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Best Orange County Flight Deals from San Francisco

Cheapest round-trip prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
Los Angeles
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Santa Ana
Santa Ananonstop$57
Los Angeles
Los Angelesnonstop$88
Santa Ana
Santa Ananonstop$57

Cheap Flights from San Francisco to Orange County (SFO-zzKFI)

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from San Francisco to Orange County 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 Orange County

Fri, Jul 25 - Mon, Jul 28
Frontier Logo
1:07 pm - 2:47 pmSFO-SNA
1h 40mnonstop
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7:26 pm - 8:56 pmSNA-SFO
1h 30mnonstop
$74Frontier
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Thu, Jun 5 - Thu, Jun 26
Frontier Logo
1:09 pm - 2:42 pmSFO-SNA
1h 33mnonstop
Frontier Logo
4:42 pm - 6:14 pmSNA-SFO
1h 32mnonstop
$76Frontier
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Wed, Jun 4 - Thu, Jun 5
Alaska Airlines Logo
10:10 am - 11:45 amSFO-SNA
1h 35mnonstop
Alaska Airlines Logo
12:35 pm - 2:03 pmSNA-SFO
1h 28mnonstop
$77Alaska Airlines
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Tue, Jun 3 - Tue, Jul 8
Alaska Airlines Logo
11:13 am - 12:51 pmSFO-SNA
1h 38mnonstop
Alaska Airlines Logo
12:42 pm - 2:10 pmSNA-SFO
1h 28mnonstop
$87Alaska Airlines
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Wed, Jun 4 - Wed, Jun 4
Hawaiian Airlines Logo
10:10 am - 11:45 amSFO-SNA
1h 35mnonstop
Hawaiian Airlines Logo
1:31 pm - 2:58 pmSNA-SFO
1h 27mnonstop
$92Hawaiian Airlines
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Mon, Sep 8 - Tue, Sep 9
Hawaiian Airlines Logo
8:14 am - 9:53 amSFO-SNA
1h 39mnonstop
Hawaiian Airlines Logo
1:08 pm - 2:41 pmSNA-SFO
1h 33mnonstop
$137Hawaiian Airlines
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Thu, Jul 17 - Sat, Jul 19
United Airlines Logo
10:40 am - 12:12 pmSFO-SNA
1h 32mnonstop
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7:05 pm - 8:32 pmSNA-SFO
1h 27mnonstop
$151United Airlines
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Sun, Jun 8 - Sat, Jun 14
United Airlines Logo
7:18 am - 9:00 amSFO-SNA
1h 42mnonstop
United Airlines Logo
6:12 pm - 7:44 pmSNA-SFO
1h 32mnonstop
$167United Airlines
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Wed, Jun 11 - Fri, Jun 13
American Airlines Logo
9:15 am - 3:26 pmSFO-SNA
6h 11m1 stop
American Airlines Logo
4:29 pm - 10:31 pmSNA-SFO
6h 02m1 stop
$168American Airlines
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Tue, Jun 10 - Tue, Jun 17
American Airlines Logo
3:23 pm - 9:45 pmSFO-SNA
6h 22m1 stop
American Airlines Logo
4:29 pm - 10:31 pmSNA-SFO
6h 02m1 stop
$173American Airlines
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KAYAK's insights & trends for San Francisco to Orange County flights

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

What is the cheapest San Francisco to Orange County flight route?

The cheapest price for flight routes found by users searching on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks for round-trip flights from San Francisco to Orange County.

The cheapest ticket to Orange County from San Francisco found in the last 72 hours was to Santa Ana, at $52 round-trip. The most popular route is from San Francisco (SFO) to Santa Ana (SNA), and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 72 hours was $52.

Can I save money by flying with a layover from San Francisco to Orange County?

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 $1,458, prices are generally cheapest when you fly direct.

What is the cheapest month to fly from San Francisco to Orange County?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from San Francisco to Orange County, 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 Orange County is September, when tickets cost $119 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are April and December, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $184 and $171 respectively.

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from San Francisco to Orange County?

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

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

How far in advance should I book a flight from San Francisco to Orange County?

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 Orange County, 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 Orange County, you should book around 2 weeks before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 5 weeks before departure.


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Low seasonFebruary
High seasonOctober
Cheapest flight$35
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 7% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 6% lower on average.
Flight from San Francisco to John Wayne (Santa Ana)

FAQs - booking Orange County flights

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from San Francisco to Orange County?

