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Recent round-trip flight deals to South Bend

Fri, Aug 28 - Mon, Aug 31
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1:50 pm - 3:40 pm
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$137Breeze Airways
Fri, Aug 28 - Mon, Aug 31
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1:50 pm - 3:40 pm
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$138Breeze Airways
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7:35 pm - 2:04 pm
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$180Multiple Airlines
Thu, Jul 23 - Mon, Jul 27
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10:42 pm - 6:45 pm
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7:35 pm - 8:23 am
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$187Multiple Airlines
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4:00 pm - 9:40 pm
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5:10 pm - 9:45 pm
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$289Delta
Wed, Jul 29 - Wed, Aug 5
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6:03 am - 12:03 pm
HOU
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12:34 pm - 5:44 pm
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$299American Airlines
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6:38 pm - 11:59 pm
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$323United Airlines
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KAYAK's insights & trends for flights to South Bend

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What is the cheapest flight to South Bend?

These are the best round-trip prices found by users searching on KAYAK in the last 5 days.

In the last 5 days, the cheapest flight deal to South Bend was found on the route from Washington, D.C., at $137 return. The most popular connection is from Washington, D.C. to South Bend and KAYAK users have found round-trip deals for as low as $137 in the last 5 days.

What is the cheapest day to fly to South Bend?

The average price of all round-trip flights to South Bend clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.

Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to South Bend is Monday where round-trip tickets can be as cheap as $260. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Sunday, where round-trip prices are $437 on average.

What is the cheapest month to fly to South Bend?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights to South Bend, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the median of all values for each month.

The cheapest month for flights to South Bend is December, where tickets cost $60 on average for return flights. On the other hand, the most expensive months are March and October, where the average cost of tickets from the United States is $774 and $622 respectively. For one-way flights, the best month to travel is September with an average price of $30.

What is the cheapest time of day to fly to South Bend?

The average price for all round-trip flights to South Bend depending on the time of departure, clicked by users on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.

The cheapest time of day to fly to South Bend is generally in the morning, when round-trip flights cost $495 on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to South Bend is generally in the afternoon, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $1,009.

What is a good deal for flights to South Bend?

If you’re looking for cheap airfare to South Bend, 25% of our users found tickets to South Bend for the following prices or less: From Fort Lauderdale $96 round-trip, from Punta Gorda $124 round-trip, from Orlando Sanford Intl Airport $134 round-trip.

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FAQs - booking South Bend flights

  • Are there any cities in the United States you can fly directly to the South Bend Airport (SBN) from?

    United Airlines offers direct service to the airport from Chicago O' Hare International Airport (ORD) while Delta Airlines offers direct service from Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport (ATL). You will also find nonstop flights from Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County (DTW) and Minneapolis St Paul (MSP) aboard Delta Airlines.

  • What kind of ground transportation options will I find at this airport?

    There is a city bus service that operates in the South Bend area called Transpo that offers service from the airport to several locations in the area. The fare to ride these buses is around $1.

  • If I would like to rent a car at this airport where will I find the rental car companies?

    There are five different major rental car companies that operate at this airport and all of their customer service counters and cars are on-site at the airport. Travelers will find the customer service desks near the baggage claim area and all the cars that are available for rent are within easy walking distance of the terminal building in the adjoining parking lots.

  • Are there any rideshare services that are available at this airport?

    Both of the major rideshare companies that most travelers are familiar with do have an operation at this airport. To meet your ride after your flight book your ride in the app, set a pickup location outside of the terminal building, and then exit through Door C of the terminal to meet your ride.

  • What is the cheapest flight to South Bend?

    In the last 5 days, the cheapest flight deal to South Bend was found on the route from Washington, D.C., at $137 return. The most popular connection is from Washington, D.C. to South Bend and KAYAK users have found round-trip deals for as low as $137 in the last 5 days.

  • How far is South Bend/Michiana Airport from central South Bend?

    The city center of South Bend is 3 miles from South Bend/Michiana Airport.

  • What is the name of South Bend’s airport?

    There is only 1 airport in South Bend, called South Bend/Michiana Airport (SBN). It can also be referred to as South Bend Regional or South Bend/Michiana.

  • How much is a flight to South Bend?

    On average, a flight to South Bend costs $251. The cheapest price found on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks cost $48 and departed from Fort Lauderdale Airport.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights to South Bend?

    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 to South Bend.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket to South Bend?

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

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights to South Bend?

    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 to South Bend 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 to South Bend?

