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Cheap Flights from Tucson to San Francisco Bay Area

Cheapest round-trip prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 5 days
San Francisco
San Francisco1 stop$223
San Jose
San Jose1 stop$338
San Francisco
San Francisco1 stop$223
San Jose
San Jose1 stop$338
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Price, demand and travel trends for Tucson to San Francisco Bay Area flights

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

Are flights from Tucson to San Francisco Bay Area cheaper or more expensive than last year?

Fares from Tucson to San Francisco Bay Area are about 19% higher than they were in November last year, averaging $427 round-trip.

What's the cheapest month to fly from Tucson to San Francisco Bay Area?

December is typically the cheapest month to fly from Tucson to San Francisco Bay Area, with round-trip fares averaging $306. November and May are usually the most expensive, averaging $413 and $412, respectively.

How do fares from Tucson to San Francisco Bay Area vary by day of the week?

On average, Tuesday is the cheapest day to fly from Tucson to San Francisco Bay Area and Sunday is the most expensive. Looking at the past 12 months of KAYAK data, it's 32% more expensive to fly on a Sunday compared to Tuesday.

What's the best time of day to fly from Tucson to San Francisco Bay Area?

It's cheapest to fly to San Francisco Bay Area at night with average prices of $218. The afternoon is the most expensive time to fly, with average prices of $382.

What's the best time to book a flight from Tucson to San Francisco Bay Area?

Book your flights 24 weeks before your trip. KAYAK data collected over the past 12 months shows that booking in this window can save you around 42% compared to booking at the last minute (within 2 weeks of departure).

Key details for Tucson to San Francisco Bay Area flights

Low season

September
Beat the crowds with an average 13% drop in travelers.
The most popular month to fly with an average 18% increase in travelers.

Your Tucson to San Francisco Bay Area flight questions, answered

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

  • How much should I budget for a flight from Tucson to San Francisco Bay Area?

    Over the past 12 months, round-trip fares from Tucson to San Francisco Bay Area have typically cost between $294 and $468.

  • Which airlines fly nonstop from Tucson to San Francisco Bay Area?

    Based on the flight schedule for the next 3 months, just one airline regularly flies nonstop from Tucson to San Francisco Bay Area: United Airlines.

  • Is it cheaper to fly with a layover from Tucson to San Francisco Bay Area?

    Yes, nonstop flights from Tucson to San Francisco Bay Area average $390 over the past 12 months, but flights with a layover can cost less. The most affordable connecting airports are:

    • Salt Lake City (SLC) (avg. price $222)
    • Denver Intl (DEN) (avg. price $273)
    • Santa Ana J. Wayne/Orange Cnty (SNA) (avg. price $297)

  • How long is a flight from Tucson to San Francisco Bay Area?

    Nonstop flights from Tucson to San Francisco Bay Area take 2h 36m on average.

  • Which cabin classes are available from Tucson to San Francisco Bay Area?

    On flights from Tucson to San Francisco Bay Area you can book Economy Class or First Class.

  • What are some popular landmarks around San Francisco Bay Area?

    San Francisco Bay Area is home to many popular sights. KAYAK travelers' favorites include:

    • Fisherman's Wharf
    • Union Square
    • Moscone Center
    • San Francisco Bay Area Stadium

  • What are the earliest and latest flights from Tucson to San Francisco Bay Area?

    The earliest nonstop flight from Tucson to San Francisco Bay Area departs at 6:00 am and the latest leaves at 8:07 pm. Nonstop flights take about 2h 36m.

Your guide to booking Tucson to San Francisco Bay Area flights

Get tips on when to book, when to fly and what to know before your trip.
  • If you can plan ahead, the sweet spot for booking your flight is 24 weeks before your trip. KAYAK data shows fares in this window are around 42% lower than last-minute bookings (made within 2 weeks of departure). Not ready to commit? Set a Price Alert and we'll let you know when prices change.
  • Flexible with your dates? Fly in December to save some money. It's typically the cheapest month on this route, while flights in November will cost you the most.
  • Fly out on a Tuesday to get the cheapest fares. Avoid Sunday flights, which are about 32% more expensive.
  • Start your trip in San Francisco, the most popular destination in San Francisco Bay Area. From there, it's easy to continue on to other popular spots such as Santa Cruz, San Jose and Napa.

