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1:49 pm - 3:19 pmOAK-SAN
1h 30mnonstop
11:20 am - 12:54 pmSAN-OAK
1h 34mnonstop
$46Spirit Airlines
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1:49 pm - 3:19 pmOAK-SAN
1h 30mnonstop
11:20 am - 12:54 pmSAN-OAK
1h 34mnonstop
$47Spirit Airlines
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10:43 pm - 12:20 amDEN-SAN
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6:25 am - 9:57 amSAN-DEN
2h 32mnonstop
$58Frontier
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10:43 pm - 12:14 amDEN-SAN
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6:25 am - 9:57 amSAN-DEN
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$67Frontier
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10:39 am - 12:05 pmSJC-SAN
1h 26mnonstop
8:19 am - 10:02 amSAN-SJC
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$97Alaska Airlines
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6:15 am - 7:45 amSJC-SAN
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5:00 pm - 6:38 pmSAN-SJC
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$99Alaska Airlines
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7:15 am - 10:07 amSEA-SAN
2h 52mnonstop
6:59 pm - 10:17 pmSAN-SEA
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$177Delta
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1:10 pm - 6:41 pmSJC-SAN
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6:15 am - 12:11 pmSAN-SJC
5h 56m1 stop
$177Delta
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7:15 am - 8:34 amDFW-SAN
3h 19mnonstop
4:48 pm - 9:50 pmSAN-DFW
3h 02mnonstop
$253American Airlines
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6:50 am - 12:01 pmEWR-SAN
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Good to know - Book Cheap La Mesa Plane Tickets

Low season

January

High season

July

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$28
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 7% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 2% increase in price.
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Flights to La Mesa: the best tips from KAYAK users' own experiences

