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Cheap Flights to South Island

Cheapest round-trip prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
Christchurch
Christchurch2 stops$878
Queenstown
Queenstown2 stops$955
Dunedin
Dunedin2 stops$1,071
Nelson
Nelson1 stop$1,328
Blenheim
Blenheim1 stop$1,243
Timaru
Timaru2 stops$2,048
Christchurch
Christchurch2 stops$878
Queenstown
Queenstown2 stops$955
Dunedin
Dunedin2 stops$1,071
Nelson
Nelson1 stop$1,328
Blenheim
Blenheim1 stop$1,243
Timaru
Timaru2 stops$2,048

Book Cheap South Island Plane Tickets

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights to South Island that are departing in the next months. While these flights were available on KAYAK in the last 72 hours, prices and availability are subject to change and deals may expire.
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Recent round-trip flight deals to South Island

Tue, Feb 10 - Sun, Feb 15
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2:55 pm - 1:10 pmSFO-CHC
25h 15m2 stops
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4:35 pm - 3:55 pmCHC-SFO
20h 20m1 stop
$878Multiple Airlines
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Sun, Feb 8 - Sun, Feb 22
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10:05 am - 12:40 amSEA-CHC
41h 35m2 stops
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6:10 am - 9:31 amCHC-SEA
24h 21m2 stops
$911Air Canada
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Tue, Oct 21 - Thu, Oct 30
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11:55 pm - 7:55 pmLAX-CHC
24h 00m2 stops
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2:05 pm - 12:55 pmCHC-LAX
18h 50m1 stop
$916Multiple Airlines
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Fri, Dec 5 - Sun, Dec 21
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7:05 pm - 9:05 amLAX-CHC
17h 00m1 stop
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7:40 pm - 10:40 amCHC-LAX
36h 00m1 stop
$958Air New Zealand
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Fri, Dec 5 - Sun, Dec 21
Air New Zealand Logo
7:05 pm - 12:10 pmLAX-CHC
20h 05m2 stops
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7:50 pm - 10:40 amCHC-LAX
35h 50m2 stops
$960Air New Zealand
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Sun, Feb 8 - Thu, Feb 26
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3:35 pm - 3:25 pmSEA-CHC
26h 50m2 stops
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6:05 am - 12:56 pmCHC-SEA
27h 51m2 stops
$983Qantas Airways
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Wed, Oct 8 - Thu, Oct 16
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9:35 pm - 1:20 amLAX-CHC
31h 45m1 stop
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6:00 am - 6:00 amCHC-LAX
20h 00m1 stop
$986Qantas Airways
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Wed, Feb 11 - Sat, Feb 21
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5:10 pm - 10:35 amSEA-CHC
20h 25m1 stop
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6:00 am - 9:01 pmCHC-SEA
36h 01m3 stops
$1,161United Airlines
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Wed, Feb 11 - Wed, Feb 25
United Airlines Logo
7:30 pm - 10:35 amSEA-CHC
18h 05m1 stop
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1:00 pm - 9:01 pmCHC-SEA
29h 01m3 stops
$1,177United Airlines
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Fri, Jan 30 - Sun, Feb 15
American Airlines Logo
2:46 pm - 1:15 pmMSP-CHC
27h 29m3 stops
American Airlines Logo
9:50 am - 6:55 pmCHC-MSP
28h 05m3 stops
$2,118American Airlines
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Booking Insights

KAYAK's insights & trends for flights to South Island

Get data-powered insights and trends for flights to South Island to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

What is the cheapest flight to South Island?

These are the best round-trip prices found by users searching on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.

The cheapest ticket to South Island from the United States found in the last 72 hours was to Christchurch, at $940 round-trip. The most popular route is San Francisco (SFO) to Christchurch (CHC) and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 72 hours was $940.

What is the cheapest month to fly from the United States to South Island?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for flights from the United States to South Island, 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 from the United States to South Island is June, when tickets cost $1,158 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and July, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $2,135 and $1,893 respectively.

Which is the cheapest airport to fly into in South Island?

Prices will differ depending on the departure airport, but generally, the cheapest airport to fly to in South Island is Christchurch Airport (CHC), with an average flight price of $772.

Good to know

Low seasonMay
Cheapest flight$385
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 14% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 10% lower on average.
Flight from Los Angeles to Christchurch

FAQs - booking South Island flights

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

    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 South Island.

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

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

    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 South Island 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 South Island?

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

  • What is the cheapest day to fly to South Island?

    Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to South Island is Tuesday where round-trip tickets can be as cheap as $1,498. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Saturday, where round-trip prices are $1,660 on average.

  • What is the cheapest time of day to fly to South Island?

