$83 Find Cheap Flights from San Francisco to Saint Paul

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Cheap Flights from San Francisco to Saint Paul (SFO-MSP)

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

Mon, Aug 18 - Sat, Aug 23
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9:05 pm - 10:25 amSFO-MSP
11h 20m1 stop
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5:30 pm - 9:25 pmMSP-SFO
5h 55m1 stop
$165Southwest
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Mon, Aug 25 - Mon, Aug 25
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6:00 am - 4:00 pmSFO-MSP
8h 00m2 stops
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7:45 pm - 11:10 pmMSP-SFO
5h 25m1 stop
$170Southwest
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Fri, Aug 15 - Tue, Aug 19
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11:59 pm - 5:35 amSFO-MSP
3h 36mnonstop
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3:18 pm - 5:26 pmMSP-SFO
4h 08mnonstop
$175Sun Country Air
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Fri, Aug 15 - Sun, Aug 17
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11:59 pm - 5:35 amSFO-MSP
3h 36mnonstop
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8:48 pm - 10:56 pmMSP-SFO
4h 08mnonstop
$178Sun Country Air
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Fri, Sep 26 - Sun, Sep 28
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6:18 pm - 11:58 pmSFO-MSP
3h 40mnonstop
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2:36 pm - 4:39 pmMSP-SFO
4h 03mnonstop
$185Sun Country Air
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Wed, Sep 3 - Sun, Sep 7
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12:06 pm - 5:47 pmSFO-MSP
3h 41mnonstop
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8:38 pm - 12:16 amMSP-SFO
5h 38m1 stop
Fri, Aug 22 - Thu, Aug 28
Southwest Logo
12:50 pm - 11:10 pmSFO-MSP
8h 20m1 stop
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7:05 am - 1:45 pmMSP-SFO
8h 40m1 stop
$187Southwest
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Sun, Aug 17 - Tue, Sep 9
Sun Country Air Logo
11:59 pm - 5:35 amSFO-MSP
3h 36mnonstop
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10:00 am - 12:02 pmMSP-SFO
4h 02mnonstop
$188Sun Country Air
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Sat, Sep 6 - Sun, Sep 21
Frontier Logo
10:49 am - 8:46 pmSFO-MSP
7h 57m1 stop
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8:38 pm - 12:16 amMSP-SFO
5h 38m1 stop
$195Frontier
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Sun, Aug 17 - Fri, Sep 12
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11:59 pm - 5:35 amSFO-MSP
3h 36mnonstop
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8:38 pm - 12:16 amMSP-SFO
5h 38m1 stop
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Low seasonJanuary
High seasonJuly
Cheapest flight$83
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 2% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 5% lower on average.
Flight from San Francisco to Minneapolis

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FAQs for booking flights from San Francisco to Saint Paul

  • Which airports will I be using when flying from San Francisco to Saint Paul?

    When flying out of San Francisco you’ll be using San Francisco. Saint Paul does not have its own airport so you’ll be flying into nearby Minneapolis St Paul airport, which is 7.6 mi away.

  • How long does a flight from San Francisco to Saint Paul take?

    Direct flights cover the 1,585 miles separating San Francisco and Saint Paul in about 3h 34m.

  • How many flights are there between San Francisco and Saint Paul?

    21 direct flights run between San Francisco and Saint Paul on a daily basis. On average, there are about 153 departures each week.

  • What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly between San Francisco and Saint Paul?

    Consider leaving on a Monday and avoid Sundays if you are looking for the best rates. For your return to San Francisco, you’ll find the best rates on Saturdays and the most expensive ones on Thursdays.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from San Francisco to Saint Paul?

    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 Saint Paul.

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

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

    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 to Saint Paul with an airline and back to San Francisco with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from San Francisco to Saint Paul?

    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 to Saint Paul from San Francisco up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

  • Which airlines provide the cheapest flights from San Francisco to Saint Paul?

    In the last 72 hours, the cheapest one-way ticket between San Francisco and Saint Paul found on KAYAK was with Southwest for $83. Southwest offered a round-trip connection from $165 and Sun Country Air from $175.

