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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 South Carolina to California.

KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight from South Carolina to California is likely to change within 7 days, so travelers know whether to wait or book now.

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 South Carolina to California with an airline and back with another airline.

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 South Carolina to California up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

There are 29 airports in California. The busiest airport is Los Angeles Airport (LAX), with 41% of all flights arriving there.

Prices will differ depending on the departure airport, but generally, the cheapest airport to fly to in California is Los Angeles Airport (LAX), with an average flight price of $205.

Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to California is Monday where round-trip tickets can be as cheap as $149. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Tuesday, where round-trip prices are $418 on average.

The cheapest time of day to fly to California is generally in the evening, when round-trip flights cost $278 on average. Morning departures are around 14% more expensive than evening flights, on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to California is generally at night, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $360.

The cheapest ticket to California from South Carolina found in the last 5 days was to Los Angeles, at $153 round-trip. The most popular route is Charleston (CHS) to Los Angeles (LAX) and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 5 days was $153.

The cheapest month for flights from South Carolina to California is March, when tickets cost $100 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and August, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $529 and $458 respectively.

To get a below average price on the flight from South Carolina to California, you should book around 4 weeks before departure, which saves you about 36% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 22 weeks before departure.

From South Carolina, there are direct flights to California from 2 cities: Charleston and Greenville. Both cities offer 2 direct flights each week.

There are around 1 direct flights from within South Carolina to California every day. All flights depart in the morning.

Each week there are around 4 direct flights from within South Carolina to California. The most common day for departures is Monday, with 25% of flights taking off on this day.

An average nonstop flight from South Carolina to California takes 6h 46m, covering a distance of 2135 miles. The shortest route is Charlotte (CLT) to Las Vegas (LAS) with an average flight time of 4h 30m.

There are not any long-haul (6-12 hour flight duration) or short-haul (up to 3 hour flight duration) flights to California. Instead, there are 4 medium-haul flights (3-6 hour flight duration), with the most arriving from Greenville.

Based on KAYAK flight searches, the most popular destination is Las Vegas (40% of total searches to California). The next most popular destinations are Los Angeles (17%) and San Francisco (11%). Searches for flights to San Diego (8%), to Ontario (7%) and to John Wayne (Santa Ana) (5%) are also popular.