$421 Find Cheap Flights to South Island

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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
Christchurch1 stop$845
Queenstown
Queenstown1 stop$901
Dunedin
Dunedin2 stops$1,060
Nelson
Nelson2 stops$1,072
Blenheim
Blenheim1 stop$1,529
Invercargill
Invercargill2 stops$1,854
Christchurch
Christchurch1 stop$845
Queenstown
Queenstown1 stop$901
Dunedin
Dunedin2 stops$1,060
Nelson
Nelson2 stops$1,072
Blenheim
Blenheim1 stop$1,529
Invercargill
Invercargill2 stops$1,854

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.
Discover the best prices for you by selecting your travel dates on KAYAK.

Recent round-trip flight deals to South Island

Thu, Jul 30 - Thu, Aug 13
Fiji Airways Logo
11:55 pm - 12:05 pm
LAX
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CHC
17h 10m
1 stop
Fiji Airways Logo
1:05 pm - 1:05 pm
CHC
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LAX
19h 00m
1 stop
$845Fiji Airways
Sat, Jul 25 - Sun, Aug 2
Fiji Airways Logo
10:35 pm - 12:05 pm
SFO
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CHC
18h 30m
1 stop
Fiji Airways Logo
1:05 pm - 1:40 pm
CHC
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SFO
19h 35m
1 stop
$846Fiji Airways
Mon, Jul 27 - Mon, Sep 7
Multiple Airlines Logo
11:55 pm - 7:25 am
LAX
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CHC
36h 30m
2 stops
Multiple Airlines Logo
1:05 pm - 1:05 pm
CHC
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LAX
19h 00m
1 stop
$896Multiple Airlines
Sun, May 24 - Fri, May 29
Multiple Airlines Logo
11:55 pm - 10:20 pm
LAX
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CHC
27h 25m
2 stops
Multiple Airlines Logo
6:15 am - 1:05 pm
CHC
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LAX
25h 50m
2 stops
$899Multiple Airlines
Sun, May 17 - Sun, May 24
Qantas Airways Logo
11:30 pm - 2:30 pm
LAX
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ZQN
20h 00m
1 stop
Qantas Airways Logo
4:30 pm - 5:05 pm
ZQN
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LAX
19h 35m
1 stop
$901Qantas Airways
Tue, May 5 - Tue, Jun 23
Qantas Airways Logo
11:30 pm - 12:20 am
LAX
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CHC
29h 50m
1 stop
Qantas Airways Logo
11:00 am - 5:05 pm
CHC
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LAX
25h 05m
2 stops
$912Qantas Airways
Wed, Sep 9 - Mon, Sep 21
Air New Zealand Logo
10:05 pm - 3:20 pm
SFO
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ZQN
22h 15m
2 stops
Air New Zealand Logo
9:05 am - 12:55 pm
ZQN
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SFO
22h 50m
2 stops
$1,223Air New Zealand
Wed, Sep 9 - Mon, Sep 21
Air New Zealand Logo
10:05 pm - 3:20 pm
SFO
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ZQN
22h 15m
2 stops
Air New Zealand Logo
9:05 am - 12:55 pm
ZQN
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SFO
22h 50m
2 stops
$1,224Air New Zealand
Fri, Jul 31 - Wed, Aug 12
United Airlines Logo
5:54 pm - 9:25 am
LGA
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CHC
23h 31m
2 stops
United Airlines Logo
6:30 am - 7:13 pm
CHC
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LGA
28h 43m
3 stops
$1,835United Airlines
Sat, Aug 29 - Sun, Sep 13
United Airlines Logo
3:00 pm - 9:25 am
LGA
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CHC
26h 25m
3 stops
United Airlines Logo
5:00 pm - 9:12 am
CHC
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LGA
32h 12m
3 stops
$1,847United Airlines
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 $988 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 $988.

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 May, when tickets cost $832 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are July and December, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $1,432 and $1,388 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 $1,077.

Good to know

Low seasonJune
Cheapest flight$421
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 12% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 37% increase in price.
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 Friday where round-trip tickets can be as cheap as $1,336. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Tuesday, where round-trip prices are $1,995 on average.

