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Best Orange County Flight Deals

Cheapest round-trip prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours

Los Angeles
Los Angelesnonstop$37
Santa Ana
Santa Ananonstop$33

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Low season

January

High season

July

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Best time to beat the crowds with an average 11% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 4% increase in price.
Flight from Oakland to John Wayne (Santa Ana)

Flights to Orange County: the best tips from KAYAK users' own experiences

Insights shared by verified travelers who flew to Orange County 
ChristineFlew with SouthwestDEN-LGBAug 2024
I always fly Southwest. I actually don’t mind they are moving to Assigned seating. Easy boarding. On time. Smooth landing. Long Beach is small airport and easy to Navigate.
KimberlyFlew with Alaska AirlinesSEA-SNAJul 2024
When going to Disneyland fly to this airport. Only 8 miles from Disneyland and super quick to check in and check out. Highly recommend this airport!
HeatherFlew with Hawaiian AirlinesHNL-LGBAug 2024
Easy entry and exit. Easy to get to rental car. Extremely fast exit from airport itself.
Verified travelerFlew with Alaska AirlinesPDX-SNAJul 2024
Bring your own food and coffee. No hot bevarages available.
Verified travelerFlew with Alaska AirlinesSEA-SNAAug 2024
Flight was delayed 9-1/2 hours. Make sure you have somewhere to go in you have to check out of your hotel.
Tuan-ThanhFlew with SouthwestPHX-SNAAug 2024
Try to be in group A if possible or steer clear of this airline.
AntonFlew with United AirlinesSFO-SNAMar 2024
United works and SNA airport is very good
Verified travelerFlew with Alaska AirlinesSTS-SNAFeb 2024
Book directly from the airline and/or get refundable tickets.
Verified travelerFlew with United AirlinesIAH-SNAFeb 2024
Be prepared to check your ego at the door

FAQs - booking Orange County flights

  • What’s the best airport to visit Disneyland in Anaheim?

    Most people visiting Disneyland in Anaheim will choose to fly into Los Angeles International Airport because it has more options for flights and airlines. However, John Wayne Airport is less busy, closer to the Disneyland resort (20 min), and is also served by the Disneyland Resort Express Bus.

  • What’s the most convenient airport to visit Laguna Beach?

    The airport closest to Laguna Beach is the John Wayne Airport, which is 22 min away by car. Between the two smaller airports serving Orange County, it’s also the one with the most options when it comes to airlines and destinations. If you prefer a larger airport with more choices of flights and airlines, then Los Angeles International Airport is about 1h from Laguna Beach.

  • Which airport do I use to fly nonstop from New York to Orange County?

    Nonstop flights from New York serve both airports in Orange County. JetBlue Airways operates flights to Orange County from John F. Kennedy to Long Beach Airport. If you prefer to fly out from Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR), United operates regular flights that land at John Wayne Airport.

  • What’s the best airport to fly nonstop to if I’m visiting Huntington Beach?

    The best airport to fly into if you’re visiting Huntington Beach depends on where you’re flying from and on which airline. Both John Wayne Airport and Long Beach Airport are less than 30 min from Huntington Beach. John Wayne Airport is served by more airlines, but if you’re flying on Hawaiian Airlines or JetBlue Airways, then your nonstop flight will land at Long Beach Airport.

  • I’m flying to Orange County from Denver. Which airport do I choose?

    Both airports receive flights from Denver International Airport (DEN), but John Wayne Airport is the one with the most options of airlines. Frontier, Southwest, and United Airlines operate regular nonstop flights to Orange County from Denver.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from the United States to Orange County?

    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 the United States to Orange County.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from the United States to Orange County?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight from the United States to Orange County 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 the United States to Orange County?

    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 the United States to Orange County with an airline and back with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from the United States to Orange County?

    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 the United States to Orange County 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 Orange County

  • Looking for cheap airfare to Orange County? 25% of our users found round-trip tickets to Orange County for the following prices or less: From Portland $470, from Chicago O'Hare Intl $564, from Newark $832
  • Book at least 2 weeks before departure in order to get a below-average price.
  • High season is considered to be January, November and December. The cheapest month to fly from the United States is January.
  • Enter your preferred departure airport and travel dates into the search form above to unlock the latest Orange County flight deals.
  • When looking for flights to Orange County, you can choose one of three airports. The three nearby airports are Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), Long Beach Airport (LGB), and John Wayne Airport (SNA).
  • Although Los Angeles isn’t officially part of Orange County, LAX is the closest international airport in the region and the one with the most options of destinations and airlines. It’s a short drive from Anaheim (35 min), Santa Ana (41 min), and Newport Beach (45 min).
  • If you’re traveling to Orange County from the East Coast but prefer to land at one of the smaller airports, Long Beach Airport has the most nonstop connections with Eastern cities. JetBlue Airways operates regular flights to Orange County from Boston Logan International Airport (BOS) and John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK).
  • If you prefer low-cost airlines when searching for flights to Orange County, Southwest is the one with the most routes to both Orange County airports. JetBlue Airways serves only Long Beach Airport, while Frontier has regular flights from Austin and Denver to John Wayne Airport.
  • Passengers traveling with pets should keep in mind that only Los Angeles International Airport and Long Beach Airport are designed with pet relief areas.
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Top 5 airlines flying to Orange County

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying to Orange County. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline from the United States to Orange County. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from the United States to Orange County? 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
Alaska AirlinesOverall score based on 9681 reviews
7.1Entertainment
8.5Crew
7.9Comfort
8.2Boarding
7.1Food
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The confusion from Alaskan Airlines to American, no one at the front desk of Alaskan told me I didn't have a flight, which made me miss my flight that was transferred over to American TERRIBLE customer service at Alaskan!! American Airlines was a great experience. Alaskan TERRIBLE!

