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Cheap Flights from Reagan-National to California

Cheapest round-trip prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
Los Angeles
Los Angeles1 stop$233
San Francisco
San Francisco1 stop$261
San Diego
San Diego1 stop$252
San Jose
San Jose1 stop$274
Palm Springs
Palm Springs1 stop$306
Fresno
Fresno1 stop$270
San Luis Obispo
San Luis Obispo1 stop$324
Bakersfield
Bakersfield1 stop$309
Arcata
Arcata1 stop$570
Redding
Redding2 stops$384
Reno
Reno1 stop$296
Sacramento
Sacramento1 stop$308
Los Angeles
Los Angeles1 stop$233
San Francisco
San Francisco1 stop$261
San Diego
San Diego1 stop$252
San Jose
San Jose1 stop$274
Palm Springs
Palm Springs1 stop$306
Fresno
Fresno1 stop$270
San Luis Obispo
San Luis Obispo1 stop$324
Bakersfield
Bakersfield1 stop$309
Arcata
Arcata1 stop$570
Redding
Redding2 stops$384
Reno
Reno1 stop$296
Sacramento
Sacramento1 stop$308

Book Cheap Reagan-National to California Plane Tickets

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Reagan-National to California 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 from Reagan-National to California

Fri, Jan 23 - Wed, Jan 28
Frontier Logo
8:00 am - 5:35 pmDCA-LAS
12h 35m1 stop
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4:17 pm - 12:04 pmLAS-DCA
16h 47m1 stop
$200Frontier
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Sat, Feb 28 - Mon, Mar 9
Frontier Logo
2:00 pm - 6:46 pmDCA-LAS
7h 46m1 stop
Frontier Logo
6:00 am - 4:59 pmLAS-DCA
7h 59m1 stop
$202Frontier
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Sat, Jan 24 - Wed, Jan 28
Alaska Airlines Logo
9:59 am - 12:56 pmDCA-LAX
5h 57mnonstop
Alaska Airlines Logo
12:08 pm - 8:00 pmLAX-DCA
4h 52mnonstop
$237Alaska Airlines
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Sat, Jan 10 - Fri, Jan 16
American Airlines Logo
5:00 pm - 8:06 pmDCA-LAX
6h 06mnonstop
American Airlines Logo
12:55 pm - 8:44 pmLAX-DCA
4h 49mnonstop
$238American Airlines
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Wed, Feb 4 - Sun, Feb 8
United Airlines Logo
5:59 pm - 9:17 pmDCA-SFO
6h 18mnonstop
United Airlines Logo
12:43 am - 11:29 amSFO-DCA
7h 46m1 stop
$263United Airlines
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Mon, Dec 15 - Wed, Dec 17
American Airlines Logo
4:59 pm - 10:17 pmDCA-SJC
8h 18m1 stop
American Airlines Logo
6:00 am - 6:32 pmSJC-DCA
9h 32m1 stop
$274American Airlines
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Mon, Jan 26 - Fri, Jan 30
Alaska Airlines Logo
8:59 am - 2:21 pmDCA-SJC
8h 22m1 stop
Alaska Airlines Logo
9:05 am - 9:59 pmSJC-DCA
9h 54m1 stop
$276Alaska Airlines
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Mon, Dec 15 - Wed, Dec 17
Delta Logo
9:36 am - 6:18 pmDCA-SJC
11h 42m2 stops
Delta Logo
5:45 am - 4:01 pmSJC-DCA
7h 16m1 stop
$282Delta
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Tue, Jan 13 - Fri, Jan 16
Delta Logo
11:55 am - 7:12 pmDCA-SJC
10h 17m2 stops
Delta Logo
9:15 am - 10:57 pmSJC-DCA
10h 42m2 stops
$287Delta
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Thu, Jan 8 - Mon, Jan 12
United Airlines Logo
7:00 am - 12:10 pmDCA-RNO
8h 10m1 stop
United Airlines Logo
6:00 am - 7:13 pmRNO-DCA
10h 13m2 stops
$332United Airlines
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Reagan-National to California flights

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Reagan-National to California to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

What is the cheapest Washington, D.C. Reagan-National Airport to California flight route?

Data is based on round-trip flight searches on KAYAK over the past month.

The cheapest ticket to California from Washington, D.C. Reagan-National Airport found in the last 72 hours was to San Diego, at $237 round-trip. The most popular route is from Washington, D.C. Reagan-National Airport (DCA) to Los Angeles (LAX), and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 72 hours was $240.