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

Top tips for finding cheap flights to South Bend

  • Looking for cheap airfare to South Bend? 25% of our users found round-trip tickets to South Bend for the following prices or less: From Fort Lauderdale $78, from Phoenix-Mesa Gateway $249, from Chicago O'Hare Intl $463
  • Enter your preferred departure airport and travel dates into the search form above to unlock the latest South Bend flight deals.
  • If someone is going to be picking you up at the airport after your flight, they can park in the short-term parking lot for up to 30min free of charge. There is also a cell phone lot quite close to the terminal building where they can also wait for you free of charge.
  • If you are looking for something to eat or drink in this airport there are two different food and drink options that offer fresh and local foods as well as a quick-stop food option to get you something quickly before or after your flight.
  • If you realize you have way too much luggage to carry after your flight this airport offers baggage carts that you will find in the baggage claim area at the airport near the valet parking booth. The cost to rent the cart is only $0.25 and when you return the cart you will get your $0.25 back.
  • If you are traveling with a four-legged friend or a service animal there is a pet relief area that you will find near Gate Four. The area offers a shaded patch of artificial turf and the only stipulation is that animals must remain on their leash the entire time they are in the area.
  • If you are a passenger traveling to this airport and you have disability issues or accessibility issues this airport offers several amenities to assist you in your travels. This includes things like family restrooms, wheelchairs for passenger use, hearing aids that broadcast information about the airport to passengers, plus the airport allows companions to help travelers to and from their gates.

Reviews of the top 5 airlines flying to South Bend

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying to South Bend. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline from the United States to South Bend. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
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Breeze AirwaysOverall score based on 294 reviews
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8.4Boarding
6.7Entertainment
6.7Food
8.8Crew
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Flight was great except for lunatic lady and her mother sitting middle/window who went nuts when the woman on the aisle wouldn’t stand up right away to let them out even though the aisle was full. Police had to be called. Some people just shouldn’t be allowed to fly.

10.0 ExcellentPaul, Jun 2026
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Flight was great except for lunatic lady and her mother sitting middle/window who went nuts when the woman on the aisle wouldn’t stand up right away to let them out even though the aisle was full. Police had to be called. Some people just shouldn’t be allowed to fly.

Flight attendants were wonderful. Seats were comfortable “Nicest” bundle). No screens or meal, but it is a budget airline.

it is an economy airline so lack of perks expected .. however an efficient board, clean plane, pleasant crew and an early arrival for half the price of full service airline

Very quick and easy process from check in to deboarding and baggage claim. Crew was professional and friendly. Flight was smooth and on time. Very convenient for short flights.

It was easy and very comfortable! The crew was accommodating and cheerful. I enjoyed myself!

I normally have very good experiences with Breeze. The crew is great, pricing is excellent, and the planes are new and usually clean. This time in Huntsville we were delayed, which I understand can happen, however we were moved from one gate to the opposite side of the terminal and then back again... There was a lot of confusion. Also, my seat had a lot of food crumbs still on the floor where I had to stow my bookbag, so that was a bit disappointing. Other than that, all was good. Crew was great as usual!

Our flight was delayed 7 hours. Due to a change in equipment we were downgraded from "Nicest" to "Nicer," even having to pay for a soft drink. Disappointing. To Breeze's credit that issued a $100 flight credit. A refund would have been more appreciated.

Lost my luggage and terrible experience with customer service trying to track it down

10 hour delay with minimal updates. Couldn’t leave terminal and then ended up on redeye with a dirty broken plane. It is literally impossible to reach customer service via gate agent, app, phone, text or email.

The flight was comfortable with the usual slight turbulence. Macadamia Nuts would be great snacks to purchase in flight.

The CRJ-900 was clean but the overhead air vents were broken in our First Class row, making the cabin very hot until about 30 mins into the flight. The flight attendants were both extremely apologetic and accommodating though so that is why I rated the flight as very good. They checked on us many times and truly showed they cared. The snacks for an hour and a half flight could be better. Would be nice if there was a small plated meal over convenient store snacks. WiFi also was not working. And it would be nice if Delta had adjustable headrests on these planes.

New high end luggage ruined/zippers broken, items missing. All happened on return flight from msp to mso. Do better! Not store bought luggage but high end personalized ogio custom embroidered luggage. Total slap in the face ontop of an extra luggage fee that took me 3 hrs on chat to resolve.

It was as good as it could be. Flying is not a pleasant experience these days.

The plane was old and thus the seats were not good. No cushion left whatsoever, and it all was a bit worn out.