2.0 MediocreJerome, Jan 2025RDU - LAX
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The confusion from Alaskan Airlines to American, no one at the front desk of Alaskan told me I didn't have a flight, which made me miss my flight that was transferred over to American TERRIBLE customer service at Alaskan!! American Airlines was a great experience. Alaskan TERRIBLE!

I paid $49 to select my seat---6A a window seat just behind first class. When I started to get on the plane I was told that my seat had been given to someone else and I now had a middle seat. They finally gave me an aisle seat. When I told them I wanted my $49 back, I was told I would need to call alaska and fight with them to get my money back. And when i was on the flight people going by kept hitting me with their bags. I have tried calling alaska twice to talk about a refund but never got thru to the right person!

Easier to file a claim. My fiancé got the flu and we had to cancel. ive been given the run around filing a claim. Call me at 831.588.4346 with a live agent please

Small dirty plane for a 5 and1/2 hr flight. No food no entertainment

All 4 members of my family found the seats terribly uncomfortable. 2 of us suffered from back issues the next few days.

Plane had a maintenance problem two hours into the flight and we had to turn around. Alaska was nice to put us up in the Hilton in LAX but the cost of food in the city was WAY higher than our vouchers and the hotel had no continental breakfast. We ended up spending over $100 on food for our family in addition to the vouchers.

Check-in was easy, I did it from the app. Boarding was easy, the crew was great. Santa Barbara airport had a disabled plane so we had to land in Burbank to refuel. They kept us well informed, and everyone was great. A very entertaining person from the Burbank airport got on and told a few jokes.

I appreciate the priority for safety. I did not enjoy how the delays were handled.

Delays, delays, delays.... (and) Told no room for carry on after boarding B Group and told to drop off our carry on at door to be checked in instead. There was plenty of room left in the overheads above our seats right up to the end of boarding!!!!

It went very quickly even though we were late in leaving Fresno.

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.

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.

Meh. A late flight meant I missed my connections, and a 2pm LAX arrival turned into gettin in after midnight.

It was good until there was a 3 hour delay because there was not any pilots to fly the plane.

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

We had to wait almost an hour for the wheelchair porter to be ready to pick up my mother. And when she arrived in Newark airport the porter was not there and she started walking with her cane and her poor mobility. When the Newark porter found her they didn't want to transfer her bags to the wheelchair for her.

Great onboard crew. Boarding was a zoo, I got in line before pre boarding in Group 2, still had my bag force checked. WiFi was glitchy all flight. Seat and bathroom are both tiny unless you pay $$$ for first class.

Cabin was pitch black, even during meal service. The reading lights for seat 2E/F did not work, and seat 2E did not recline.

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..

RE Food: Wish there was a choice for No Rating. Flew from Honolulu to Los Angeles on a Red-Eye flight (11:00 pm to 7:30 am). Other than a package of cookies with a beverage choice offered soon after take-off, and a beverage choice shortly before landing, no other food choices were offered. Everyone slept or rested for most of the trip. Nothing to rate. RE Entertainment: Everyone was sleeping most of the flight. Only saw one passenger watch about 30 minutes of entertainment on his iPad. I never attempted to access any entertainment options.

Baby cried a lot. Nothing anyone could do about it. Just part of flying.

For coast to coast travel the A321 and even the NEO, even in first class will never be excellent. That would take a B787 or 777 to accomplish.

The flight crew was fantastic! Which the seats had a small TV.

The foot ottoman cushion was missing on my business class seat.. the hydraulics is on its last leg & seat cushions do not have support or paddling. Heavily dented by butts

My experience with the phoenix airport was terrible, the personnel lay the ticket counter charged me for a carry on that fit in the carry on size box, and the two women I spoke with were terribly rude and not willing to help.,,, there was one lady “candy” on the flight crew that was amazing and is the only reason I stayed on the flight at all, because the other stewards helping people to get seated on the plane were terrible

I loked walking out on the tarmac to board and no first class. I didn't like that they have no snacks or onboard wifi to bide your time.

The plane was clean, the crew was friendly and helpful. It’s a low cost airline so there was no food, drinks or in flight entertainment but we didn’t expect any of these things. In the room for improvement department, they should install USB ports in seats to charge mobile devices.

The seats were extremely hard and uncomfortable, even for a budget airline.

The seats were extremely hard and uncomfortable. It was disappointing even for a budget airline.

Charging $74 for one checked bag is outrageous. I will never fly Frontier again.

Boarding was very well executed. Got my bag right away.