Can I save money by flying with a layover from Washington, D.C. Reagan-National Airport to California?

The average round-trip price for all non-stop flights, flights with one layover, and flights with two layovers for the route found by users searching on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.

No, with an average price for the route of $396, prices are generally cheapest when you fly direct.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Washington, D.C. Reagan-National Airport to California?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Washington, D.C. Reagan-National Airport to California, 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 Washington, D.C. Reagan-National Airport to California is September, when tickets cost $362 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and November, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $493 and $476 respectively.

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from Reagan Washington National Airport to California?

The average price of all round-trip flights from Washington, D.C. Reagan-National Airport to California clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.

Your flight ticket price will generally be cheaper if you fly to California on a Wednesday and more expensive on a Sunday. On your return trip to Reagan Washington National Airport, you should consider flying back on a Wednesday, and avoid Sundays for better deals.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Washington, D.C. Reagan-National Airport to California?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from Washington, D.C. Reagan-National Airport to California, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each week.

To get a below average price on the flight from Washington, D.C. Reagan-National Airport to California, you should book around 4 weeks before departure, which saves you about 43% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 26 weeks before departure.

Good to know

Low seasonSeptember
Cheapest flight$73
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 11% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 20% increase in price.
Flight from Reagan Washington National Airport to John Wayne (Santa Ana)

Flights from Reagan-National to California: the best tips from KAYAK users

Insights shared by verified travelers who flew the route from Reagan-National to California 
Verified travelerFlew with Alaska AirlinesDCA-SFOJan 2025
Reserve your plane seat & bring something to eat in the plane.
Verified travelerFlew with Alaska AirlinesDCA-LAXJul 2024
Easy access via metro, and by car with parking available walking distance from the terminal. Lots of seating and dining options near the flight boarding gates.

FAQs - booking California flights

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Reagan Washington National Airport to California?

    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 Reagan Washington National Airport to California.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from Reagan Washington National Airport to California?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight from Reagan Washington National Airport to California 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 Reagan Washington National Airport to California?

    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 Reagan Washington National Airport to California 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 Reagan Washington National Airport to California?

    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 Reagan Washington National Airport to California up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

  • What is the cheapest time of day to fly to California?

    The cheapest time of day to fly to California is generally in the afternoon, when round-trip flights cost $325 on average. Morning departures are around 43% cheaper than evening flights, on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to California is generally in the evening, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $852.

Top tips for finding cheap flights to California

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found tickets from Reagan Washington National Airport to the following destinations at these prices or less: Los Angeles $214 one-way - $391 round-trip

Reviews of the top 5 airlines serving from Reagan-National to California

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Washington, D.C. to California. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline. 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 Reagan-National to California? 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 11352 reviews
8.1Boarding
7.0Entertainment
7.8Comfort
8.5Crew
7.1Food
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We flew economy, it was what I expected. The seats are too upright for me

10.0 ExcellentAnonymous, Nov 2025SEA - SMF
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We flew economy, it was what I expected. The seats are too upright for me

I know airlines have to save money, but a little more legroom would be nice. I’m a small person and I just felt cramped after a few hours. However, I loved everything else! Free Alaska Airlines wifi, free movies, yummy snacks, and the crew was so helpful and accommodating!

I liked the free snacks and drink. I liked the onboard entertainment. I did not like the WiFi cutting out in middle of my movie.

I love the flight ✈️ Hawaiian Airlines. All stuffs are fantastic members ♡ sweet hearts and families warm welcome 🙏 I have milage of Hawaiian Airlines members so get points .also I booked kayak agent got cheap price ! I satisfied flight with Hawaiian Airlines ♡ thank you

Flight from LAX to STS das excellent. Flight from DCA to LAX was troubled by the previous flight returning to the one DCA gate putting our flight in jeopardy. However another gate was arranged and that flight was a bit late, but was handled exceptionally.

Boarding process was poorly handled by the gate crew and the onboard crew. No effort was made to provide equal treatment to passengers with overhead bin space. Crew seemed disengaged and unfriendly.

Awesome. Great flight. Super nice people and I like the extra space

On time, WiFi worked, reasonable legroom, helpful staff. Unfortunately there was no water for handwashing in the rear lavatory.

