$70 Find Cheap Flights from Reagan Washington National Airport to California

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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$257
San Francisco
San Francisco1 stop$254
San Diego
San Diego1 stop$242
San Jose
San Jose1 stop$257
Palm Springs
Palm Springs1 stop$309
Fresno
Fresno1 stop$237
San Luis Obispo
San Luis Obispo1 stop$389
Bakersfield
Bakersfield2 stops$389
Arcata
Arcata1 stop$443
Redding
Redding1 stop$494
Reno
Reno1 stop$237
Sacramento
Sacramento2 stops$292
Los Angeles
Los Angeles1 stop$257
San Francisco
San Francisco1 stop$254
San Diego
San Diego1 stop$242
San Jose
San Jose1 stop$257
Palm Springs
Palm Springs1 stop$309
Fresno
Fresno1 stop$237
San Luis Obispo
San Luis Obispo1 stop$389
Bakersfield
Bakersfield2 stops$389
Arcata
Arcata1 stop$443
Redding
Redding1 stop$494
Reno
Reno1 stop$237
Sacramento
Sacramento2 stops$292

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

Recent round-trip flight deals from Reagan-National to California

Sat, Feb 28 - Tue, Mar 3
Frontier Logo
2:00 pm - 11:59 pm
DCA
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ONT
12h 59m
1 stop
Frontier Logo
8:40 am - 9:59 pm
ONT
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DCA
10h 19m
1 stop
$148Frontier
Wed, Feb 25 - Tue, Mar 3
Frontier Logo
8:00 am - 9:34 pm
DCA
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ONT
16h 34m
1 stop
Frontier Logo
8:40 am - 1:15 pm
ONT
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DCA
25h 35m
1 stop
$167Frontier
Wed, Mar 18 - Wed, Mar 25
United Airlines Logo
8:00 am - 2:11 pm
DCA
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SNA
9h 11m
1 stop
United Airlines Logo
6:45 am - 4:59 pm
SNA
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DCA
7h 14m
1 stop
$237United Airlines
Wed, Mar 4 - Sun, Mar 8
Southwest Logo
4:45 pm - 9:30 pm
DCA
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SAN
7h 45m
1 stop
Southwest Logo
10:40 pm - 8:25 am
SAN
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DCA
6h 45m
1 stop
$242Southwest
Thu, Feb 26 - Sat, Mar 14
Southwest Logo
7:25 am - 1:30 pm
DCA
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SAN
9h 05m
1 stop
Southwest Logo
6:45 am - 5:20 pm
SAN
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DCA
7h 35m
1 stop
$247Southwest
Tue, Mar 3 - Tue, Mar 10
Alaska Airlines Logo
6:59 pm - 10:19 pm
DCA
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SFO
6h 20mnonstop
Alaska Airlines Logo
9:46 am - 5:59 pm
SFO
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DCA
5h 13mnonstop
$257Alaska Airlines
Tue, Mar 3 - Thu, Mar 5
Alaska Airlines Logo
8:59 am - 2:13 pm
DCA
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SJC
8h 14m
1 stop
Alaska Airlines Logo
8:00 am - 9:59 pm
SJC
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DCA
10h 59m
1 stop
$274Alaska Airlines
Fri, Mar 6 - Sun, Mar 8
United Airlines Logo
3:30 pm - 10:39 pm
DCA
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SMF
10h 09m
1 stop
United Airlines Logo
11:59 pm - 9:54 am
SMF
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DCA
6h 55m
1 stop
$299United Airlines
Wed, Apr 15 - Sat, Apr 18
American Airlines Logo
5:55 am - 10:45 am
DCA
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PSP
7h 50m
1 stop
American Airlines Logo
11:40 am - 11:57 pm
PSP
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DCA
9h 17m
1 stop
$309American Airlines
Tue, Mar 3 - Fri, Mar 6
American Airlines Logo
11:57 am - 11:26 pm
DCA
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PSP
14h 29m
1 stop
American Airlines Logo
6:05 am - 3:44 pm
PSP
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DCA
6h 39m
1 stop
$324American 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 $257.

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 March, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $470 and $452 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 42% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 4 weeks before departure.

Good to know

Low seasonSeptember
Cheapest flight$70
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 10% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 5% lower on average.
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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 Airlines
DCA
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SAN
Feb 2026
DCA only has a few flights to other coast. IAD has many. If something goes wrong you’ll have more options flying out of IAD.
Verified travelerFlew with Alaska Airlines
DCA
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SFO
Jan 2025
Reserve your plane seat & bring something to eat in the plane.
Verified travelerFlew with Alaska Airlines
DCA
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LAX
Jul 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 morning, when round-trip flights cost $479 on average. Morning departures are around 38% 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 $772.