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 $990
  • 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.
8.1
Fiji AirwaysOverall score based on 240 reviews
8.2Boarding
8.1Comfort
7.5Entertainment
8.6Crew
7.5Food
Airline reviews

I thought Fiji and Fiji Airways was great. Looking forward to the next trip. Baggage claim at the end went to sh...t

8.0 ExcellentJoseph, Apr 2026
NAN - HNL
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I thought Fiji and Fiji Airways was great. Looking forward to the next trip. Baggage claim at the end went to sh...t

Fiji Airways always goes above and beyond. If anything I'd say the food was less enjoyable than in the past. But that in no way lessened the experience with the cabin crew or the excellent attentiveness and service they provided throughout the entire trip!

Left on time , arrived on time. Staff was awesome!!!!! Great flight!!!!

Great food, wonderful staff made a long flight seem short

Everything was great . Arrived on time was smooth plane was clean. Crew/Staff was friendly and helpful.

Everything from the staff to the comfort of business class was excellent. This is one of my new favorite airlines.

Ticketing said dinner for the almost 14 hour flight and we were delayed an hour. However, onboard we were only served a sluce if pizza bread and a cookie. Not at all dinner and insufficient for a long international flight. Breakfast was good.

We have had an absolutely horrific experience so far getting home from Australia on a $18,000 + flight we booked with you. The flight did not deplane in Dallas because there was no available gate or staircase. We sat in the plane for 3 hours waiting to deplane. As a result we missed our connecting flight to New York. American Airlines put us up in a hotel several miles away. We waited 45 minutes for a shuttle and The shuttle driver was horribly rude and unhelpful. They offered us $70 vouchers for food but actually there was no food left when we arrived minus some chicken nuggets and corn dogs. It was awful. Horrible way to end a vacation. There has to be accountability here.

A bit cramped in economy and the people in front wouldn’t put their seats up during meal service, crew did not help with that and I felt they could have done more about it.

The airline is ok, but it needs to improve it schedules.

Boarded on time, smooth flight and "gentle" landing in Palmerston North. Ahead of time due to a tailwind

My experience with Underpricer was not great. The representative assigned to me did not tell me beforehand that selecting seats, which i could not do through ANZ, WOULD ADD SIGNIFICANT cost to my ticket (all flight segments were reg economy seats. The seat selections for the ticket, MCI-AKL, AKL-PER, PER-MCI, cost $284 USD. I WAS NOT TOLD AHEAD OF SELECTING SEATS chosen by the rep OF THE COSTS and never received an itemized invoice of the seat selections.). The costs of seat selection, an option solicited as a service, with no mention of costs, should have been disclosed to me prior to seat selection and certaily should have been itemized. For all I know, the $284 was not referred from the airline but made up and taken directly by Underpricer. Next, when i checked in, united couldnt find my ticket. This is probably why i didnt get a seat selection on that flight and couldnt check in online, despite Underpricer prompts to do so a week before departure, or at the kiosk at the airport. I had to wait for special help at the counter, then was told that because the flight segment, MCI-IAH, operated by United Airlines via the ANZ. ticket, had changed schedule slightly since I BOOKED MY FLIGHT, the MCI-IAH segment had been decoupled from the rest of the ticket because the IAH layover was now 12.5 hrs AND DID NOT QUALIFY AS A THROUGH FLIGHT TO AKL.. This meant my checked bag could not be checked through to AKL and id have to pick it up at IAH, THEN WAIT MOST OF the long layover WITH the large checked bag until ANZ counter in IAH OPENED for checkING just prior to the flight. Apparently, although underpricer had notified me of schedule changes, they did not update the ANZ TICKET, leading to this problem. Finallly, although I RECHECKED TH BAG IN At IAH 3.5-4 hours before the scheduled departure and the IAH-AKL segment was a direct flight, ANZ LOST MY bag and it took 4 days to find it and get it to me. Not fun.

Appreciated the ability to get an earlier flight home after flying in from in from Japan. No problem with boarding or crew service. The limited choice of snacks, compared to previous years. Aircraft seats seem to be getting harder and more uncomfortable all the time. Overall, happy to be home

Both my wife and I thoroughly enjoyed our return home from Tokyo to Auckland and onwards to Palmerston North. We would recommend using the Premier Business class for long-haul travel, any day. Well worth the extra cost. Cabin staff were exceptional, Thank you

The Air New Zealand product is terrible, it's as expensive as a Jetstar ticket with add ons but with surely staff and old aircraft.

Great service. Food could be improved but overall a very good airline

Wonderful trip. Everyone from checking in to the gate to the flight itself was amazing - kind, helpful, and has a beautiful smile.