Insights shared by verified travelers who flew to La Mesa 
Verified travelerFlew with Alaska AirlinesEWR-SANFeb 2025
My flight was not delayed, but my family had a flight earlier in the week that was, by 5 hours. My daughter says she'll never book a late afternoon flight as they seem most likely to be delayed. I personally like the timing and usually they cost less. Also, get on the plan with fully charged devices or a non-electronic form on entertainment.
MichaelFlew with SouthwestLAS-SANJan 2025
It’s a quick flight and sometimes turbulent leaving the desert. You may not get drinks service due to the brief flight time and safety measures.
Verified travelerFlew with Alaska AirlinesIAD-SANDec 2024
I chose it because it was non-stop🥳
Verified travelerFlew with Alaska AirlinesEUG-SANDec 2024
Bring whatever you can to keep you as entertained as possible.
Verified travelerFlew with Alaska AirlinesHNL-SANDec 2024
Get there a couple hours early. TSA is not the best organized. The security line took us about 50 minutes to an hour.
Verified travelerFlew with American AirlinesDFW-SANDec 2024
Bring a neck pillow and if your over 6 ft tall spend the money for exit row. Other customers are not curteous
OksanaFlew with Alaska AirlinesGEG-SANFeb 2025
Arrive early, the registration kiosks may not work and registration will take more than an hour.
Verified travelerFlew with Spirit AirlinesPDX-SANSep 2024
I flew Spirit years ago and didn’t like the spartan nature. With this flight, I shall enthusiastically fly them again. I chose to fly back home with Alaska only because I needed a later flight than Spirit offered. And I’m Very Excited to try out a Big Seat!
Verified travelerFlew with Alaska AirlinesJFK-SANOct 2024
Landing in La Guardia or Newark (New Jersey) is more convenient for commuting to Manhattan.
RebeccaFlew with Alaska AirlinesIAD-SANSep 2024
Get something to eat in the airport, just in case there is no food onboard.
Verified travelerFlew with Alaska AirlinesSTS-SANOct 2024
An hour before flight was enough time for departing from Santa Rosa. (I doubt anyone is at the airport and working at 4:30am).
Verified travelerFlew with Alaska AirlinesTPA-SANSep 2024
Alaska airline has great food but small portions and sometimes isn’t aware of your pre-order, so bring your own just in case!
MariaFlew with Alaska AirlinesSJC-SANSep 2024
Fox car rental was very slow at their desk for getting a car.
JamesFlew with Alaska AirlinesSJC-SANJun 2024
It’s pretty simple there. It’s one of the better airports.TSA has never been a problem for me there it moves and is mostly efficient… I was happy that we didn’t have to takeoff our shoes, which surprised me. They’re always seems to be long walk to the gates coming and going not sure why that is
Verified travelerFlew with Alaska AirlinesJFK-SANJun 2024
The crew was professional worked hard, from leaving on time to getting to San Diego safely and as quickly as possible. In these times of higher costs for everything I really appreciated that Alaska didn't charge for carryon bags, As with traveling with any airline please bring patience.
FelipeFlew with DeltaDTW-SANJun 2024
Make sure you know where you are going it’s a big airport… if you fly delta you can ride the tram inside to get to your gate if it is far away.
Verified travelerFlew with Alaska AirlinesOGG-SANJun 2024
The exiting gates and boarding connecting flights are very close, always bring an empty water container that you can fill in the airport filtered water dispensers bring your own favorite food
Verified travelerFlew with Alaska AirlinesPDX-SANJul 2024
Definitely arrive the 2 hours before your flight or you will have no extra time before boarding. Wear comfortable walking shoes.
BradFlew with Alaska AirlinesSFO-SANAug 2024
Alaska airlines with the SkyWest planes have 'no middle seats'. That is a comfy way to go.
CarolFlew with Alaska AirlinesBOS-SANJul 2024
Bring your own entertainment (book, puzzles, devices). T mobile offers free internet with Alaska!
Verified travelerFlew with Alaska AirlinesSFO-SANJul 2024
They could smile more! It woukd greatly improve the mood in the packed aircraft
BerniceFlew with Alaska AirlinesEWR-SANJun 2024
Give yourself plenty of time to get through security.
Joo YoungFlew with Alaska AirlinesSMF-SANJul 2024
Make sure your seat can recline when you board!
KeelanFlew with FrontierSMF-SANAug 2024
Do not book with Frontier. Even Spirit is better (and that's saying something)!
LisaFlew with Alaska AirlinesEUG-SANMay 2024
Be sure your carry on fits in the bins before getting on- big rollers are difficult to get into small Horizon Air bins
JoonwonFlew with Alaska AirlinesSJC-SANApr 2024
The airplane is a quite small one, compared to the regular size, so pls be ready for some restrictions on carry on bags.
Verified travelerFlew with Alaska AirlinesHNL-SANMay 2024
Don't use a small water bottle. Get a big one and fill it prior to boarding so you can keep hydrated better.
LouieFlew with SouthwestLAS-SANApr 2024
Honestly, Southwest's short flight time and 2 free checked bags make it the best deal out there!
Verified travelerFlew with Alaska AirlinesAUS-SANApr 2024
Austin check in is long, make sure to come early to allow for the crowded lines.
LorraineFlew with Alaska AirlinesMCO-SANMar 2024
Do get there 2 hrs. ahead as security lines can be long.
FranciscoFlew with Alaska AirlinesMCO-SANMay 2024
Make sure to read all the disclaimer disclosures before booking.
BrianFlew with Alaska AirlinesSFO-SANApr 2024
LAX and Seoul, Korea by far are the best airports
MichaelFlew with Alaska AirlinesOGG-SANMar 2024
Get to the airport extra early for a Hawaii flight.
Verified travelerFlew with Alaska AirlinesPDX-SANMay 2024
Other than that stewardess, the flight was very good.
BrianFlew with Allegiant AirPVU-SANMay 2024
We had to be a little earlier than expected, but got on ok
Verified travelerFlew with Alaska AirlinesHNL-SANMar 2024
Try to be patient , the airport is very crowded & busy
ANAFlew with FrontierPHX-SANMar 2024
More staff because you have just a few and they look overwhelmed and tired and for that reason the quality is getting poor
Verified travelerFlew with Alaska AirlinesBOS-SANMar 2024
Be prepared to wait in long line for shuttle to car rental complex.
LauraFlew with United AirlinesLAX-SANMar 2024
Expect to get squeezed in because these are tiny planes
Martha LacyFlew with SouthwestDAL-SANMay 2024
Bring your own food. They don’t give you anything.
Verified travelerFlew with Hawaiian AirlinesHNL-SANFeb 2024
Hawaiian Airlines and Alaska Airlines are good choices for flying to Hawaii from San Diego.
JeannaFlew with Alaska AirlinesSMF-SANFeb 2024
That I can even bring my small dog with some simple rules
Verified travelerFlew with Alaska AirlinesEWR-SANFeb 2024
Allow time for TSA (I had) or figure out the priority boarding (I didn't but will look into it for future flights), I thought they were pretty inefficient. A guy behind me was freaking out because he was going to miss his flight and a bunch of us let him cut the line in hopes he could make it.
Verified travelerFlew with Alaska AirlinesSTS-SANDec 2023
I would be curious on the flight delays due to rain and fog out of Santa Rosa. It seems they could be above the average
JosephFlew with DeltaLAS-SANFeb 2024
Your seat selection may be changed at check-in and you may not be able to change your seat to what you originally selected while booking so be aware of this possible issue.

FAQs - booking La Mesa flights

  • How long is the flight to La Mesa?

    Flights from New York5h 52m
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    Flights from San Francisco1h 43m
    Flights from Denver2h 32m
    Flights from Boston6h 02m
  • What is the cheapest flight to San Diego?

