5:20 pm - 8:15 amCLT-SFO
17h 55m1 stop
$244Frontier
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Fri, Oct 24 - Fri, Oct 31
American Airlines Logo
11:36 pm - 12:50 pmSFO-ORF
10h 14m1 stop
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1:13 pm - 5:59 pmORF-SFO
7h 46m1 stop
$247American Airlines
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Fri, Oct 24 - Fri, Oct 31
American Airlines Logo
11:36 pm - 12:50 pmSFO-ORF
10h 14m1 stop
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2:10 pm - 8:43 pmORF-SFO
9h 33m2 stops
$252American Airlines
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Mon, Nov 3 - Tue, Nov 11
Delta Logo
5:45 am - 4:46 pmSFO-ORF
8h 01m1 stop
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6:06 pm - 11:58 pmORF-SFO
8h 52m1 stop
$277Delta
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Wed, Oct 22 - Mon, Oct 27
Delta Logo
1:45 pm - 11:50 pmSFO-AVL
7h 05m1 stop
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7:53 pm - 12:05 amAVL-SFO
7h 12m1 stop
$279Delta
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Tue, Sep 23 - Tue, Sep 30
United Airlines Logo
8:30 am - 8:59 pmSFO-GSO
9h 29m1 stop
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10:31 am - 3:23 pmGSO-SFO
7h 52m1 stop
$282United Airlines
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Thu, Sep 25 - Sun, Oct 5
United Airlines Logo
1:40 pm - 9:53 pmSFO-RDU
5h 13mnonstop
United Airlines Logo
7:00 am - 9:45 amRDU-SFO
5h 45mnonstop
$289United Airlines
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Wed, Dec 3 - Thu, Dec 11
Southwest Logo
9:25 am - 9:10 pmSFO-CLT
8h 45m2 stops
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6:10 am - 11:00 amCLT-SFO
7h 50m1 stop
$302Southwest
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Mon, Sep 15 - Tue, Sep 30
Southwest Logo
11:25 am - 10:15 pmSFO-RDU
7h 50m1 stop
Southwest Logo
6:05 am - 1:25 pmRDU-SFO
10h 20m1 stop
$303Southwest
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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 $263 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 $263.

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.

Yes, flying with a layover may cost you more time, but you can also save money on the route, with a 2 stops layover the cheapest option at $1,029 on average.

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 January, when tickets cost $409 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and November, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $548 and $495 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 Tuesday and more expensive on a Sunday. On your return trip to San Francisco, you should consider flying back on a Wednesday, and avoid Mondays 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 4 weeks before departure, which saves you about 16% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 13 weeks before departure.

Good to know

Low seasonFebruary
Cheapest flight$121
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 16% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 57% increase in price.
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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 in the evening, when round-trip flights cost $320 on average. Morning departures are around 45% more expensive than evening flights, on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to North Carolina is generally at night, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $518.

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 4242 reviews
7.5Entertainment
8.1Boarding
8.0Comfort
7.0Food
8.6Crew
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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.

10.0 ExcellentJoseph, Aug 2025SFO - BWI
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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.

southwest just starting charging for luggage. hadnt realized it until it was too late. now out $70 when i couldve bought a carry on if i wouldve known. free bags was one of the only reasons i chose southwest over another airline (the other being no assigned seats, which is apparently also being changed). stupid business decision. wont be flying southwest anymore.

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

Cluster mess boarding. Can't wait for SWA reserved seating. Internet didn't seem to work on the plane.

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

The price of the tickets isn't matching the flight experience. No matter how long the flight is, you're only getting pretzels. The flight attendants looked unkept and over it.

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

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

Great experience on Delta. Staff from baggage check to flight attendants were very courteous and professional. My only issue was a personal preference for pretzels instead of the chips and cookies that were offered.

My husband upgraded our seats and I don't know if it was due to the type of planet was or if they didn't upgrade our seats. We were supposed to be in I believe comfort seats and they were just as tight as any other seat- no leg room and we are very tall people but at least it wasn't extremely cold. My husband did put in a complaint about our seating because he paid extra and if we would have known that the space and the tightness would have been the same, we just would have gotten the emergency row emergency row seats that we normally get. We love Delta but both our flights coming home we're not good. Oh I forgot to mention that on our flight to Hawaii our luggage wheels got broke and we had to purse new luggage on vacation then we never had this problem so we didn't know protocol and reported it after we got home only for them to tell is we only had 24hrs to report the damage. Not sure what was going on with Delta this vacation trip.

Crew was excellent. Comfort seats not as nice as other kinds of planes.

It was a great flight and the stewards and stewardess were all kind and accommodating!! The seats were comfortable and entertainment screen excellent!

There are 4 flights in consecutive gates with about the same departure time. Two flights were boarding at the same time. One was delayed or boarding would be happening at the same time. I am not sure what Delta and LAX need to do to have a better layout at the end of Terminal 2

There was a security issue at the airport and we were unable to land. We circled endlessly and then landed at another airfield for fuel. We then circled the airport again, almost landed but didn’t fully touch down before circling again. I am thankful to the crew for keeping us safe- the issue was the airline and staff at the airport getting us seats on our connecting flights. That part was hours of searching for someone and getting in double my steps.

