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Cheap Flights from Santa Ana to Montana

Cheapest round-trip prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 5 days
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Bozeman
3h 50m2 stops
from $263per person
Missoula
4h 07m2 stops
from $335per person
Billings
4h 03m2 stops
from $351per person
Kalispell
4h 28m2 stops
from $377per person
Helena
6h 31m2 stops
from $435per person
Butte
6h 16m2 stops
from $464per person
Great Falls
4h 42m2 stops
from $464per person
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Price, demand and travel trends for Santa Ana to Montana flights

Use KAYAK data on prices, travel dates, airlines and seasonal trends to compare options and book flights with more confidence.

What are the cheapest fares from Santa Ana to Montana recently?

The cheapest fare from Santa Ana to Montana in the last week was $263 round-trip, to Bozeman Gallatin Field (BZN).

How do fares into airports in Montana compare?

According to KAYAK data from the last 12 months, the cheapest airports to fly into Montana from Santa Ana are:

• Bozeman Gallatin Field (BZN) (avg. price $347)
• Missoula Johnson-Bell Field (MSO) (avg. price $355)
• Butte Silver Bow Co (BTM) (avg. price $359)

What's the cheapest month to fly from Santa Ana to Montana?

January is typically the cheapest month to fly from Santa Ana to Montana, with round-trip fares averaging $297. February and March are usually the most expensive, averaging $492 and $481, respectively.

How do fares from Santa Ana to Montana vary by day of the week?

On average, Monday is the cheapest day to fly from Santa Ana to Montana and Thursday is the most expensive. Looking at the past 12 months of KAYAK data, it's 35% more expensive to fly on a Thursday compared to Monday.

What's the best time of day to fly from Santa Ana to Montana?

It's cheapest to fly to Montana in the evening with average prices of $382. The afternoon is the most expensive time to fly, with average prices of $453.

Key details for Santa Ana to Montana flights

Low season

February

Cheapest flight

$129
Beat the crowds with an average 37% drop in travelers.
The most popular month to fly with an average 76% increase in travelers.
One-way flight from Santa Ana to Kalispell

Your Santa Ana to Montana flight questions, answered

Find helpful answers about this route, including flight times, airports, airlines and booking tips.

  • Is now a good time to book a flight from Santa Ana to Montana?

    Yes. Fares from Santa Ana to Montana are low right now. As a rule of thumb, a round-trip under $307 (cheaper than most fares this year) is a good deal, so if you spot one at or below that, it's a good time to book.

  • How much should I budget for a flight from Santa Ana to Montana?

    Over the past 12 months, round-trip fares from Santa Ana to Montana have typically cost between $307 and $555.

  • What are the main airports serving Montana?

    There are 14 airports in Montana. 29% of KAYAK users choose Kalispell Glacier Park (FCA) as their arrival airport, while 24% choose Bozeman Gallatin Field (BZN).

  • Which airlines fly nonstop from Santa Ana to Montana?

    Based on the flight schedule for the next 3 months, no airline regularly operates nonstop flights from Santa Ana to Montana. One-stop options include:

    • United Airlines
    • Delta
    • Southwest

  • Which destinations in Montana can I fly nonstop from Santa Ana?

    Based on the flight schedule for the next 3 months, there are no nonstop flights from Santa Ana to Montana. The most popular destination you can reach with one stop is Kalispell.

  • Is it cheaper to fly with a layover from Santa Ana to Montana?

    No, nonstop flights from Santa Ana to Montana are typically the cheaper option, averaging $264 over the past 12 months.

  • Which cabin classes are available from Santa Ana to Montana?

    On flights from Santa Ana to Montana you can book Economy Class or First Class.

Your guide to booking Santa Ana to Montana flights

Get tips on when to book, when to fly and what to know before your trip.
  • Flexible with your dates? Fly in January to save some money. It's typically the cheapest month on this route, while flights in February will cost you the most.
  • Fly out on a Monday to get the cheapest fares. Avoid Thursday flights, which are about 35% more expensive.
  • If you're watching your budget, fly into Bozeman Gallatin Field (BZN) which has the lowest average airfare in the region. Just remember to budget for any onward travel by bus, car or domestic flight.
  • Start your trip in West Yellowstone, the most popular destination in Montana. From there, it's easy to continue on to other popular spots such as Missoula, Bozeman and Billings.