The seats are feeling very hard to sit on. All the padding is flat, like sitting on a park bench for over an hour

Space between seats on Air New Zealand is generally tight. The crew on this flight was excellent! Very attentive and nice. You get free wine or beer and chips and of course the Air New Zealand candies. 1 hour and 35 min flight approximately.

All good, except entertainment system could have been better. More choices.

PREMIUM ECONOMY - excellent !Brilliant new plane. Excellent tv catalogue. Good food. Good communication and service from all friend Australian crew. Good communication from captain. Best travel experience in years.

I couldn't hear all of the announcements. It was nice when they put them on the screen.

On the Qantas flight, I could barely hear some of the announcements. It was better when I could read them on the screen.

Our boarding and flight was very good. However when we landed and pulled in to the gate it took 55 minutes for the jet bridge to be positioned next to the aircraft. That caused us to miss our ground transportation and it caused us unnecessary last minute transit planning and expense. Our flight was AA1733 on March 17, 2026

I liked boarding the plane. The staff were rude, the food was appalling and the chairs the most uncomfortable I have ever experienced

Flight arrived late with no one to help over 30 people rebook. I slept at the airport.

I'd like to see AA's flight safety record clearly and prominently posted online.

It was a good flight and no complaints. It just wasn't anything that was better than any other flight.

Not great. The inflight entertainment was all on an app, and I did not want to watch a film on my phone. Also, the range of options of films was limited.

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.

The crew was great. Very friendly and responsive. The plane was old, small and tight. We ran out of overhead space and I had to check. Middle seat was particularly tight.

Flight itself excellent, but delayed so missed connection & got to destination 2 hrs later

The flight crew on this leg of my trip was very friendly and pleasant. Every one of them was humorous, as well as helpful and accommodating. This group was BY FAR the best crew I’ve flown with. They deserve kudos.

boarded early to only find out that flight would sit at gate for 45 min to an hour. Landed in chicago and sat on runway for over an hour before got to gate. Total delay was extensive for a 45 min flight door to door.

The flight was delayed from take off because only one runway was operational in San Francisco.

Several missed and almost missed connections. It felt like everything was being patched together last minute without enough resources and it ended up being an extremely stressful experience that basically ruined our weekend on the west coast. What a waste.

Really hard landing... as in slammed into the runway then hit the brakes really hard ...

The flight was significantly delayed. The inbound flight from EWR was delayed departing because of mechanical problems. My original departure from CLT was 5:28 pm but due to the delay of the inbound flight, after arrival, deplaning, cleaning, boarding, we did not push back from the gate until 9:00 pm. Once in the air, the flight was smooth and what was originally supposed to be an arrival in ORD at 7:30 pm local time turned out to be 9:35 pm.

Putting people that close to the bathroom, where you have to look into the bathroom as people are exiting and entering was not great and the smell was also not great. I know the airlines are desperate for more chairs, but that seat is a crime.

My bags were misplaced!!! Im in a foreign country with no bags

Overall a good experience, however Wifi was not working on the flight.

For a 4 1/2 hour international flight all we got was 1 small pack of cookies and a drink. You had to watch movies on your own devise.

Airlines should be prohibited from using the seats they get away with.

My flight got delayed a total of five times. And the boarding gate changed four times. most of the time the platform was not up-to-date with the changes taking place. The most discouraging part of the entire trip by far.

Flight left early and arrived 30 MINUTES early at the destination. Smooth trip.

American delayed the flight for a crew rest period. The delay occurred late in the evening - the earliest i can find is 10:20 pm. With a 6 am flight anyone on the flight would have already have been asleep (unless you are insane, a vampire or on drugs) and at least for me i was already on the way to the airport at 445 am the next morning when i discovered they delayed the flight until 9 am. Given the incoming flight was in the air at 6 pm the evening before this should have been figured out a lot more timely that was there only crew to use. Just frustrating given there is no consideration for customer experience anymore in flying.

Returned home with a blood clot from flight homes and the uncomfortable aircraft I was on.

Original flight was on time, then late, then changed gates...4 times. Once our newest plane came in, it was fine.

The crew was very kind, but no in-flight entertainment monitors and a 2 hour and 30 minute delay was extremely frustrating.

Everything was delayed and the staff sent me to the wrong gate, causing me to miss one of my flights. I arrived at my destination 6 hours later than I was supposed to.

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