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Cheapest round-trip
$267
Typical prices: $352-$453
Breeze Airways
Fri 8/7Fri 8/14
SNA - RDU • Non-stop
Cheapest one-way
$153
Typical prices: $164-$258
Breeze Airways
Fri 8/7
SNA - RDU • Non-stop
Nonstop flights
2 days a week
Mon, Fri
You can fly direct with Breeze Airways. Average duration is 5h 05m
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Cheapest • Avg $306 (round-trip)
Shortest trip • 6h 34m (one-way)
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Cheap Flights from Santa Ana to Raleigh (SNA-RDU)

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

Fri, Aug 7 - Fri, Aug 14
Breeze Airways Logo
1:04 pm - 9:09 pm
SNA
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RDU
5h 05mnonstop
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9:48 am - 12:11 pm
RDU
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SNA
5h 23mnonstop
$267Breeze Airways
Fri, Aug 7 - Fri, Aug 14
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1:04 pm - 9:09 pm
SNA
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RDU
5h 05mnonstop
Breeze Airways Logo
9:48 am - 12:11 pm
RDU
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SNA
5h 23mnonstop
$278Breeze Airways
Tue, Aug 11 - Mon, Aug 17
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4:13 pm - 8:01 am
SNA
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RDU
36h 48m
3 stops
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9:48 am - 12:11 pm
RDU
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SNA
5h 23mnonstop
$279Multiple Airlines
Wed, Aug 12 - Mon, Aug 17
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4:13 pm - 8:11 am
SNA
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RDU
36h 58m
3 stops
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9:48 am - 12:11 pm
RDU
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SNA
5h 23mnonstop
$283Multiple Airlines
Fri, Aug 7 - Fri, Aug 14
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8:55 am - 11:31 am
SNA
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RDU
23h 36m
1 stop
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9:48 am - 12:11 pm
RDU
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SNA
5h 23mnonstop
$287Multiple Airlines
Wed, Aug 12 - Mon, Aug 17
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4:13 pm - 8:11 am
SNA
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RDU
36h 58m
3 stops
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9:48 am - 12:11 pm
RDU
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SNA
5h 23mnonstop
$294Multiple Airlines
Wed, Aug 12 - Mon, Aug 17
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4:13 pm - 8:11 am
SNA
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RDU
36h 58m
3 stops
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9:48 am - 12:11 pm
RDU
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SNA
5h 23mnonstop
$305Multiple Airlines
Tue, Aug 11 - Mon, Aug 17
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4:13 pm - 11:31 am
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RDU
16h 18m
2 stops
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9:48 am - 12:11 pm
RDU
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SNA
5h 23mnonstop
$306Multiple Airlines
Tue, Aug 11 - Mon, Aug 17
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4:13 pm - 10:35 pm
SNA
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RDU
27h 22m
2 stops
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9:48 am - 12:11 pm
RDU
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SNA
5h 23mnonstop
$310Multiple Airlines
Wed, Aug 12 - Mon, Aug 17
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4:13 pm - 10:44 pm
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RDU
27h 31m
2 stops
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9:48 am - 12:11 pm
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Booking Insights

KAYAK's insights & trends for Santa Ana to Raleigh flights

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

How much is a round-trip flight from Santa Ana, California to Raleigh?

This analysis is based on the cheapest round-trip price found on KAYAK in the last 12 months by searching for a flight from Santa Ana, California to Raleigh departing in August.

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

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

If your flying dates are flexible, you should consider flying to Raleigh on a Friday, as we generally find the cheapest rates on that day for this route. On the other hand, Monday is the most expensive day to fly from John Wayne (Santa Ana) to Raleigh. For your return ticket, we recommend flying on a Friday and avoiding Mondays for the best deals.

What is the cheapest month to fly from John Wayne (Santa Ana) to Raleigh?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Santa Ana to Raleigh, 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 John Wayne (Santa Ana) to Raleigh is September, where tickets cost $390 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are November and May, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is $605 and $547 respectively.

Can I save money by flying with a layover from John Wayne (Santa Ana) to Raleigh?

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 $336 on average.

Good to know

Low seasonOctober
Cheapest flight$153
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 10% lower on average.
Flight from John Wayne (Santa Ana) to Raleigh

When to book flights from Santa Ana to Raleigh

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from Santa Ana to Raleigh based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
Estimated round-trip price
KAYAK looks at all historical flight data for each date to provide a predicted price for one-way trips or round-trips with a duration up to 40 days. While we try to provide actual minimum prices for each date, some prices are predictions and actual prices may differ.

