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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 Texas to California.

KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight from Texas 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 Texas 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 Texas to California up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

Texas and California are connected by different airlines. The airlines that fly that route the most regularly are American Airlines (592 flights per week), Southwest (376 flights per week), and United Airlines (325 flights per week).

There are 29 airports in California. The busiest airport is Los Angeles Airport (LAX), with 40% of all flights arriving there.

Prices will differ depending on the departure airport, but generally, the cheapest airport to fly to in California is Long Beach Municipal Airport (LGB), with an average flight price of $232.

Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to California is Wednesday where round-trip tickets can be as cheap as $341. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Sunday, where round-trip prices are $462 on average.

The cheapest time of day to fly to California is generally in the afternoon, when round-trip flights cost $320 on average. Morning departures are around 3% 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 $390.

The cheapest ticket to California from Texas found in the last 5 days was to Ontario, at $128 round-trip. The most popular route is Austin (AUS) to Los Angeles (LAX) and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 5 days was $186.

The cheapest month for flights from Texas to California is September, when tickets cost $184 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are March and June, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $235 and $234 respectively.

To get a below average price on the flight from Texas to California, you should book around 2 weeks before departure, which saves you about 23% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 5 weeks before departure.

From Texas, there are direct flights to California from 5 cities. The city with the most direct flights is Dallas, with 2,474 direct flights each week.

There are around 628 direct flights from within Texas to California every day. Most flights (38%) depart in the morning.

Each week there are around 4,391 direct flights from within Texas to California. The most common day for departures is Sunday, with 15% of flights taking off on this day.

An average nonstop flight from Texas to California takes 3h 21m, covering a distance of 1284 miles. The shortest route is El Paso (ELP) to Las Vegas (LAS) with an average flight time of 1h 45m.

Each week, there are 376 medium-haul flights (3-6 hour flight duration) and 4,015 short-haul flights (up to 3 hour flight duration) to California. There aren't any long-haul flights (6-12 hour flight duration).

Based on KAYAK flight searches, the most popular destination is Las Vegas (31% of total searches to California). The next most popular destinations are Los Angeles (26%) and San Francisco (9%). Searches for flights to Ontario (9%), to San Diego (7%) and to John Wayne (Santa Ana) (4%) are also popular.