I was in Comfort and we didn’t get any drinks, chips or anything! First Class got full service on the flight and Comfort got nothing. Seat was horrible and uncomfortable

My flight was delayed by 4 hours in 30 minute increments. The gate agents were amazing but the communication was not. We were told that there was a maintenance issue but they didn't know what it was. That didn't inspire confidence. Then they said they found it and it was fixed and the pilot just needed to sign off. Then the pilot needed to talk to the other pilot from the arriving flight and we'd be fine. Then we were waiting for the pilot to call back. Then the maintenance issue wasn't fixed. Then they decided we were getting a new plane (why didn't they decide this earlier??). Fine. But then they announced we were changing gates AND terminals. And we were boarding in 20 minutes. So we all had to run to the new terminal gate. We could have taken off at that time, but we then had to wait for all the people who rebooked on a different flight to book this flight again. That took 30+ minutes because there was only one gate agent. When everyone ditched this flight, I saw it as an opportunity to upgrade to comfort. Delta, the greedy jerks they are, charged me $121. After their delay, their fault, their issues, couldn't even discount an upgrade. They only handed out $12 meal vouchers for the delay. I can't even get a snack from starbucks for that.

The crew was very inconsiderate and rude. My flight was scheduled to depart at 6:00am. I received a call from the crew at 5:40am, asking if I was going to make the flight because I was the only one that hasn't boarded yet and boarding ends at 5:50am. I let them know that I will be at the gate in a few minutes, before the 5:50am cutoff. When I arrived at the gate at 5:45am the gate was closed. Departing early on last minute notice without having all passengers on board is inconsiderate and unprofessional.

FA was a bit strange and dodgy not very characteristic of Delta

Two delays on two separate planes with parts they could not easily find and replace.

No entertainment. Plane was so small had to pink tag a carry on ive used for 20 years easily on board. The fact the flight got in at midnight, had to wait for crew in fort wayne to allow the plane to approach the gate, THEN had to wait for bag on jet bridge made experience irritating at best.

Great staff. Clean plane, but we were delayed for more than an hour due to maintenance issues and had to board another plane.

I was exhausted from a long day. The flight was smooth. The first flight during my 3 week travel that took off on time.

1 flight cancelled Had to fly out of different city Flight at new departure city was delayed 3 hours causing us to miss connecting flights. By the time we did make it to Prague our luggage did not. Had to wait day and a half for luggage to be delivered. Customer service was not good. Agents did not arrive at gate until 5-10 minutes before boarding

Awful. Delayed flights, missed connection to Toronto. Hotel vouchers were for already booked hotels x3. Giant waste of my time

Horrible I am at almost 2,000,000 miles on United. This was probably the worst flight ever. An hour and a half before takeoff I get a message that they’re changing the plane and I no longer have a seat in Polaris business Supposedly, there was a problem with the plane, but then there was no other plane Finally, they decided to bring a plane from Newark to Washington Dulles Of course the original flight was at 10:45 PM so by the time the plane got there it was 12:30 AM. It had not been cleaned. It had not been catered. They don’t really have people available to do those things when it’s not pre-programmed at 1 o’clock in the morning. The crew had to be changed And the new plane held 28 fewer people than the scheduled plane There is no way you can hate United Airlines enough The people at the gate were actually just fine, but it was management who was completely useless And did they send extra help to the people at the gate? Did they send supervisors? Of course not. Just don’t take United find somebody else or buy a boat

Great experience. Boarding was fast, staff were very nice and funny, everything at the seat worked well.

Boarding was great, and the crew were very friendly. The seats must have been a bit on the older side and you could feel some of the seat components through the padding. Also, the plugs did not work on the row's entertainment screen or charging ports. Checked bag was transferred for connecting flight, and we appreciated how early we had the connecting gate information.

Lost one piece of luggage even though I checked in 2.5 hours before the flight

For the expense of first class, the seats could have been nicer and higher tier snacks would have been nice.

Flight was on time. Staff were friendly. I paid for Economy Plus but was required to check my standard carry-on luggage due to lack of space on the aircraft. This cost me 30 minutes, unexpectedly, in waiting at the baggage claim. This experience did not meet my expectations.

This is a no frills, get it done, efficient airline. The seat is a lawn chair. You better bring your own entertainment. If you want something other than water you need to pay for it. But they will get you to your destination quickly, on time, and then they will turn the flight around and go right back where they came from. Reliably. Couple times a week tops. If it fits into your schedule, you can’t get there cheaper or faster.