FAQs for booking flights from John Wayne (Santa Ana) to Raleigh

  • How many flights are there between John Wayne (Santa Ana) and Raleigh per day?

    There is a maximum of 1 nonstop flight a day that takes off from John Wayne (Santa Ana) and lands in Raleigh, with an average flight time of 5h 05m. The most common departure time is 1:00 pm and most flights take off in the afternoon. Each week, there are 2 flights.

  • What is the cheapest flight from John Wayne (Santa Ana) to Raleigh?

    In the last 5 days, the lowest price for a flight from John Wayne (Santa Ana) to Raleigh was $153 for a one-way ticket and $267 for a round-trip.

  • Do I need a passport to fly between John Wayne (Santa Ana) and Raleigh?

    No, a passport isn't needed to fly from John Wayne (Santa Ana) to Raleigh. However, local authorities might ask for an official ID.

  • Which airlines offer Wi-Fi service onboard planes from John Wayne (Santa Ana) to Raleigh?

    Alaska Airlines, Delta, American Airlines, and JetBlue offer inflight Wi-Fi service on the John Wayne (Santa Ana) to Raleigh flight route.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from John Wayne (Santa Ana) to Raleigh?

    The Airbus A220-300 is the aircraft model that flies most regularly on the John Wayne (Santa Ana) to Raleigh flight route.

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from John Wayne (Santa Ana) to Raleigh?

    Star Alliance, SkyTeam, and oneworld are the airline alliances operating flights between John Wayne (Santa Ana) and Raleigh, with Star Alliance being the most commonly used for this route.

  • On which days can I fly direct from John Wayne (Santa Ana) to Raleigh?

    You can catch a nonstop flight from John Wayne (Santa Ana) to Raleigh on on Monday, and Friday.

  • Which is the best airline for flights from John Wayne (Santa Ana) to Raleigh, Breeze Airways or Southwest?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from John Wayne (Santa Ana) to Raleigh are Breeze Airways and Southwest. With an average price for the route of $268 and an overall rating of 8.2, Breeze Airways is the most popular choice. Southwest is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $496 and an overall rating of 7.9.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from John Wayne (Santa Ana) to Raleigh?

    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 Raleigh.

  • 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 Raleigh?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Raleigh from John Wayne (Santa Ana) 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 Raleigh?

    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 Raleigh with an airline and back to John Wayne (Santa Ana) with another airline. Booking your flights between John Wayne (Santa Ana) and RDU can sometimes prove cheaper using this method.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from John Wayne (Santa Ana) to Raleigh?

    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 Raleigh from John Wayne (Santa Ana) up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

KAYAK’s top tips for finding a cheap flight from John Wayne (Santa Ana) to Raleigh

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found flights on this route for $174 or less one-way and $159 or less round-trip.

Prefer to fly direct from John Wayne (Santa Ana) to Raleigh?

 
Direct data is based off flight results for the next 60 days. Find direct flights from all airlines flying direct from Santa Ana J. Wayne/Orange Cnty to Raleigh-Durham.
Find which airlines fly direct from Santa Ana J. Wayne/Orange Cnty Airport to Raleigh-Durham Airport, which days they fly and book direct flights.

Direct departures

Santa Ana J. Wayne/Orange Cnty to Raleigh-Durham

Monday

Breeze Airways

Breeze Airways

Friday

Breeze Airways

Breeze Airways

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Direct returns

Raleigh-Durham to Santa Ana J. Wayne/Orange Cnty

Monday

Breeze Airways

Breeze Airways

Friday

Breeze Airways

Breeze Airways

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

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from John Wayne (Santa Ana) to Raleigh. 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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8.2
Breeze AirwaysOverall score based on 293 reviews
8.8Crew
6.7Food
8.2Comfort
8.4Boarding
6.7Entertainment
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Lost my luggage and terrible experience with customer service trying to track it down

2.0 MediocreAnonymous, Feb 2026
PWM - RDU
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Lost my luggage and terrible experience with customer service trying to track it down

Great experience and In love flying in and out of Provo airport

The return flight was soooooo much colder than the departure flight to Connecticut! I appreciated the layover because I didn't have to change planes. The staff and the service were the best! Everyone was so professional and accommodating. Having internet was great, but for the movies the flight offers through the app could be updated. THANKS EVERYONE! I fly BREEZE every opportunity I can get.

I was surprised at how wonderful it was. The aircraft was clean. The crew was warm and welcoming and as a result the passengers were friendly. One warning the only free thing was water. I kind of liked picking wet hat I was willing to pay for and what I was willing to skip.

