$85 Find Cheap Flights from Santa Ana to North Carolina

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Best North Carolina Flight Deals from Santa Ana

Cheapest round-trip prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
Charlotte
Charlotte1 stop$176
Raleigh
Raleigh1 stop$197
Asheville
Asheville1 stop$256
Greensboro
Greensboro1 stop$251
Wilmington
Wilmington1 stop$280
Fayetteville
Fayetteville2 stops$503
Jacksonville
Jacksonville1 stop$388
New Bern
New Bern2 stops$702
Norfolk
Norfolk1 stop$203
Charlotte
Charlotte1 stop$176
Raleigh
Raleigh1 stop$197
Asheville
Asheville1 stop$256
Greensboro
Greensboro1 stop$251
Wilmington
Wilmington1 stop$280
Fayetteville
Fayetteville2 stops$503
Jacksonville
Jacksonville1 stop$388
New Bern
New Bern2 stops$702
Norfolk
Norfolk1 stop$203

Cheap Flights from Santa Ana to North Carolina

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Santa Ana 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 Santa Ana to North Carolina

Tue, Aug 5 - Tue, Aug 12
Spirit Airlines Logo
7:58 pm - 1:40 pmSNA-CLT
14h 42m1 stop
Spirit Airlines Logo
9:21 am - 7:03 pmCLT-SNA
12h 42m2 stops
$176Spirit Airlines
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Wed, Jul 30 - Tue, Aug 5
Spirit Airlines Logo
7:58 pm - 1:40 pmSNA-CLT
14h 42m1 stop
Spirit Airlines Logo
9:21 am - 9:21 pmCLT-SNA
15h 00m2 stops
$190Spirit Airlines
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Sat, Aug 23 - Tue, Aug 26
Southwest Logo
10:40 am - 8:00 pmSNA-RDU
6h 20m1 stop
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6:25 am - 12:15 pmRDU-SNA
8h 50m1 stop
$197Southwest
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Sat, Aug 23 - Tue, Aug 26
American Airlines Logo
10:10 am - 8:43 pmSNA-RDU
7h 33m1 stop
American Airlines Logo
11:41 am - 5:53 pmRDU-SNA
9h 12m1 stop
$199American Airlines
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Sat, Aug 23 - Tue, Aug 26
Southwest Logo
10:40 am - 8:00 pmSNA-RDU
6h 20m1 stop
Southwest Logo
6:25 am - 1:00 pmRDU-SNA
9h 35m2 stops
$202Southwest
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Wed, Sep 10 - Wed, Sep 17
American Airlines Logo
10:28 am - 10:36 pmSNA-ORF
9h 08m1 stop
American Airlines Logo
6:34 am - 1:53 pmORF-SNA
10h 19m1 stop
$203American Airlines
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Wed, Aug 13 - Mon, Aug 18
Delta Logo
2:00 pm - 11:48 pmSNA-TYS
6h 48m1 stop
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6:14 pm - 10:12 pmTYS-SNA
6h 58m1 stop
$289Delta
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Mon, Aug 11 - Wed, Aug 20
Delta Logo
12:03 pm - 11:48 pmSNA-TYS
8h 45m1 stop
Delta Logo
5:45 am - 1:00 pmTYS-SNA
10h 15m2 stops
$294Delta
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Sat, Aug 23 - Tue, Aug 26
United Airlines Logo
8:05 am - 11:51 pmSNA-RDU
12h 46m2 stops
United Airlines Logo
6:30 am - 11:05 amRDU-SNA
7h 35m1 stop
$318United Airlines
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Sat, Aug 23 - Tue, Aug 26
United Airlines Logo
6:53 am - 9:58 pmSNA-RDU
12h 05m2 stops
United Airlines Logo
6:00 am - 12:44 pmRDU-SNA
9h 44m2 stops
$345United Airlines
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Santa Ana to North Carolina flights

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

What is the cheapest Santa Ana to North Carolina flight route?

The cheapest price for flight routes found by users searching on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks for round-trip flights from Santa Ana to North Carolina.

The cheapest ticket to North Carolina from Santa Ana found in the last 72 hours was to Charlotte, at $336 round-trip. The most popular route is from Santa Ana (SNA) to Charlotte (CLT), and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 72 hours was $336.

Can I save money by flying with a layover from Santa Ana 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 $601 on average.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Santa Ana to North Carolina?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Santa Ana 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 Santa Ana to North Carolina is March, when tickets cost $435 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are November and September, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $596 and $588 respectively.

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from John Wayne (Santa Ana) to North Carolina?

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

When flying from John Wayne (Santa Ana) to North Carolina, you should consider leaving on a Tuesday and avoid Sundays if you are looking for the best rates. For your return to John Wayne (Santa Ana), you’ll find the best rates on Tuesdays and the most expensive ones on Sundays.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Santa Ana 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 Santa Ana 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 Santa Ana to North Carolina, you should book around 5 weeks before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 20 weeks before departure.


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Low seasonFebruary
High seasonJuly
Cheapest flight$85
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 20% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 5% increase in price.
Flight from John Wayne (Santa Ana) to Charlotte

FAQs - booking North Carolina flights

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from John Wayne (Santa Ana) 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 John Wayne (Santa Ana) to North Carolina.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from John Wayne (Santa Ana) to North Carolina?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight from John Wayne (Santa Ana) 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 John Wayne (Santa Ana) 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 John Wayne (Santa Ana) 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 John Wayne (Santa Ana) 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 John Wayne (Santa Ana) 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 $283 on average. Morning departures are around 80% 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 $614.