Reviews of the top 5 airlines serving from Santa Ana to Montana

 
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Santa Ana to Montana? 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.
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SouthwestOverall score based on 4220 reviews
8.1Boarding
8.0Comfort
8.6Crew
7.0Food
7.5Entertainment
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Terrible, decided to delay our flight since another flight require a flight captain

2.0 MediocreChih Hsuan, Nov 2026
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Terrible, decided to delay our flight since another flight require a flight captain

staff and crew were great but the flight delays for the last few flights are insane. After a long day of work and you will get a notification of flights delay is not the message we want to see. And for some reason it keeps happening often this year.

They delayed my flight all day but didn't try to reschedule me until all other options were gone. Ended up on a red eye. Not happy. Lesson learned, don't book the last flight from SJC to RDU.

Friendly crew. Snacks were carb-heavy. Flight was quite delaye

the flight was significantly delayed. Not much was done by the airline to compensate passengers

Boarding now takes twice as long since going with assigned seats.

Not exactly Southwest’s problem, but the new Burbank airport is not great. No restaurants open and tons of work still to be completed. Can’t believe they opened the airport in that condition.

Flight boarded 2.5 hours late (my second southwest flight of the day with late departure), the gate agent was grumpy and unhelpful. Said she was "tired so we aren't going to follow normal boarding order". No complaints about the actual flight crew.

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

The 700 model seating is too tight both seat size & leg room

We got updated to first class and it was a wonderful experience. The staff was so friendly and make my son's trip memorable

It was difficult in SNA to hear the gate announcements due to muffled voice and fire alarm ringing.

This was the best flight I’ve ever been on- solely for the purpose that our pilot gave us a tour of the west coast. He didn’t need to do that but he did and it made the experience spectacular. Well done.

Service OK except could not make out much of what the pilot said when making announcements. Wish they would have had seat back screens. Charging ports were conveniently located. Overall very average experience. Far from the best, but I've had worse.

Our flught was rerouted to another airport 60 minutes from our destination. We were told we would get Lyft vouchers to get us to our original destination. We did get vouchers, but when we arrived at the rerouted airport, we realized the vouchers were for a Lyft ride from the starting airport to our original destination. We were lead to believe that once we arrived at the rerouted airport, we could use the voucher from there. Nope. So we got stuck with a $100, 1-hour Uber ride. The flight staff was annoying. We were seated near the rear, and for the entire flight, both attendants were gossiping about some drama on Facebook. And they weren't being quiet about it. The back dozen rows or so could easily hear their entire conversation. I've flown Alaska Airlines many times before and have never had problems. This was an awful experience.

Never had so many staff members be rude and disrespectful. I had a staff member sarcastically call me “girly” after making me wait 20 minutes to be seen by her. I was able to print my luggage tag and she told me I was too late to check luggage I said the system obviously disagrees. And you had me wait way too long while you asked every single passenger ahead of me about their Disney vacations. She wasted so much time to then say “girly your bag won’t make it on the plane” I’m not her girly I’m a full grown adult. She needs to learn a hell of a lot of respect

On time, friendly and professional staff and crew Very nice new terminal in Spokane

Wi-Fi cut out for a bit, then resumed. Otherwise flawless flight.

You need categories to denote when food and entertainment are not available.

Canceled flight. No communication of this prior. Rescheduled to next day. Our good seats we purchased months ago turned into last row middle. No apology, reason, nor compensation for time and $ spent.

Great overall experience and use of the Delta One lounge was amazing!

I used by Skymiles to upgrade to First so that I could comfortably work using my laptop. But WiFi was intermittent and unavailable for long periods. I feel like I wasted 70,000 miles :(

Chairs don’t recline and the ones that do recline, barely do recline. It was most uncomfortable flight i ever been on.

Seemingly unnecessary delays were compounded by a lack of communication from the flight crew which turned a four hour delay into an overly stressful experience.

Flight team was great and we even arrived ahead of plan!

Flight late, the waited for a long time for “personal” to arrive at gate to dock the plane in Rochester. So annoying. This flight was expected, why aren’t personel available for the jet bridge?

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.