My husband unfortunately had a very large lady next to him who did not fit in the seat and had to have the armrest up so she was partially in his seat and she also had horrible BO

The Boeing 737 plane is old with narrow seats and tiny lavatories. The flight was delayed for over 2 hours. The flight attendants were discourteous.

Staff were friendly and happy. Delta could make sure passengers that don't have the app know of changes. Without Kayak I would not have known about the change of gate or the delay. Kayak was faster to notify me.

They changed planes and the new plane couldn’t carry enough fuel to fly across the country so we had to stop in Kansas City to refuel. Flight was delayed .

Flight was too crowded and seats are too small, especially since passengrs are getting larger. Having a middle seat is ALWAYS tough! Woman on my left was large & kept creeping in to my space. Flight personnel were great! Have more savory rather than sweet snacks please.

The crew took good care of us. The flight from ATL to SFO is a longer one, and there were multiple beverage offerings. I like the 757's that Delta uses. Good airplane that is comfortable. I do wish Delta would separate Priority boarding from the better seats. I would gladly take a smaller seat in an open row than be jammed into Comfort just to get priority boarding, just to make sure I don't have to check a bag.

Gate agent rushed to fill hot jetway with crowd so it took over 12 minutes to go from gate to plane. Just like a discount airline Pooly prepared cabin and third time that claim of rough air prevented any cabin service. Friends on a Southwest flight at similar time had service.

I was uncomfortably cold on the plane. Other than that it was uneventful and therefore as enjoyable as a plane ride can be.

Food was surprisingly good but the WiFi was not great

My flight was extremely cold. I had a jacket and a cover was left in each seat. The cover was extremely thin and I have a disability, fibromyalgia and arthrithis and AC air is the worst. I closed my vent and my husbands vent and it still was frigid. I asked the attendant if I could get another cover and she quickly almost dismissively and totally unconcerned stating, (I quote) (one per chair) and walked off so quickly that I didn't get a chance to explain to her that I literally have adisability. I didnt want to make a seen so I set on that flight for over 5 hours in pain, joints locking up and extremely uncomfortable. When my fibromyalgia flares up my joints not only ache but they will lock up also and it takes me days to get back to my regular self even though I take medication for it. I felt like it would not have hurt anyone at all for her to just give me an extra cover because I'm sure they have all types of medical issues in people that fly every day.

Not a "Delta" issue, but a JFK issue: We booked a connecting flight with 3 1/2 hours between to clearn immigration and customs. Our inbound flight (BCN to JFK) was on the taxiway 45 minutes which ate into our layover time. Immigtration was insanely quick with the CBP MPC app; however, clearing TSA (again, after we were ALREADY cleared in Spain on the inbound international flight) took over 95 minutes. This left us with 10 minutes before boarding the connecting flight (JFK to SAN) to walk to the far end of Terminal 4 and try to find food. We didn't find any food that could promise to serve us in under 10 minutes so we boarded the Delta flight after coming off a plance and an 8-hour flight knowing that we wouldn't be served any food on the next 5 1/2 hour flight. I feel like Delta needs to put pressure on the JFK TSA to open more screening stations (by our count, we saw only 5 scanners open and a line of - as we said - over 90 minutes. The insult is that we WERE ALREADY SCREENED through TSA, but as you come off one flight into the USA, you have to go through the whole process again. It seems like if you have a connecting flight, there should be a way to pass through immigration and customs without needing to return through TSA.

There are 4 flights in consecutive gates with about the same departure time. Two flights were boarding at the same time. One was delayed or boarding would be happening at the same time. I am not sure what Delta and LAX need to do to have a better layout at the end of Terminal 2

Starlink wifi on the Embraer E175 is an excellent experience. I was able to connect and work from IAD all the way to approach into BTV.

7 hours delayed due to operational issues on United’s end. Basically laziness.

Short flight but an "eager to help" crew made the journey more enjoyable!

During booking, I kept trying submitting my payment from the Mexican website and it didn't work. After I had the idea to change it to the Canadian website, it worked but I had to be charged the equivalent of 50 CAD more. I received the clear instruction that I would only be able to check-in at the airport and that it was impossible to select a seat 24 hours before departure, that I had to pay 144 CAD to do so, although not only was I able to check-in 24 hours before departure, but I could have selected my seats for free then. All in all, I almost threw $200 out the window due to misleading information. Besides, the app kept crashing, the information to get to the gate on the app was inaccurate, my gate was switched and I was only informed once in the air (luckily I had noticed the departure pannel), I was not addressed in my language beforehand and even if I tried I was immediately answered in English (which meant the crew understood but didn't want to answer accordingly), there was only one snack & beverage service on my medium haul flight and no beverage service on my short haul flight. To be fair, the planes were comfortable, the crew apart from the language issue was helpful, dynamic and engaging, the plane was clean and the directions were clear and direct. United has a lot of potential to be one of my favourite airlines, but the devil is in the details and a lot of them missed the target.