    The cheapest time of day to fly to South Island is generally in the morning, when round-trip flights cost $592 on average. Morning departures are around 40% cheaper than evening flights, on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to South Island is generally at night, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $1,200.

Top tips for finding cheap flights to South Island

  • Looking for cheap airfare to South Island? 25% of our users found round-trip tickets to South Island for the following prices or less: From San Francisco $1,054
  • Enter your preferred departure airport and travel dates into the search form above to unlock the latest South Island flight deals.

Reviews of the top 5 airlines flying to South Island

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying to South Island. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline from the United States to South Island. 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 South Island? 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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Fiji AirwaysOverall score based on 205 reviews
8.1Boarding
8.5Crew
7.5Food
8.0Comfort
7.4Entertainment
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Again, Fijian hospitality was genuine, very comfortable, only improvement would be the entertainment. Why Do they only have 5 episodes of TV shows and from like season three...

10.0 ExcellentMatthew, Aug 2025NAN - CNS
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Again, Fijian hospitality was genuine, very comfortable, only improvement would be the entertainment. Why Do they only have 5 episodes of TV shows and from like season three...

Fiji Airways was amazing, will definately be lfying them again. The "Fijian hospitality" is not a catch phrase, it is genuine. the only things that could be improved is the entertainment. Not a great choice of movies, and the TV shows only have about 5 or so episodes, and often of a random season.

They will look to squeeze every penny they can out of you!! Pick your seat$$...bring luggage$$$$... if they could charge you for the air on the plane they would!!

.very good and as I needed wheelchair assistance all staff excellent.. only suggestion is get rid of those plastic chairs hard to ride in and staff have trouble compared to others. Everything else very good experience. Will use Fiji Air again.

In-flight entertainment options could use a refresh, Consider a tie-up with Spotify for more current music and with IMDB or other service for newer selections/movie ratings.

See previous comments. Didn’t take this flight because my other flight was so delayed. Ending up on two other flights as a result and was more than a day late.

6 hour delay and they didnt try to make up any time during an over 10 hour flight

Very good; seat made ready for bed after meal, a plus since one airline covered the seat at the start.

Entertainment was not good. Seems like liquor should’ve been advertised only beer and wine was even though I saw others getting liquor didn’t realize I could. And the food to me could’ve been a little bit.

Food choices perhaps not the best. Only offered beer and wine, when it appeared other liquor was available. Entertainment wasn’t so good.

Not a comfortable trip, the seats are not good, and they look old.

Lost my luggage and brought someone else luggage to my airport.

Not entirely positive. It’s frustrating that everything is done through the united app. One of our flight attendants on our trip from San Francisco to MSP continually had trouble hearing people so she flipped her hair into people’s faces

I flew United from San Francisco to Auckland. My connecting flight from Auckland to Christchurch was canceled with no explanation. I was finally told the cancellation was due to fog. Even though it was clear when we landed. I am from San Francisco, I know what fog is! And I didn't see any fog. I was told the next available flight was 7 hours later. Unacceptable, they should have had a flight ready to go as soon as it was deemed safe to take off.

Our original flight was cancelled from SFO to AKL on 6/16/25. So we had to stay overnight at a hotel after a 12-hour layover plus 3-hour delay before the cancellation. Then had to fly to LA and then to AKL the following day losing an entire day of our vacation in NZ, that we can never get back.

Two hours was not enough time to transition from the international to domestic terminal. You have to go through customs, a biological hazard check, gather your luggage, take a bus to the domestic terminal and recheck your luggage. The bus was slow and crowded and the lines to recheck your bags were very long. We missed our connecting flight. Initially, the Air New Zealand officials were not helpful at all in helping to get us on another flight. Told us we would have to buy another ticket for a flight 11 hours later. Found another agent that was more helpful. He helped arrange to get us on standby for another flight three hours later. Had to ride in jump seats next to the flight attendants, but at least we eventually got to out destination.

Full flight. Flight attendants were harried. Otherwise, fine for the typical cramped seating conditions in coach.

Great! Flight was delayed by 30 mins but all was great. Thanks.

The business class upgrade meant a good sleep on the way home after a long week away. Excellent service, great food, and comfortable seat/bed for the journey.

The issue was with getting our boarding pases. There were issues with our arrangements that were made through Kayak. I am sorry to say that we will not use you again because of this. The flight itself was good and the flight attendants excellent.