One of the best crews and best flights I’ve ever had! Really great experience

Flight and seats were great. Food service was average at best. The real main problem we had is that we got cheeseburgers for the kids but the plates was extremely hot. Like ridiculously hot and the stewardess never said anything. Luckily or unluckily my wife touched the plate and was able to deal with it before the kids got burned.

The bus ride from the terminal to board the plane is uncomfortable and stressful when making a connection.

Check in went smoothly. Flight attendant who was assigned my area barely paid any attention to me! She acted as though she was extremely busy and flustered. Maybe she was new?! I told her to change the language on my screen, she said she’d come back to help me but never did so I was able to solve the problem on my own. She came back and said she’d made adjustments on her end. Highly doubt it because I found the setting to change the language! Also, I noticed everyone was eating before we landed so I pushed my help button and she never came so I got up to find her to ask her if I can have breakfast. She said they are not serving breakfast but I can have a sandwich. Yes, that was her response as I saw everyone eating breakfast!!!

New Max 10, first class seats have been shrunk. End of a 20 hour journey, it was United not Lufthansa, just glad to get home

Excellent. I had a medical emergency on flight SNA-ORD and the attendants were very helpful.

Booked through Kayak Business, had a seat in middle and towards back due to booking rate, not comfortable.

Sitting on the runway after we land for almost two hours! Not sure if we should blame United or Just Dumpy Vance.

Not a great experience. We paid for the upgrade for premium economy seats and seated ourselves in very comfortable seats. Someone came along with the same seat on their boarding pass. The aircraft had been changed and as a result we were booted out and sent further back to small uncomfortable seats. After complaining we were moved to emergency row seats, which gave us more leg room but the seats don’t recline. For people in our 70’s we found having to sit upright from California to NJ very uncomfortable. Not sure why they chose to move senior citizens instead of the two people that were allowed to take the more comfortable seats. Not happy.

Very poor the plane itself was really old, slight smell that couldn’t be named. I didn’t even get a boarding pass UNTIL AFTER clearing security! Even then, they said when I get to my connected flight I’ll get my 2nd boarding pass there! A bit ridiculous!

Due to one crew member not showing up to work, our flight was significantly delayed causing us to miss our connecting flight in Houston to Mississippi causing us to be delayed by more than 6 hours and missing our event all together. Very disappointing. All because ONE crew member called in sick. United did grant us a $15 meal voucher, which was a small but appreciated concession that I wasn’t able to use because I ordered my lunch and paid for it before applying the concession, and the staff said it was too late to use it. Ugh! We also had a TWO delay coming back from Mississippi, but that was on American Airlines and it was due to weather, so not their fault. Anyway, not at all impressed with United’s handling of our flight and the HUGE disappointment of missing our important family event for our 90 year old mother. All that money and all that stress and emotions for nothing. Having to wait the hour to bring an employee from LAX seemed like something that should not have happened. Why don’t you have a local back-up? Santa Ana is not a little airport in a rural area.

the head jack on my seat didn't work and the power outlet didn't work for my seat

Please please take consideration when setting cabin temperature. The vents were not functional and it was over 70 degrees in the cabin during the winter months when most people are used to much cooler indoor temperatures. I was down to my white t-shirt and the sweat pants I wore from Auckland to San Francisco and was sweating profusely and there was NO VENT!

Lady behind us talked loud nonstop not your fault but annoying lol

Terrible. We needed to change return flights due to an incoming hurricane. They would not refund our return flight.

The employees at Sioux Falls airport were friendly and helpful. As a veteran/retired military Allegiant allows two checked bags, one carry on bag and a seat on the plane all at no cost. The flight crew and pilots were friendly and very competent.

The check-in and flight crew employees are excellent. The flight was good and the seats were adequate.

The flights to and from Cincinnati were great at being on time for both, departures and arrivals. The planes could use some updating.

It was a dismal experience. The flight was delayed for 4 hours, and we spent hours in the plane, without air, during the summer. We were not provided with water, and the medical assistance was inadequate when it arose.

The landing the pilot was very smooth. The flight attendant was kind of rude.The boarding the plane in punta Gorda was not great made us wait out in the heat 😞

A three hour delay to board and then another hour on the tarmac because they couldn't get a tractor? Ugh.

Terrible. Still have not received the refund from them. They sent it to some account that I don't even know. Spoke with costumer service and they are unable to help.

They boarded passengers that sat in the back of the plane first, making boarding very efficient.

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