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 $196 one-way - $360 round-trip; San Francisco $197 one-way - $340 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.
8.0
Alaska AirlinesOverall score based on 11847 reviews
7.0Entertainment
7.8Comfort
8.5Crew
7.1Food
8.1Boarding
Airline reviews

Great experience, staff and crew were very professional, friendly and helpful!

10.0 ExcellentAnonymous, Feb 2026
SEA - SFO
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Great experience, staff and crew were very professional, friendly and helpful!

Flight cancelled and deplaned. Rescheduled 8 hours later at a different airport. Ended up at destination but late.

The seats are very small. I’m 5’ 3”, so don’t think I should notice. The food selection was non existent and very disappointing. 5 hour flight plus TSA, etc. I would have appreciated a small salad, crudités. Something fresher not just chips.

We appreciated that the flight attendant came through 3 times with drinks or water on the long flight..I was also glad that they were separating out recycling! I would have liked a 12oz sofa can instead of 7oz, but that's a minor quibble. The knee space in economy was also better than most of Alaska's competitors.

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.

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

3 hour delay. Had to change plans and was still delayed.

The flight crew was extremely rude and especially not helpful when our flight was delayed.

Haven’t flown on SW in years. Flight was on time departing and arriving. Served vegan butter onion flavored pretzels which were bad. Coke served was in a tiny paper cup. Crew was not engaging. Felt like they were going through the motions. Old plane, tight seats and no leg room.

The boarding and seat assignment system no longer works for me, but I know it is being replaced. Otherwise, I am good with the overall experience.

The lead steward kept singing about "San Francisco" and hotel California---more annoying than humorous....needs work. Flight was smooth and on time.

Still a fan of open seating. Flight was on schedule and arrived on time. The 737 MAX is very comfortable.

No delays and arrived to destination 30 min early. Staff was super friendly.

San Diego airport is brand new, spacious, airy and very smooth checkin at SW baggage drop.

Ever since Southwest starting charging for bags, passengers don't want to pay to check their bags, so the gate agents have to beg people to check their roller bags now because there's "not enough space". This was a terrible business move by Southwest.

Delays delays delays. Late taking off, late landing, wait for a gate, etc.

Very good. Because of the delays with my previous flight, I missed my connection, but I was able to book another flight through the United app easily.

Was happy we finally got upgraded in 1st class. The seat getting old. The cushiness need some improvement.

Ineffective communication with United resulted in lost baggage. Their Baggage Tracing counter at MUC was shut down from 11:00-14:15 on my arrival. Undertrained, underinformed staff had me Running all over MUC to find someone to help me to no avail. Staff was rude, unhelpful, and unable to effectively use the systems they did have operational. They refused to contact United in any way or provide any accommodation or other resources while I waited for my luggage. This has destroyed my downstream itinerary. If they had even the slightest visibility I may have been able to reschedule/plan, but again, their staff provided nothing, and did nothing more than their website, which doesn’t even work on a standard phone browser. Miserable failure at all levels that weren’t associated with the operation of the aircraft.

Sat next to a one year old. She crawled all over the place and made me laugh.

The Crew and the food was the worst I ever had in Business Class. First they told us there were no space for carry on. It was plenty of space over our 2 row seats, we had to ask to let us travel with it which was accepted. They were aware that we had to run for the connection due to the previous flight delay. Have us one hour waiting for more customers and not even offer a glass of water. Then started the service and they started to serve other passengers drinks in business and did not offer any drinks until they serve our pre ordered meal and I ask for something to drink. I had to wait until they finished to serve all passengers until Inget something. The crew was the worts I ever had for Business Class in my life.

Not great experience - we were super late boarding due to issues with aircraft. Then when we finally all got onboard and seated and they started taxiing out to the runway they just stopped then turned around and went back to the airport. Apparently the crew “ran out of time” to legally fly us. They mentioned that they were about 2 minutes away from taking off. I understand the rules and safety but kinda wonder why they would have bothered boarding us in the first place? Had to go all the way back and de plane and then wait in a HUGE line to get a hotel (this is somewhere around 2:30am) finally got to hotel by Uber (no shuttle after 20min so gave up) and they ended up putting us all back on the same aircraft at 10am next morning so got about 2.5 hours sleep. They did give us. $250 credit, but it was a São Paulo Brazil flight out of Dulles. The flight and everything was fine.