    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 Orange County.

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

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

    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 Orange County 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 Orange County?

    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 Orange County 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 Orange County?

    The cheapest time of day to fly to Orange County is generally in the afternoon, when round-trip flights cost $158 on average. Morning departures are around 16% cheaper than evening flights, on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to Orange County is generally in the evening, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $398.

Top 5 airlines serving from San Francisco to Orange County

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from San Francisco to Orange County. 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.
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Alaska AirlinesOverall score based on 10000 reviews
8.2Boarding
8.5Crew
7.1Entertainment
7.1Food
7.9Comfort
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Great, overall. Thicker seat cushion would be nice. My butt hurt the whole flight.

8.0 ExcellentAnonymous, May 2025SFO - JFK
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Great, overall. Thicker seat cushion would be nice. My butt hurt the whole flight.

Thicker seat cushion would be nice. My butt hurt the whole flight.

All good! No entertainment on this new plane yet but ok for this short flight. Great on time flight! Thanks

No non-alcoholic drinks available except water and small apple juice cans.

The flight was delayed over two and a half hours thus causing me to miss my best friend’s funeral. All because the flight crew had to get more rest. That was the reason stated. I understand however very unfortunate. Glad everyone is well rested and resting in peace.

All good except both the outbound and return flights were delayed about 1 1/2 hrs.

Not great. My flight was canceled due to a mechanical problem and I could not get rebooked for the same day. I needed to get to my destination yesterday, not today. I was able to book with another airline but it was a layover and ultimately a 1 hour flight took me 12 hours. Normally I like Alaska much more than Southwest, but Southwest came through with a not terrible price for same day.

The plane was late arriving. The Alaska people did a great job of turning it around quickly and getting us off. We took off about 35 minutes after it reached the gate.

I liked the flight attendant named Tyler. He was charismatic and genuine. I like the pilot in my second flight, he was considerate to everyone’s feelings. I liked the people I sat beside. I like the plane size. I like Alaska airlines

Flight delay was inconvenient and exhausting getting in at 1 am. However the crew and lounge was very comfortable.

Really enjoyed their food treats, staff was friendly and they kept our seats together, check in was excellent, boarding passes uploaded to my wallet! I would definitely recommend Hawaiian airlines to friends and family! 🌺

I booked through Hawaiian which was supposed to have merged with Alaskan but offered free checked bags and said there would be seat selection at the airport. This was not honored by Alaskan Airlines and they even went out of their way to say “we are not Hawaiian and Hawaiian cannot pick seats on our airline ”. They told us that we could not change seats and that all tickets booked through Hawaiian were “saver fares”. The staff was rude and said that we would be helped last after they take care of the customers that booked through Alaskan. Once we got on the flight in our middle seats they played a message that said they have merged with Hawaiian and you can book on either website which would have been funny if we were not so uncomfortable. All in all it was a terrible experience and I do not recommend that anyone fly Alaskan unless they absolutely have to.

Great service, fast internet, got a lot of work done during the flight.

Cheap food no options for vegans, no entertainment, no snacks. Too much advertisement about their credit card. Next flight will be Delta Airlines.

When I was not allowed by Alaska airlines to board due to time and difficulty pre-check the night before and kiosk did not work when I arrived at the airport and then finally told Alaska airlines is where I had to go. Not Hawaiian airlines that they had moved. That's when I was treated with the utmost disrespect by Alaska airlines agent that I was not allowed to board. And that might ticket to return was canceled and I hadn't even left yet when they gave me the option for the next flight to raise my flight price to $300 one way. I bought a $96 round trip ticket and they're trying to gouge me for $600 in addition and canceling my return flight.

The departure gate was changed from C1 to B18 but it was never announced at the C1 gate nor did I receive any email or text message or phone call about the gate change. I was in a window seat. In the other two seats next to me were Mr. Rotund and Ms. Rotunda, a youngish couple. Just the two of them should have booked three seats. I was smashed up against the wall and window for five hours. Overall, I'd say my flight sucked. Wouldn't you?

I'm was impressed with their service. Everything was great

All in All a great experience. Cost of luggage sucks … first time I ever had to pay for luggage. Otherwise the check in counter was awesome, the gate clerks were great and the Stewards & Esses were the best.