I was surprised that all baggage, including carry on, were charged. Each additional bag went up in cost. Really disappointed in the additional costs.

Our flight was suppose to leave at 9pm and we didn’t board until after 3am. We lost a whole day at our hotel and half a day at a park we paid a lot of money for.

It was a redeye flight, so every passenger just wanted to sleep, but through the entire flight, the flight crew made announcements over the loudspeaker at maximum volume every few minutes making sleep impossible. For example: it’s 2am, and the crew decides to give an extremely detailed announcement about snacks and beverages for sale. And 3am is the perfect time to wake up everyone with a lengthy announcement about how to get a coffee refill and how to take advantage of new offer from frontier for a credit card.

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Recent round-trip flight deals

 
These are the cheapest round-trip flights to Orange County found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
2/22Sat
nonstopFrontier
1h 33mSFO-SNA
2/22Sat
nonstopFrontier
1h 35mSNA-SFO
$33
2/3Mon
nonstopFrontier
1h 33mSFO-SNA
2/7Fri
nonstopFrontier
1h 35mSNA-SFO
$37
2/4Tue
nonstopAlaska Airlines
1h 27mSFO-SNA
2/4Tue
nonstopAlaska Airlines
1h 29mSNA-SFO
$51
2/3Mon
nonstopAlaska Airlines
1h 28mSFO-SNA
2/12Wed
nonstopAlaska Airlines
1h 41mSNA-SFO
$57
2/8Sat
nonstopUnited Airlines
1h 35mSFO-SNA
2/9Sun
nonstopUnited Airlines
1h 35mSNA-SFO
$86
1/29Wed
nonstopUnited Airlines
1h 41mSFO-SNA
1/30Thu
nonstopUnited Airlines
1h 46mSNA-SFO
$116
2/1Sat
1 stopAmerican Airlines
6h 02mSFO-SNA
2/5Wed
1 stopAmerican Airlines
5h 45mSNA-SFO
$159
2/6Thu
nonstopAmerican Airlines
1h 27mSFO-SNA
2/10Mon
nonstopAmerican Airlines
1h 34mSNA-SFO
$178
3/12Wed
nonstopDelta
2h 51mSEA-SNA
3/17Mon
nonstopDelta
3h 07mSNA-SEA
$188
3/9Sun
nonstopDelta
2h 58mSEA-SNA
3/22Sat
nonstopDelta
3h 06mSNA-SEA
$198

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Recent one-way flight deals

 
Only flying one-way? Below are some of the best deals for one-way flights to Orange County found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
1/23Thu
nonstopSpirit Airlines
1h 28mOAK-SNA
$27
1/30Thu
nonstopFrontier
1h 33mSFO-SNA
$28
2/12Wed
nonstopAlaska Airlines
1h 27mSFO-SNA
$29
1/25Sat
nonstopAlaska Airlines
1h 27mSFO-SNA
$33
1/22Wed
1 stopAmerican Airlines
6h 02mSFO-SNA
$80
2/22Sat
1 stopUnited Airlines
5h 33mDEN-SNA
$89
2/7Fri
nonstopDelta
2h 52mSEA-SNA
$89
2/7Fri
1 stopUnited Airlines
5h 20mSEA-SNA
$94
3/14Fri
nonstopDelta
2h 51mSEA-SNA
$110
1/24Fri
1 stopAmerican Airlines
6h 14mSFO-SNA
$119

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Last minute flights to Orange County

Last minute flight, train and bus deals

 
These last-minute flight deals are the cheapest flights found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours for flights to Orange County that are departing in the next 10 days.
1/20Mon
nonstopFrontier
1h 33mSFO-SNA
2/20Thu
nonstopFrontier
1h 35mSNA-SFO
$100
1/20Mon
nonstopSpirit Airlines
1h 28mOAK-SNA
1/25Sat
nonstopSpirit Airlines
1h 19mSNA-OAK
$108
1/21Tue
nonstopUnited Airlines
1h 38mSFO-SNA
1/25Sat
nonstopUnited Airlines
1h 43mSNA-SFO
$147
1/21Tue
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
4h 41mSFO-SNA
1/22Wed
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
5h 45mSNA-SFO
$159
1/18Sat
nonstopAlaska Airlines
1h 27mSFO-SNA
1/19Sun
nonstopAlaska Airlines
1h 31mSNA-SFO
$177
1/20Mon
nonstopAlaska Airlines
1h 34mSFO-SNA
1/21Tue
nonstopAlaska Airlines
1h 29mSNA-SFO
$197
1/18Sat
nonstopAmerican Airlines
1h 27mSFO-SNA
1/19Sun
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
6h 15mSNA-SFO
$228
1/18Sat
nonstopUnited Airlines
1h 38mSFO-SNA
1/19Sun
nonstopUnited Airlines
1h 43mSNA-SFO
$277
1/21Tue
nonstopDelta
2h 57mSEA-SNA
1/23Thu
nonstopDelta
3h 07mSNA-SEA
$399
1/21Tue
nonstopDelta
2h 57mSEA-SNA
1/23Thu
multi-stopDelta
7h 32mSNA-SEA
$409

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