    In the last 3 days, the cheapest flight deal to San Diego was found on the route from Denver, at $46 return. The most popular connection is from San Francisco to San Diego and KAYAK users have found round-trip deals for as low as $44 in the last 3 days.

  • Which airlines fly to San Diego?

    Many airlines fly to San Diego, the most common ones being Southwest, Alaska Airlines, and United Airlines. See the amount of flights per week for popular airlines flying to San Diego.

  • How to fly to La Mesa?

    You cannot fly directly to La Mesa. KAYAK recommends you fly to San Diego (SAN) (10.42 miles from La Mesa). From there you can rent a car or get a taxi.

  • What airports are near La Mesa?

    The closest airport is San Diego (SAN) (10.42 mi). Other nearby airports are Tijuana Rodriguez (TIJ) (15.86 mi), Palm Springs (PSP) (79.03 mi) or Santa Ana J. Wayne/Orange Cnty (SNA) (79.46 mi). KAYAK recommends you fly to San Diego.

  • How far is San Diego Airport from central San Diego?

    You’ll need to travel 3 miles to reach the San Diego city center from San Diego Airport.

  • What is the name of San Diego’s airport?

    All flights to San Diego land at San Diego Airport. The airport code is SAN,and it can also be referred to as Lindbergh Field, San Diego, or San Diego Intl.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights to La Mesa?

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

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Top tips for finding cheap flights to La Mesa

  • There is no major airport in La Mesa. It is instead served by San Diego Airport.
  • Looking for cheap airfare to La Mesa? 25% of our users found round-trip tickets to La Mesa for the following prices or less: From Los Angeles $191, from Miami $574, from Boston $863
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  • High season is considered to be January, February and December. The cheapest month to fly from the United States is January.
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Top 5 airlines flying to La Mesa

Need help choosing which airline to fly with from the United States to La Mesa? 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.
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Alaska AirlinesOverall score based on 9734 reviews
8.5Crew
7.1Entertainment
7.1Food
7.9Comfort
8.2Boarding
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The staff from check-in counter to the flight crew were great. Flight was right on schedule. 10/10

10.0 ExcellentAnonymous, Mar 2025PDX - SNA
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The staff from check-in counter to the flight crew were great. Flight was right on schedule. 10/10

The flight was canceled and very little help given at the check in desk. Everyone at the desk says: just go on the app and see how they rebooked you. I mean come on it’s embarrassing customer service.

I’m New to Alaska Airlines. I was not able to connect to WiFi on either leg of my flights to/from Santa Rosa. Otherwise, it was an enjoyable ride.

Changed flight from San Fran to Seattle Then with a Delayed takeoff barely made my connection Waited over an hour for luggage 😜

The registration was chaotic. The kiosks didn't work for most people, and most had to do registration and receive boarding slips with a person. It took about an hour to get through he process, and I was worrying that I will be late to the flight. However, the personnel was great - courteous, professional, and was able to work through the problems.

I upgraded my seat and the service and boarding were wonderful. My flight attendant was very helpful when I experienced nausea on the flight (a first time experience). Flight arrived early which was nice. The only negative was many airlines have screens to provide some on flight entertainment, this aircraft did not. I had planned to read and listen to an audiobook on my flights, so no big deal on my part. The USB plug ins were broken on both my seat and the center seat, so I was not able to charge my phone during the flight, I will add 2 of the three USBs were broken on ride from San Diego as well. I would attribute this to the design, it is a very awkward angle to plug in, so frequent and perhaps not so gentle attempts to plug in have caused them to break.

Alaska no longer allows customers to print boarding passes at the airport. They only use mobile phones for boarding passes. Try getting on an Alaska plane with a dead phone and no boarding pass! Great customer service Alaska!

Stay with what you are doing. Excellent service and ahead of schedule. Well done.

We had to cancel and we’re treated fairly with 100%refund quickly

The flight itself was okay, but there were 2 screaming kids in front of me my entire flight which made it just awful. The parent did zero to try and make the children settle down and flight attendants did nothing either. I understand it's hard to travel with children, but constantly yelling, screaming, or loud talking for 4 hours straight is just ridiculous.

Seats are much much more comfortable than United, which is what I usually fly

If I pay extra for "comfort+" I expect leg room where I can stretch my legs. I was seated with an attendant's seat blocking my feet. Knee space was fine but my feet had less room than the non-"comfort+" seats. Also, don't go cheap on food when you have flights of 3+ hours. It's insulting.

Only one side of the heafphone jack work. Crew was friendly and helpful.

Great. Flight departed early and arrived early. Deplaning and baggage claim ww were quick.

They separated our seats and moved us to the back of the plane. Hundreds of dollars and thousands of miles used and this was my platinum member experience.

Since it wasn’t a Delta flight, I was not able to sit with my group and there was no entertainment.