Top tips for finding cheap flights to North Carolina

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found tickets from John Wayne (Santa Ana) to the following destinations at these prices or less: Charlotte $279 one-way - $426 round-trip

Reviews of the top 5 airlines serving from Santa Ana to North Carolina

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Santa Ana 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.
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SouthwestOverall score based on 4252 reviews
8.6Crew
8.0Comfort
8.1Boarding
7.6Entertainment
7.0Food
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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

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.

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.

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

737-800 in first class was pretty dumpy. Seat had an uncomfortable angle, storage under the seat was blocked so even my very modest backpack didn't fit, power outlet was flaky. Weird tiny seat pockets that couldn't hold a gallon ziploc bag, emesis bag missing, etc. etc. No in-flight service due to turbulence. Crew was excellent, boarding was smooth despite a full flight.

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

Boarded plane and then delayed 1.5 hours while on the plane

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.

Really good 😊 the woman at the gate entrance was a little rude checking in our carry-on but i dont think she worked for the airline, she worked for the airport at sacramento, other than that amazing.

it was so bad. I tried to board my flight from vancouver to saskatoon. And to my surprise they did not board me cause the flight was changed and no email was send to me. and on my boarding pass which i got from seattle says different flight. I did not knew anyone from Vancouver, air canada crew was rude, i asked for today flight but they were rude and i had early morning dental appointment in saskatoon. I was so much in pain and my whole day is wasted today. and i suffered alot. They did provide me hotel but they did not provide me any food. I am really really disappointed first time had so bad experience with air canada. I may think twice to book it again. If i can get any reply or any composition that would be great. Thanks

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.

I was supposed to be on business class at first class from Denver back to Miami due to weather changes. I missed my connection and it’s put on a flight to Fort Lauderdale. Instead of honoring my business class/1st class ticket, they put me in coach, but there were two first class seats open. I think it’s absolutely disgusting that I paid for first class $1300 ticket and they put me in economy and they had to open seats available and I have still not been refunded the difference. I ended up having to eat a snack box instead of the meal I was supposed to get and did not get home till 2 AM so I think that’s a little pathetic that I had to live off crackers for dinner And my poor dog ate some cheese and salami. Oh yes, apparently when they switched me to the new flight they forgot to mention I had a service dog

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.

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.

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.

There were five broken seats on the plane. The crew was very rude in telling people they had to get off the plane and get a flight the next day. No call for volunteers, but telling people they had to get off. One woman was flying with her elderly mother and daughter and was told she had to leave or all three had to leave. Fortunately, a volunteer offered to stay. The situation was handled poorly.

They lost my luggage and it didn’t get delivered until the next day.

3 hours late. Not even water offered on a 2.25 hour flight.

I have long legs, my foot was out in the aisle and when a flight attendant came walking by and I didn't notice, instead of saying "excuse me" or anything like that, she kicked my foot. Extremely rude

It was okay delay was long but I made it

I have never flown Spirit it was much better than anticipated!

Staff was very friendly. They attended to people nicely and reprimanded, in a professional way, to those who wouldn’t listen. AC wasn’t working on the flight waiting to depart in Burbank, so it was uncomfortable for a while since the flight was delayed but then better before take off.

Good on that leg. When I arrived in Detroit I had to wait over an hour for luggage.

First off, i received an e-mail to allow me to check in for our flight. I folllowed the link, when it came to the seat selection, I was unable to select any "free" seats ( meaning without any additional charge) because everything was " unavailable". My Husband and I were ttavelling with our 3 children hence, i wanted to be assured that we were all seated next to each other. I tried 3 times and everytime I click the selection it said " error loading". What the system wants is for me to buy the seats ( anywhere from $25 to $50 dollars each passenger) like I did on our flight bound to L.A. I called customer service and the guy was unhelpful all he kept repeating was to come really early at the airport and we will be assigned seats there. Imagine my anxiety!!! Spirit says they are a budget airline but they are actually the opposite!! And just before our flight, the flight attendant KEPT announcing/ selling the seats that were not purchased for a cheaper price!! Like it was a bidding/ bargaining game! This was our first and last time to fly Spirit.

The crew was very nice. I would like to see them offer basic refreshments just like a soda and pretzels, etc. for free.

Good experience except for the drunk woman who was with a child. Sad

Too many time late and postponed No electrical power for my electric devices

Spirit is by far the worst airline to travel with, period. Seats are cardboard, flight attendants need anger management and if you ask for water, you’re basically a criminal. I don’t care how much it costs but I will travel with an airline who actually cares about their customers. Oh and one more thing, the next time your gate agent puts his foot on someone’s baggage's scale, I hope they get what’s coming next, a viral video of your scams. You suck Spirit, do better.

I mean, it’s Spirit. But it was frustrating to have our flight canceled, get bumped to a later flight, and then Spirit was unwilling to check our bag until 4 hours before our flight… tell us we could not sit in the waiting area’s chairs… and really negative experience getting checked in and dropping the bag.

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