A three hour delay to board and then another hour on the tarmac because they couldn't get a tractor? Ugh.

Allegiant canceled the flight. The flight the next day was full. Allegiant did not provide any compensation besides a refund. Last time on Allegiant.

Seats were very uncomfortable and being charged for snacks and water.........

Allegiant actually impressed me, original inbound flight from PBG was so late they gave us a bird inbound from Des Moines and only left 1h late and gained 40 minutes back in the air. Comfortable flight with no frills but no complaints.

Flight was delayed. Crew was good but hot coffee was not available.

Great. No choice for n/a. No food or entertainment options

I liked how when I got on board how fast we ended up taking off but what I truly disliked was how uncomfortable the seats were. There was truly never a time that I could ever get comfortable during both of my flights. The seats could get away during shorter flights but flights 3 hour plus makes it hard to enjoy.

They did not let my husband on the plane with our service animal at the last minute. Do NOT fly this airline with a service animal!

My daughter dropped her cell phone right through the crack between walkway and plane. Right in front of myself, the lead flight attendant and crew below. In slow motion we all watched. The crew was on it as they got her phone back to her. Surprisingly, not damaged! This same head flight attendant was hilarious on the speaker! Loved his humor! Pilots were very clear to hear. Sometimes there’s a lot of noise interference or they sound muffled, but this time I could understand everything that was spoken. One more positive experience was renting a car through Allegiant which was my first time. We got a great car deal through Alamo and the car was really nice too, 2024 Blazer.

Pilots were fantastic - super smooth. First Class flight attendant was very attentive. Main Cabin flight attendant should try to smooth the rough edges of her voice - very shrill / punitive. Hurt my ears just to listen to her. Recognize they have a (tough) job to do - but tone over speakers needs to be less like scolding a 5 year old.

Delayed and horrible communication and sat on flight for an hour before taking off

Two hours delay, probably one hour because they didn’t bring catering and they had to bring water in board. There a change of aircraft. But delays galore at CLT so it must be a CLT and/or AA operation issue. The 1 hr additional delays because nobody could bring 2 packs of water sooner is probably the best example of this airline operates

It wa sort of on time; the cab was left with some trash

The flight was delayed about an hour for a maintenance specialist to approve the maintenance repair

We lost a day of our vacation because AA did not get the plane to the gate on time. Even though the gate attendant was very clear that it was not weather related, AA would do nothing because there was some snow that day. They basically said the gate attendant was wrong even though she was on the front line of the situation and they were not.

No issues. They did change our gate FOUR times in about 30 minutes which was mildly annoying but the flight was fine.

A very good flight. All personnel were gracious and pleasant. Good flight. No complaints.

American Airlines should be ashamed of their performance on AA1506 on August 14th from DFW to IND. First of all, after we got to the originally assigned gate C7, we were notified with too little notice for a first-flight out situation that the flight would depart from gate A25 in an entirely different terminal -- not just a gate or two away from the original gate. That was the first hiccup that started our day off poorly. It just got worse. Let it be known that the flight crew and gate agents were all as helpful as they could be during all that followed. However, the flight was a horrible mess of an ordeal. The plane was warm and uncomfortable on a hot Dallas morning when we boarded. And apparently we had to get underway for the a/c to be powered up. There was no other explanation for why we had to sit there in the heat. But before we could power up, some paperwork had to be completed, if we heard the announcement clearly enough. Then a "minor" maintenance issue had to be fixed -- but it was enough of an issue that we all had to deplane while it was being fixed, apparently because it was "too warm" on the plane for us to sit there in case the "minor" issue took too long to fix. And after we all finally deplaned and were hanging around the counter for news about when we could reboard, then a flight attendant came up and notified the gate agent that there a passenger at the rear of the plane had caused a major spill of some sort getting up and out of the plane. Turns out that was a bigger and longer delay than whatever the initial mechanical issue caused. According the gate announcements, the mechanical issue had been fixed relatively quickly in due course. But a seat was soaked and had to be cleaned up by a spill. A subsequent announcement then said that the seat belts were affected by the spill and had to cleaned. Then, either the seats or seat belts or both had to be replaced. At each of these announcements, the phrase "we're trying to get maintenance here as soon as we can" kept coming up. Clearly the gate agents were as frustrated as the passengers. After all was said and done, a minor mechanical issue and a major cabin spill issue caused a 3+ hour delay in our flight. American Airlines should be ashamed of its performance on this flight.

Gate check in of luggage was smooth at DCA and luggage came out fast in IND.

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