AC barely worked on a 50 minute flight. It was very warm the whole flight. Flight was very bumpy and hard landing.

Got on the plane and then needed to deboard the plane because they didn’t have any pilots?

The flight was canceled two hours before departure, it took over five hours to rebook us on another flight.

Rough day of travel all the way around. Wrong info given to us multiple times and mistakes in their booking making our trip 10 hours longer than planned. I’m bummed because I fly Delta all the time and love them. Mistakes happen. Just bummed that this was a rare trip our whole family was traveling together.

The agents was very rude and they charged me $50 for a carry-on bag saying that it was too big and then I saw someone going on a plane with the same size bag as me

For the most part united was a good experience, how ever when they came by with the snacks and water, they completely passed by my wife and I. As we were in separate rows. On a 5 hr flight we were not offered water

Fantastic crew. Flight was delayed at last minute but we were given updates every 20 minutes and the crew was so friendly and considerate. I miss the touch screens on the back of the seats, wish they would bring that back though.

Awful. Worst airline I have ever been on. Crew were among the rudest people I have ever dealt with. United staff members were rude and disrespectful. My flight was delayed, causing me to miss a connecting flight. I understand things happen, but when staff start lying about what actually happened, that is when I have an issue. Just be honest, really it isn’t that hard. I’m being very honest with this review and I don’t find this difficult what so ever. In fact, because of United Airlines, my Christmas holiday was off to a really rocky start. As someone who has traveled across the world, it has only been United that I have had a truly awful experience.

Boarding always seems a bit chaotic. Seat spacing could leave more for leg room.

Good flight. On time. Boarding and seating was easy. Crew were really friendly, yet professional. Bathroom (by cockpit) was small but serviceable. Some the seats were showing some notable wear & tear, but were comfy. Very happy UA customer. TY! 🤛🏽💗

We arrived early and finally made it to our gate almost an hour after.

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

Everything good until we waited for jet bridge at SFO. Then pilot gets on speaker & said it won’t reach plane- too short, need to go to different gate. Then 5 min later, adjusted plane/jetbridge & all ok?!?

Was a pain having to leave the plane and reboard but glad the plane was fixed

Flight boarded from Gate 39 at OGG, the farthest gate in the terminal. There were no Hawaiian themed amenities for the flight. The first class service was mediocre at best; I received not special welcome or recognition as an executive platinum member of American Advantage program. The flight attendants were more concerned with their cell phones than saying "thank you" to the passengers as we disembarked. Fortunately, the flight arrived at LAX a few minutes early.

Bigger seats. Board back to front! Disembark front to back!

Extraordinary service in business class, and very good breakfast and snacks. A really lovely flight.

This flight didn’t happen because AA agents didn’t let us board the flight

Plane was pretty clean, staff was friendly and helpful, flight left about on time arrived early. Took a long time to board and get off the plane - carry on items didn't have enough room so people had to move all around to find places.

The service and food needs to improve to catch up with other international flights

Would have been good to have a meal since it was a 5.5 hour flight

We boarded after several delays due to mechanical failure and a gate change. The seat cushion in the exit row was very compressed and offered no cushion, making the four-hour journey reasonably uncomfortable. The WiFi worked for a few people, but for most, it did not, and you cannot get entertainment unless you can connect—American Airlines flights do not have seatback screens, and you must use your mobile phone.

AA is always pretty solid. Was on time all the way around today so can’t complain!

My boarding pass wouldn't pull up in the app very easily and had to really dig through my email. That caused a delay in TSA..

The flight itself was ok and the pilot was very communicative. However, our flight was delayed for almost 3 hours, the gate was changed 3 times and there was no communication as we were waiting. The flight staff was overall a little crabby...I understand as they probably had a long day but we all did.

Asked for a seat change to be w my wife at the gate they were great in sorting it out to make it happen

Everything went as planned. Crew was great. Seats were still not that comfortable.

The plane failed preflight inspection, so we sat there for 90 mins while they tried to fix it. Ultimately, everything was remedied and we made our connecting flight; instead of a 2 hour layover at the airport, we spent it waiting on the plane.

They changed the timing , first delayed by 4 hours then went back to 40 mins late, we had to run back to airport to not miss our flight. This is ridiculous

Seats were extremely uncomfortable and it was very hot on the plane.

Would be great if Frontier can Assign Seats together under one PNR

Early arrival. Great landing. Pilot updates. Too cold in plane.

Better to put road truck seat in plain it so uncomfortable can not adjustable and fill metal don’t have cushions at all it’s very hard to travel for five hours

Since they are a budget airline, I wasn’t expecting too much but they did some things well. They were on time, the plane was clean, boarding was fairly straightforward and the staff was cheerful and friendly. The only downside was comfort. The seats were fairly hard and after a 2 hour flight your rear end is not feeling so great. Maybe a little more cushion in the seats, Frontier!

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