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.

They are always late and seats was also not having working charger

did not have enough meal for first class passengers so offer us snack

This was one of the most frustrating travel experiences I've had to date. I had changed my flight day of to this one as it was slated to depart on time. It ended up being so delayed that my original flight took off before this one did. The boarding process began but eventually stopped and everyone had to get off the plane as a problem was identified. The person at the front desk just tried to laugh it off as if this wasn't already a huge inconvenience. From there, we eventually got to board only to sit at the gate for an additional hour because of some additional issue. This was extremely frustrating and caused a lot of stress.

It was a little concerning to hear the ground crew arguing with the flight crew over baggage space. Instead of taking them and checking them, they started checking for space in the first class cabin moving items around like the flight crew didn't know what they were doing. I was embarrassed for them.

Amazing I love American. I’ll never fly anyone else if I can help it.

Everything about the flight was lovely. My only suggestion would be to offer a few more options of tv series from Apple TV or HBO.

After the door had been closed, the cockpit makes an announcement that catering is running late and it is not the airline's fault. It is their fault in the sense that we had to sit for 2 hours or more when we could have stayed in the terminal. Poor communications between catering and airline. This caused a young man to lose his temper and he went storming out hitting objects. He had complained to the gate agent that he had already waited at the gate 7 hours and when can the airplane leave? Airilnes do a poor job of explaining delays, maintenance issues, etc. whereas being truthful may gain more sympathy or understanding.

delayed due to weather. Could not communicate with family since the wifi was broken

I got sick nothing contagious but distressing and the care I received by Kayla? Keighly the flight attendant will be memorable for ever. Thank You

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

There was no food and no entertainment, so I'm not sure why these are even in the survey, as my understanding is frontier does not ever offer food without a few, not even a snack, and there are no screens so unless the flight safety talk is our entertainment why ask how we liked it?. One of the flight attendants say in the back of the plane as people filed in to their seats, yelling orders about where to put baggage and telling people to hurry up. It was the least professional experience I've ever had on a flight.

Very well recently! Frontier is improving and less harrassing customer on luggages! Positive!

Good for a budget airline! It was easy to get on, staff was really nice. Can’t say anything about the food or entertainment because it wasn’t available, which is fine.

I am writing to express my disappointment with my recent Frontier Airlines flight. I was charged $99 at the gate because my bag was said to be too large, yet once onboard there was no available overhead bin space, and I was required to place the bag under the seat in front of me anyway. This made the charge feel unnecessary and unfair. Additionally, before the flight even took off, I was asked to move from the seat I paid for into a middle seat so another passenger and her cat could have my seat to themselves. I was not offered compensation or an explanation for being moved from a paid seat. Between the unexpected bag fee and being forced to give up my seat, this experience fell well below acceptable customer service standards. I would appreciate a review of this situation and appropriate compensation.

It was costly and difficult to check in. $85 to take a small suitcase with me, carry on or checked and $75 on the return trip, Plus $25 if I didn't check my self in check in $25, because I couldn't do it on the kiosk. Small very uncomfortable seats, waited on the runway for near an hour each way. It was my worst flight to date.

It was ok. It was expensive to check 2 bags ($75.00 per bag), and then it took a long time to wait for shuttle to take us from one terminal to the terminal where the plane was taking off at LAX. And all of this for a flight where we had to pay for any food or drink that was not water.

It didn’t happen. I booked it and then was told it wasn’t available and then forced to pay far higher prices for a worse option

A 630departure flight Delayed 6hours! They changed my gate, I moved to the new gate. Had our flight on the screen for 12noon departure. I go get above to eat, check screen again and the flight was gone, no notice no announcement, nothing!! They sent my bag on the flight I wasn’t on, got it back to me 3days later. Thank goodness they did refund my money but I will NEVER fly them again.

Due to weather, my flight was delayed, further delayed, then canceled. I eventually got through to a support person who helped me find a different route out of MSP, but to get to DIA, they didn't want to, but eventually did help with the connection ticket purchase. But even this replacement flight was delayed time and time again, and I would have missed my connecting flights and I didn't want to get stuck in a layover city, so after 12 hours at the airport with two young boys who were very tired, we just cancelled our plans and spent the week at home, instead of Nana's.

Plane and crew on board were fine. Everything else was terrible.

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