Most aspects were good however if they assign boarding zones they ought to enforce them or why bother? My luggage from SAN-JFK-MAD was lost in NY so I without my main bag for two days upon arrival in Spain. They were helpful in tracking it and eventually delivered it to my hotel. The flub was because of a delay upon arrival in NYC. I had booked 2 1/2 hours between flights but we had to hold on the taxiway for an hour after landing while waiting for a clear gate which likely caused the baggage error.

Excellent flight, the planes were newer, they did a nice job with boarding, great service overall.

Great service. Flight was delayed while we sat on the runway for a couple of hours. Weather related. Staff made is very bearable. The steward servicing the first class cabin was exceptional. Thank you! 💗

It would be nice if was given wires ear buds. Overall was a good experience was able to sleep on the plane

From the first moment you interact with United Airlines, you can expect nothing less but extreme frustration. The baggage handler at the bag drop seems completely unbothered by the presence of customers waiting in line. No help was extended to load the baggage whatsoever. And if any of your bags is overweight by 0.01 pound they will make you re-distribute everything in your suitcase just to play power trip. When it was time to board no help was extended to customers to locate their seats. Moreover. It was a chaotic mess at the gate when it was unclear who should board first and everyone just bunched up, trying to get on the plane. I am sure the crew was doing their best to perform their jobs while being paid their wages however it shouldn’t be that hard to smile once or twice when you’re in the business if serving customers. It is a shame for the United States of America to have a flagship carrier of such low caliber. Our flight was also delayed by about an hour and a half due to further delays prior to our inbound flight. Being someone who has travelled for both business and leisure in Asia, Europe, and South America I have never experienced such poor quality of service.

The pilots were late and it made us 1 hour late. The meat was tough and bok choy was also tough.

Stuck on tarmac for two hours plus a 5.5 hour flight. Rude flight attendant. And no meals, not even for purchase!

I learned that seating towards the end of plane that a line forms for the restroom and people use your chair as a hand railing, bumping your seat consistently. I was seated in the aisle. I think that next time if I am towards the back row I would want to sit in the middle or window seat.

The best airline I have ever travel , really good customer service, attention and service !!

Everything was great. Only thing that could’ve made it better was buy on board options for hot food, but the snacks were decent. The flight attendants were great. I had no complaints. I was able to make it to my destination safely

Horrific. They missed my connecting flight to San Diego. I didn’t get there until Monday at 9am when I had a mandatory court settlement conference scheduled at 6am since we had parties on the east coast. This caused many issues. All because United apparently forgot to hold the doors open until my flight landed that only had a 10 minute delay. This was the last flight to Southern California. So I couldn’t even rent a car to finish the trip. United cannot be trusted when traveling on specific days and times since weather didn’t have anything to do with the delays.

Very comfortable (upgraded to business class). The audio on my screen didn’t work, but I managed to play the audio through my phone while watching the screen.

Flight was late as pilot crew had to land at different airport in their previous flight. Passengers boarded and had to wait for pilots inside plane. Series of incomplete and unnecessary announcements by an annoying voice, rather than complete, informative announcements.

Breakfast was not loaded at SFO due to catering company change. Seems like a major airline at a major hub would have thought of something else or warned passengers to pick up food before boarding a 3 hour flight.

The comfort of the seats was great, the crew eased my child’s anxieties and the fact that I had full cans of my beverage choice was great.

We had to turn around and head back to Manchester. Problem with a plane engine.

Delayed flight, so I switched fights to SFO to Phoenix , Phoenix to DSM. Excellent service through American Airlines

Overall very good, only complaint I have is the crew from CLT to SAT could have collected trash sooner.

AA re-routed flight from HNL to LAX due to delay. My group of 3 with reserved seats in row 9 was broken up, with one assigned to a middle seat, another in the last row of the plane. Not happy. No explanation to the delay. No apologies. No compensation. Would have been nice to be offered an Admiral Club admission or a voucher for the extra 3 hours of layover in LAX. Could not hear the boarding gate announcements in LAX. Adjacent gate was boarding at the same time. Loud speakers were competing against each other. Barely made my boarding group.

Terrible. Cancelled my original flight. It made getting a boarding pass difficult. The AA employee (in a loud voice, so everyone around could hear) griped at me for not getting a boarding pass 24 hours before. I asked how I was supposed to do that when I had no idea what flight I was going to be on. She said (loudly), “Talk to AA customer service, not me!” I could certainly tell serving customers was not important to her. Our new flight was set to a completely different city. We had to change our rental car, and the price went way up. It took 2-1/2 hours to get checked in. By then our new flight had left. We ended up on stand by and had to split up the family to get to our destination. It cost us the whole first day of the trip. AA needs to employ people who actually care about doing a good job. I suppose those people are getting harder to find, but atleast try.

Mechanical delay and no compensation. Missed connection as a result of their delay. Mediocre performance and service. Horrible airline currently with horrible culture.

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

In flight connectivity (via T-Mobile) was often not working.

We missed our flight. The boarding pass had the wrong gate and by the time we received the text from Kayak, our flight was already gone. I’ll never use Kayak again and will go direct to the airlines in the future.

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….

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

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

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

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