The flight wasn’t big on frills, which is fine with me. I flew into Islip MacArthur Airport, which saved me from having to go through LaGuardia to visit friends on Long Island. It was inexpensive and super convenient!

Really appreciate the great crew and pilot for keeping us informed about everything going on, updates, etc. It's so reassuring just to know (for example) why there might be a delay, etc. I'm very satisfied with the excellent service.

This was my first time flying Breeze. The plane was one of the nicer planes I have been on. The flight attendants were friendly and helpful. I will fly them again.

Easy boarding and great communication, smooth flight- all was great!

Food and entertainment were non-applicable here Flight and boarding were great

Check in was a breeze. Crew was amazing! The two seater had more leg room than the three seater. No snacks available, only for purchase. No internet available, only for higher paying ticket. booking through a third party was misleading - purchased with carry-on, but it did not really come with carry-on.

Plane was late. Zero service for 2+ hour flight and it was not that bumpy.

The staff was very friendly, professional, and courteous. The overall flight was a great experience.

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.

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

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.

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

I liked the boarding by group and numbers. I didn't like my inability to guarantee our seats together. I didn't like the $8/flight for Internet, but I did appreciate the inflight movie options on their app. I didn't like that there were no charging stations on the seats during either of our flights. One flight was over 3 hours.

I never like the fact that if I don't check in exactly 24 hours before the flight time, I get to board C, and that means sitting between 2 individuals. I would like assigned seating in the airplanes.

Flight only half full. Room to spread out. Newer plane. Very satisfied.

I thought the service was very nice and pleasant. There were no hiccups and no issues so overall a good experience.

Could not get my connecting flight boarding pass until four hrs before departure! Ver annoying especially since the staff could not explain why!

Smooth boarding, pleasant and professional lady checking us in. Crew service was excellent, again pleasant, but professional. Nice touch-down on landing! Thank you Delta. 💗

Very smooth, on-time, and pleasantly uneventful flight. The team at the gate and on board were professional and genuinely courteous. The pilot kept us well updated throughout, and both takeoff and landing were steady and enjoyable without any drama. Just a good, solid flight. Thank you! 💗

No lunch on a x-country flight scheduled for 10:50 am departure, arrived 5+ hrs later. That requires a black box label before you pay for the tickets. Worst, when I checked in online, it's specifically said that lunch was served on his flight for economy Plus passengers.

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.

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! 💗

Customer service at the gate in the flight was exceptional. On time. Aircraft and seat was decent. Thanks Delta. 💗

Canceled last minute. Also canceled another flight that my brother was supposed to be on. Delta is horrible now. Never flying them again.

As I wrote earlier, poor planning and/or communication. At least twice, we were told that we would be boarding in less than ten minutes, only to have the flight again delayed at least another hour.

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

It was a red-eye, but the flight felt surprisingly quick. The seats were very comfortable, and that made resting much easier. I also want to thank the gentleman seated next to me, who graciously moved so my mom could sit beside me. We slept almost the entire way. The cabin crew was respectful in not disturbing us, while also being courteous and professional throughout. Thank you, United.

Terrible. No customer service, no food, no drinks on a 6 hour premier economy booking.

left on time, reasonable boarding process arrived early luggage came out quickly

The LH flight was great except for the delay at boarding. It should be announced well in tme.

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.

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

Nothing wrong with the flight itself. But due to 2+ hrs waiting in immigration and the additional security checkup in O’hare, I nearly missed the flight.

Another late flight from United. We never got the exact reason why. When we got on the plane, the staff seemed to spend a very long time just milling around in the front of the plane. I also never figured out why the door to the cockpit was open for so long prior to leaving. All in all just a poor performance again from United. There is a reason we did not choose United for the international legs of this recent trip, overall dissatisfaction.

Overall a good experience, however Wifi was not working on the flight.

Flight was on-time, boarding was flawless and the crew was friendly.

My flight from LGA was cancelled and my rebooked flight from JFK was delayed numerous times. I will now be getting home after 2am.

It would have been nice if American tried to care.

We arrived 25 minutes early only to be told our gate was occupied and so we sat for close to 30 minutes to pull into a gate. That’s not an early arrival!

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.

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.

The flight was great, and I have never ridden in first class previously so I don't have any practical knowledge of the norm. The flight out to DFW was delayed and I sat in economy which was as expected, not nearly as spoiled as I was in first class which had more general room but that is par for the course. I have no complaints and will wait until I fly American again before I can make a valid improvement. I will fly American again in the future.

It was a disaster, delayed and my gate changed like 6 times and I was walking a like crazy to every gate they updated.

Flight was 2 1/2 hours late and information at the gate was inaccurate and inconsistent with online data.

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