Reviews of the top 4 airlines serving from Tucson to San Francisco Bay Area

 
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Tucson to San Francisco Bay Area? 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.
8.0
SouthwestOverall score based on 4220 reviews
8.6Crew
7.5Entertainment
8.0Comfort
7.0Food
8.1Boarding
Airline reviews

Every single flight I take with southwest is delayed by at least one hour. Unbelievable

2.0 MediocreMatthew, Nov 2026
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Every single flight I take with southwest is delayed by at least one hour. Unbelievable

Flight left on time and was early landing. Seats not comfortable and not enough space…

Mediocre. Boarding is now unpleasant. The employees, once friendly and nice, are now regularly speaking sternly to passengers, badgering them to do things right so they can take off on time and gate check bags because they don't have enough overhead bin space. The pretzel snack was crushed flat and broken into even smaller pieces, which happens frequently lately. Drink service was suspended before they reached my row.

First time traveling on Southwest since bag fees were implemented. Usual good service. Just more expensive now.

The open seating makes passengers boarding ahead of you think they also have the right to the empty middle seat. Trumper next to me refused to move her laptop bag from my leg area. I did not make a fuss since it was a short flight.

The cabin was very cold with the air conditioning on at a very high level. I used my phone app that displays room temperature and it registered 67 degrees.

The flight itself was good. Delays were the problem. Original flight was scheduled for 8:10 pm. Got notifications all day -- actual time is 8:40; then 8:25; then 8:35; then 8:45. Then once I get through security, it's actually 9:35.

Multiple delays, poor communication of information and a 4 hour delay with multiple gate changes ...

Flight was delayed for 1 hour. Otherwise it was a fairly normal Southwest experience

The flight attendant engaged with people and was funny. That’s the part that changes the experience to excellent

The bathroom is disgustingly dirty. It looks like the crew members didn’t clean it on a regular basis. Also, who made the bathroom so small?. I am not a big girl but I still feel very cramped inside. Def unpleasant experience to use the bathroom.

dropped my bags at Seattle Delta curbside. 1.5 hours before departure. one bag oversized made it. the other was left at curb and mishandled. poor communication from delta in sjc baggage claim. No internet on flight and food choices in business are horrible. You are forcing us to fly Alaska which is shockingly better than the Delta experience. that is a low bar.

attendents were rude and the boarding was disjointed and poor

There was an incredibly surly flight attendant that ruined the experience

After boarding the plane had to wait an hour at the for the copilot to show up before we could depart

The cabin and bathroom experience was poor as the cabin and bathroom were dirty and showed signs of an older plane that had not been updated for Customer’s, comfort and health. There was gum on my seat when I arrived and dirt spots around the fan and light controls. The flight was almost entirely full, so there was no way I could be moved from my seat. Th bathroom had the peeling paint.

Great crew. Comfortable seating. Nice overhead bin space. My app didn't allow me to check in for my flight to BOS. When I called Support, they didn't fix it, but just told me to check in at the airport. Seat back entertainment was great. Could be better if the audio could connect to Bluetooth.

I'm 6' 2" and even in economy plenty of leg room

I don’t like mushrooms and that’s all they had with pasta

Only not having an assigned seat was an issue. Rest was great

From the boarding crew to the FAs was such a good team. All with smiles and positive energy. The pilots made an announcement of us waiting on some passengers who were late landing and I didn’t hear one person feel like it was an inconvenience which was wonderful. Massive kudos to all that worked that flight. Everyone was united. 😊💙

Even though the incoming flight was delayed by 20 minutes they managed to get us to SFO 15 minutes early.

First class ticket gets you no seat back entertainment? I have to bring my own laptop to see a movie? And most of their movies have ADS? No thank you. Worse: Tiny snacks only on a 2 hr flight?

We were delayed 3x and because I didn’t purchase my tickets directly from United Airlines I was told I Have to take care of it myself so I called Underpricer and they helped me but before I changed my flights I took the risk of sticking by what my tickets were and was lucky to have gotten on the original all flight with only 15 mins before take off. not sure if I will do this again

Awful, rude staff. Their abrasive comments are unnecessary. Most seek a frictionless experience and will cooperate if you ask. Additional childish bullying of customers is not acceptable or tolerated. We had the same problem with our departure flight. We will never fly United again.