Love Hawaiian you can’t go wrong, still provides you good drinks and little snack at the end

No tv’s. Had to walk 45 minutes to connect to next flight. Couldn’t get dinner as a result. Ended up eating pretzels until I felt sick.

Boarding seemed to be organized bedlam. For what ever reason, preboarding took longer than 20 minutes. Made the plane 20 minutes late taking off. Luckily we arrived on time. Flight crew seemed very friendly. Only slight turbulence.

They hired a new catering company the same day of my flight. They botched the job by not delivering the right carts and after THREE HOURS waiting, the flight crew timed out (flight was 19 hours long and FAA rules state crew can’t work more than 14 hours long). So they CANCELED OUR FLIGHT!! Worst experience ever. Avoid UAL at all costs.

The personnel were professional and friendly. The Boeing 737 Max 9 is too claustrophobic and was very warm at both airport gates, and still warm in the air.

While the staff was pleasant and helpful, the following observations are for your awareness. There was some delay on the tarmac on take off and landing. The paid lunch/food offerings were limited. Entertainment was only available on WiFi at a cost.

get E+, a must for 5 hours flight if you are tall

Liked fold flat bed. Didn’t like having no window. Didn’t like poor choice of food and being served dinner very late, hours after take off of a 7:40pm flight. Servers not friendly. Food horrible in business class.

Everything is good except the dinner and breakfast. The sandwich is very delicious. Toilet is clean, I only use one of them. Flight attendants are very nice. 👍👍

Compared with other carriers business class for an overnight was not worth the extra expense.

Easy to board. Flight was super crowded though so I didn't sleep well on that cross country red-eye flight. The aisles seem ot have gotten narrower and the seat smaller whn luggage and people are getting bigger so it would be AWESOME to have more space and breathing room in general ;)

Pilot Erika DeLong made us feel safe and at ease in a frankly scary time to be flying. Her warm smile and greeting and excellent command of the aircraft in foggy bumpy weather helped us all to calm our nerves and get us home safely.

hahaha we are delayed for one hour plus.. but thx we arrived San Diego safe

Worst airline ever! The guy weighing my bag had his foot on the metal plate and when I called him out on it, I got this stupid little smirk. La is a scam and so is Spirit Airlines. All the flight attendants looked like they hated our flight just as much as we did.

Unclear pricing; ended up being charged an extra $52 just to get onboard

Spirit is awful. Too expensive for what you get. Stop nickel and diming.

would be great to get basic water, soda at least and stop charging for carry ons

Your crew is a representation of your Standards and Values. The crew from Seattle to LAX, was very disappointing. The crew was more interested in hanging out at the lobby area. Talking, laughing loudly and eating all the snacks. They did not do regular rounds to see if customers needed anything. This was a huge disappointment. I will no longer be flying with your airlines moving forward.

- flight attendants not very friendly. - Paid for WiFi and plane didn’t have it working , never got a refund.

We got to fly on the new airplane. Much better as it’s roomier and cleaner than before. Most Importantly it’s much more comfortable. I still can’t move the seat back but the extra space made up for it. I didn’t taste the food or drinks because they charge for everything so I didn’t bother. I didn’t experience the entertainment because I downloaded my own movies on my phone. The crew was great. The flight itself was smooth . No complaints.

I was comfortable because I upgraded. I would not have been comfortable in economy. It was a short flight so there was limited food service and no inflight entertainment.

I thought since I upgraded my seat I would get some perks. Free water, free snacks. Free carry on luggage.

The seats were hard molded plastic covered in plastic vinyl. And the scam to charge people extra to sit together. Don’t they know we can just ask someone to trade seats. And watching the staff separate young children from parents… super classy. We had to guilt them into offering up our seats. This companies policies suck. Don’t give them your money.

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.

Everything went as planned. Crew was great. Seats were still not that comfortable.

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.

The plane was clean, the crew was friendly and helpful. It’s a low cost airline so there was no food, drinks or in flight entertainment but we didn’t expect any of these things. In the room for improvement department, they should install USB ports in seats to charge mobile devices.

I was surprised that all baggage, including carry on, were charged. Each additional bag went up in cost. Really disappointed in the additional costs.

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.

Charges unexpected. For seat that didnt recline. Please reverse extra seat and carryon charge. Bad business that is a bait and switch.

I couldn’t check in because the app didn’t work. It took 3 Frontier employees at the counter to get me checked in. Flight left 3 hours after departure time

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