My flight from Dallas to Sydney was cancelled. My entire trip was rerouted to include the following: Hartford to Washington DC Washington DC to JFK JFK to Auckland Auckland to Christchurch I paid for an aisle seat on the flight to Auckland and was asked if I would take a window seat to accommodate a family. The agent at the podium failed to mention that the family had a 3 month old baby and that a bassinet would be used during the 16 hour flight. The only way I could get out of my seat was to crawl under the bassinet of the sleeping baby. I think it is wrong that I was no given the choice to sit in another seat, that the agent knew what she was doing and chose to not properly disclose my seating arrangement. Terrible treatment.

by the time they got to our row, they were out of some of the food options. games and movies were great but maybe more game options like tetris or pac man would be great

One of the best Qantas business flights I've had. Quality product

Great as usual, some delays but well communicated and made up for in the air

Poor! This flight was delayed 14 hours. There was no assistance in helping customers find other routes to their destination, nor any other kind of support. It was a chaotic experience. I'm not likely to fly with AA going forward.

Business class points redemption - good value for points paid, dubious value if out of your own pocket, domestic class business product okay for this length of flight. The flight left and arrived on time, crew were good, aircraft was a bit old and tired, but still miles ahead of their competitors in Virgin and Jetstar.

We were upgraded and after just a short delay in attending to a safety check we were on our way. Would definately fly Qantas International on their Dreamliner again.

Traditional economy class. Not a full flight so spare seats. Food and drinks were good

Inflight entertainment, poor that there are no headrest screens on aircraft used for an international flight.

The Emerits/Qantas flight was cancelled to Wellington. We need a refund. Had to buy another airline ticket. How do we get the refund. Still not in Wellington.

We had to deboard 2 times due to maintenance issues. They changed the plane, and then we got deviated to LAX due to maibtenance issues on the other plane, had to sleep at LAX and los a full day.

Everything was good, except the seats in economy were so close together, you could barely get out when the seat in front of your was reclined. If the airlines keep jamming in more and more seats, it will become intolerable. I will look for another airline that considers customer comfort and does not keep adding more rows of seats for more profit.

The newer screen was super cool and had the option to watch many different shows or movies. Crew was polite and helpful. However again, many children screaming bloody murder and kicking my seat, and parents doing nothing about it as usual.

Flight was good and crew was super polite. However, there were around 5 kids screaming the WHOLE 2 hours. I understand kids have to come but parents need to do something to control their children. They make the experience terrible, especially after finishing 16 hour shifts at the hospital I needed some sleep, which I did not get.

IAD with the archaic people movers is just a place to be avoided.

Great service on board. Boarding a bit slow due to process. Food was pretty average.

Tastless food and too obvious lack of enthusiasm for service in the economy vesus business class

All of the United employees I interacted with were professional and courteous. The aircraft was clean, the food on the flight was good. No complaints here.

I had no checked baggage but was required to hand over carry on baggage at the door of the plane. There was a lot of overboard space in the plane and I was one of the last ones. I ran to get my carry on but it was gone. I was given back at the plane door in Toronto, so the wait was not as long as it would have been at the carousel.

Armrest controller on my seat 35D and nextbooennseat 35E did not work right. Hard to press buttons to recognize and 35D had constantnpressure either upmost down somit was nearly impossible to make selections. .

Given it’s a red-eye into Charolotte, we didn’t get any food. The survey does not include “N/A” so the rating will be skewed.

Great. Quick and quiet and east. The breakfast choices were a welcome surprise!

American airlines suck they delay the flights all the time made me sleep in an airport because my flight was delayed and I miss my connecting flight

There's nothing I liked about it. For first off I scheduled this trip two weeks in advance then they delayed my flight which messed up my whole trip. So I scheduled it for the following weekend thinking there won't be a delay and guess what as soon as I got to the airport we said in the airplane on the tarmac for an hour and a half. Not only was it delayed I missed my connecting flight meaning I had to stay the night at Dallas-Fort Worth airport sleeping on the floor. I will tell you this I will never fly American airlines ever again I have had nothing but horrible experience with them and I just throw money at them

The stewardess hit me with the food kart twice on the head and didn't say I'm sorry once. The same stewardess gave me a warm Apple Juice with No ice. The Flight was delayed for Departure 6 times, starting from 2:36pm, finally taking off 7:50pm. I was late picking up my child from the sitter by 3 hours.

Don’t know they cancelled the flight day before I was to leave. They sent a email at 9:00 pm at night saying they cancelled. That is the smooth way to say we don’t want your business! I think they didn’t have enough people booking so they cancelled the flight! It’s all about the money anymore there is no honesty in business.

Having to reschedule flights a day later, they loaded by luggage on the wrong plane from Little rock now I have to HOPE they deliver it to where im staying like they said would. International flight crew was very disgruntled and not very friendly.

We will be writing a long, detailed letter to corporate about our awful experience with American airlines.

It took way too long to diagnose and solve the problem of a broken crew member cabin seat. Though compensation for the volunteer who left the flight was very kind.

The entertainment package was vast and the selections were very current. Keep updating it was great.

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