No cooked food. Crew was not friendly and not that helpful

United airline kept delaying our flight back to Phoenix for 8 hours before they cancelled it! If they know that we are not flying out for whatever the reason is, why did they keep lying to us for hours. We could find another flight earlier or even find a hotel with a shuttle. But cancellation at about midnight was not fun. We stayed in the airport all night till the following morning when we bought an Alaska tickets to go back to Phoenix. Total of 14 hours in the airport.

My experience is based on one crew member. I had found my seat and sat down but there was a gentleman to claimed to the flight attendant I was in his seat. She then came to me and curtly said, "I need your ticket!" No hi, no excuse me may I see your boarding pass? NOTHING! I was taken aback by her attitude and she repeated herself, "your ticket?!?!" I calmly responded with ok, here you go. Only to discover the gentleman was looking at the wrong boarding pass. She gave me back my ticket with no apology. She then was curt with another man who was putting his coat in the overhead bin, already helped by another flight attendant who said it was fine. She realizes it's ok and then asks him if he drinks. The look on the man's face was priceless. She said she was going to comp him drinks. He gets offered a comp drink for a coat as well as an apology, and I got no apology.

Tired of being nickel and dimed for every little thing, especially carry-on luggage.

If there is an hour delay, and only one announcement is made regarding why, “a dirty plane” and “we are waiting for the Captain to board”and the screen keeps stating “on time” , and 100 people risk missing connections- who are then told to rent cars, run fast, or get a hotel room… well, that’s poorly managed by a team with no real training. Communicate more and better.

The guy sitting in front of me kept pushing hard his sit against my legs… very uncomfortable

Food was horrid. In my opinion inedible. They did offer some sorbet and one small dish of fruit. Stewards were super stingy with water, coffee, etc.

I believe my father had a good flight. What was not good, was the associate who helped us during Step 2 of check-in. After getting his boarding passes and bag tags, we proceeded to Step 2 where we were met with Carol. This was around 3:15-20pm at Phoenix Sky Harbor. She weighed my father’s checked bag which was 2lbs over, she recommended removing a pair of jeans to correct this. My father asked/joked if “she could just let him go” and she fairly rudely responded something along the lines of, “I don’t own the airline so no I can’t do that”. From this point on I just want to assume she was having a bad day. I spent my life raised in a business and front-facing customer service so I understand previous clients can make you feel irritated. How she continued to act leads me to believe she was really careless about her job or racially biased/straight-up racist. After we moved the 2lbs to his other bag, she told us she believed he would need to claim his bag at his connecting flight in Hong Kong, before it could go to his final destination, Malaysia. This thoroughly confused us as we are fairly frequent international travelers and 95% of the time the bag is sent to its final destination without this requirement. Last time we traveled to Malaysia was less than a month ago, so again we’re fairly confused. Multiple times she used a fairly aggressive tone of “I know what YOU THINK, this is what I believe”. The multiple “YOU THINK” as if we didn’t understand what she was saying was rude and insulting, and her tone came along with a insincere smile, hence the feeling of she was racially biased. Despite the fact that she might have been having a bad day previously, it is AA’s airline’s duty to train their employee about international bag protocol, as clearly AA is a major partner of internationally traveling airlines. Carol made the experience overall unenjoyable sending my father off and made us both question AA’s training of their employees.

Once again the staff of American Airlines is kind, helpful, efficient, and professional.

No food. I paid over $1.000 for my ticket for nuts and espresso beans.

Like: flights are on time, good boarding process Can improve: planes are old, improve entertainment and make space more comfortable

Everything was good The connects, with no blame to crew. Or pilots. I understand they are short staffed. Everything went well for me. I'll be using you guys again in May if not sooner.

A couple ladies from the crew were so rude and nasty. Thought they were mad at having to be there especially if you asked a question. This will make me think twice next time if I book a flight with you.

Very friendly and efficient and smooth boarding. We were even way early arriving at my destination. Thank you.

This flight was late and did not meet the connecting flight.

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