Better WiFi. I cannot understand that in 2025, United is so behind on a technology that is now a necessity and still painfully unreliable, slow and keeps disconnecting.

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

Very small cramped plane for an international flight. Everything else was good, but it was maybe the smallest comfort-wise I've ever been on for longer than 3-4 hours and the trip was 7.5

Flight was delayed 3 hours. No food and drink vouchers was provided. They offered a mini pretzel bag and water .

Staff was rude. Didn’t give water for 2 hours. Worst service

Was on time until within 1 hour of flight-how does that happen? Staff very friendly.

We were told the flight was delayed 5 times, then it was moved to the next day.

The experience with American Airlines was good, although the Philippines Airlines flight was much better (better seats, better food, better entertainment options, overall better). Again, the MIA to LAX flight was fine, but nothing in comparison to the comfort and accommodations of the Philippines Airlines flight from LAX to MNL.

Loved the crew . Absolutely no complaints. Except for luggage lost

Flight delay was communicated before leaving for airport which caused it to be a non-event. Great flight and crew!

Wish some foods provided rather than just biscuit/cookie for flight more than 2 hours

The flight attendant, a black woman with curly hair who sat near Row 21, was wonderful and kind.

We are too tired and frustrated to comment politely at this point

The flight crew was rude. We were in first class and no one even offered water until an hour after we were in the air. Horrible experience

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

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.

When I wanted to check in 3 hours prior to boarding time, the employees mentioned “a little over an hour delay” so I waited for an hour then I went to go look for food in the terminal and most people from that flight were in the same area looking for food. Finally I decided after food to check to see if it’s anytime closer and now it’s 2 mins until boarding closes?! What are you kidding me? I didn’t receive anything via sms about boarding now nor via email or on the intercom. I luckily made it through, barely, and then there’s no room for my carry on mind you I’m in the very first row so I had to place my purse in one further row back and my carry on sections down. Not sure who pays for better seats to get your stuff placed all over the plane but that was the worst experience I’ve ever had flying with anyone.

Better than expected. Staff were friendly and nice on both flights.

There was no one at the counter to assist with our check in. The app didn’t work, so I arrived at the airport with time to check in and I couldn’t because no employees were there. When I finally got someone on the phone, it was inside the 60min rule and they said I could no longer check in and they could sell me another ticket. We had to scramble and pay an additional $800 for tickets and THEN AFTER (about 60 min from my original convo with customer service and 10min after original departure time) I had boarded my new flight, there was email saying my original flight from Frontier was delayed and leaving 2hr 50min later, but I STILL wouldn’t have been able to check in. Which means customer service should have been able to see it and let me check in because I was well within my check in time. When I call Frontier, they hang up on me. So their app didn’t work and they employees left and they take zero responsibility or assistance with their “customer service”

Terrible. Flight cancelled with no reasoning and no flights to rebook. Employees were useless and did nothing to help. Did not even know where to retrieve luggage from the cancelled flight. Flyers beware.

No fault of Frontier staff: plane was very late, reached Orlando at 1 am, took a while to get luggage. Weather, gov financial shutdown impact on TSA, air controllers seemed to have multiple flights backed up. Frontier staff seemed to cope as gracefully as possible. It did reassure me that I and my new hip could adapt to travel challenges. Food/entertainment were irrelevant to my trip.

Terrible. The canceled my entire flight when I requested a refund for a trip frontier canceled trip one way.

Boarding was on time and plane departed as scheduled. There are obviously no amenities (food, drink, entertainment) on Frontier, but there also didn't seem to be any issues with luggage space either.

Inbound plane was on time and flight departed on time with no issues while boarding.

I knew going into this that Frontier, being a low cost carrier, would be pretty bare bones and charge for most extras but this was made up for by the fact that the airplane was a reasonably new Airbus, every employee was great and best of all, Everett Washington is an amazing airport - thanks Frontier for flying there!!!

i was unable to check in the flight. refund requested

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