Top tips for finding cheap flights from San Francisco to Saint Paul

  • There is no airport in Saint Paul. Instead, you’ll be flying into Minneapolis-Saint Paul Airport when flying between San Francisco and Saint Paul.
  • The cheapest flight from San Francisco to Saint Paul was found 70 days before departure, on average.
  • Book at least 2 weeks before departure in order to get a below-average price.
  • High season is considered to be February, March and April. The cheapest month to fly is October.

Reviews of the top 5 airlines serving San Francisco to Saint Paul

 
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from San Francisco to Saint Paul? 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 4257 reviews
8.2Boarding
8.6Crew
8.0Comfort
7.0Food
7.6Entertainment
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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.

4.0 OkayTraci, Jun 2025OAK - SEA
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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

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

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

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

I liked the crew member who gave flight instructions on "in case of a problem:. The seats are so small that only a young teenager could sit in middle seat.

Great flight staff. Ease of boarding. Overall, very uneventful and easy trip.

Employees were kind and funny, as always! Flight was late but no announcements were made for people with tight connections to help them transition quickly. No service due to turbulence.

I recently flew Southwest from San Jose to Honolulu. I was very impressed with the flight crew, especially the flight attendant in charge of the front of the plane. She came through the aisle at least five times for drinks and water, and two times for snacks. I have not seen such service since I flew first class. Also, for the first time, they gave us the correct baggage claim number, and the luggage came out quickly. I can't wait for Southwest to have assigned seating! I absolutely hate the Cattle Call boarding procedure and the mad dash to get seats and overhead bins. However, the boarding was efficient.

No one fussed at me about my pap machine as a 3rd pice on the plane. Boarding was pleasant and smooth. The boarding agent in Anchorage was a fun character- he could be in a movie. :~) The on-board crew were downright pleasant. No militant attitudes on Delta. Like all planes these days the seats are too narrow for standard Americans and at 5’2” there is barely enough leg room. I don’t know how tall people fold themselves into the seats. But that’s nothing specific to Delta

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

Thank you for not flipping the plane on the run way. You guys get a 5 star rating for the flight!!!

Delta is a premier airline so my expectations are most always met.

Boarding is, as it always is… horrible. Gate lice. Slow moving zones. Too many people with carry ons

Everything was good except when we're on a 6 hour flight at dinner time and all they offer as part of the fare are little bags of junk food, it's disappointing. Bring back food service without an added price.

Left on time and arrived early this extending our 31 minute transfer. Bags made it also!

I actually received a notification from kayak on email but not one by text from Delta when my departure gait changed and I almost missed my flight

New boarding doesn't make sense. Filling front first is slow.

Nothing unusual. It was fine. I hate having to pay extra for my seat.

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.

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.

Multiple delays because they screwed up on the crew schedule and had to wait for over an hour for more people to come.

It was good. Basic flight. Drinks only. Pay budget. Get budget and I’m good with that. I want to get where I need to go. Not hard to please. Female First Officer is an absolute bonus for me!

The Wi-Fi was off, the arm rests are hard plastic.

The assistance with the wheel chairs was fabulous. All the people were so very friendly and helpful. I want to thank them all.

We almost missed our return flight. We got to the gate one minute from closing the cabin door, and the agent got us aboard the plane! We are so very grateful!!!!!

The flight there was frustrating but the flight home was very good.

Flight was delayed in phoenix by 1 hour. When Kenny got to minneapolis st paul, Kenny missed his connecting flight to Duluth on Sun country air. Sun country customer service did nothing to help Kenny get home to Duluth. We will not fly with sun country ever again.

When we landed in Minneapolis from Providence, the ground crew was unable to move the jet bridge to meet our plane because the wheels were frozen. We waited patiently on the plane for about 45 minutes while they tried to solve this problem. It was mind boggling that this would not be more quickly resolved, or anticipated, in a place where sever winter weather is the norm. We stressed about meeting our connecting flight to Portland, which we assumed would be our only option for that day. Fortunately, when we finally raced from our gate to the next one, that Sun Country flight had been delayed so we didn't miss it. We decided not to take anything but direct flights from now on, no matter how much cheaper.

No line to check my bag. Reasonable overweight fee. When the connection was late due to weather, the gate agent opened the door and let me on the second flight. The plane waited for my luggage transfer. My bag arrived on time at my final destination:)

I had paid for a seat assignment at the time of reservation but when I checked in the night before it wasn’t there. Had to purchase another seat.

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.

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.

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