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$161 Find cheap flights from San Francisco to Ixtapa

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Cheap flight deals from San Francisco to Ixtapa (SFO-ZIH)

Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from San Francisco to Ixtapa 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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11:13 pm - 12:04 pmSFO-ZIH
11h 51m1 stop
7:33 am - 11:59 pmZIH-SFO
17h 26m2 stops
$379Aeromexico
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ter, out 1 - ter, out 8
8:05 pm - 3:04 pmSFO-ZIH
17h 59m2 stops
7:54 am - 8:11 pmZIH-SFO
13h 17m2 stops
$384Delta
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seg, jun 24 - ter, jul 2
11:57 pm - 1:25 pmSFO-ZIH
11h 28m1 stop
4:27 pm - 12:21 amZIH-SFO
9h 54m1 stop
$409American Airlines
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seg, nov 4 - ter, nov 12
3:12 pm - 10:04 amSFO-ZIH
17h 52m1 stop
3:46 pm - 10:34 amZIH-SFO
19h 48m1 stop
$419Aeromexico
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qui, ago 8 - seg, ago 12
11:13 pm - 12:04 pmSFO-ZIH
11h 51m1 stop
7:33 am - 8:59 pmZIH-SFO
14h 26m1 stop
$424Aeromexico
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ter, out 1 - ter, out 8
4:48 pm - 3:03 pmSFO-ZIH
20h 15m1 stop
4:32 pm - 9:32 pmZIH-SFO
7h 00m1 stop
$432Alaska Airlines
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seg, nov 18 - ter, nov 26
4:26 pm - 1:25 pmSFO-ZIH
18h 59m2 stops
4:27 pm - 4:30 pmZIH-SFO
26h 03m1 stop
$437American Airlines
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seg, nov 18 - ter, nov 26
12:35 am - 11:49 amSFO-ZIH
10h 14m1 stop
12:40 pm - 11:44 pmZIH-SFO
12h 04m1 stop
$484United Airlines
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sex, set 6 - sáb, set 14
12:45 am - 11:49 amSFO-ZIH
10h 04m1 stop
12:40 pm - 6:57 amZIH-SFO
19h 17m1 stop
$590United Airlines
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sex, jul 19 - sáb, jul 27
6:00 am - 2:32 pmSFO-ZIH
7h 32m1 stop
3:42 pm - 10:14 amZIH-SFO
19h 32m1 stop
$917Alaska Airlines
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Flights from San Francisco to Ixtapa - Travel Insights & Trends

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from San Francisco to Ixtapa to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from San Francisco to Ixtapa?

The average price of all flights from San Francisco to Ixtapa clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.
When flying from San Francisco to Ixtapa, you should consider leaving on a Tuesday and avoid Thursdays if you are looking for the best rates. For your return to San Francisco, you’ll find the best rates on Mondays and the most expensive ones on Saturdays.

What is the cheapest month to fly from San Francisco to Ixtapa?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for flights from San Francisco to Ixtapa, 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 San Francisco to Ixtapa is January, where tickets cost $487 on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and April, where the average cost of tickets is $688 and $677 respectively.

How far in advance should I book a flight from San Francisco to Ixtapa?

To calculate daily average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each day before departure over the last year for flights from San Francisco to Ixtapa, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each month.
To get a below average price on the flight from San Francisco to Ixtapa, you should book around 1 day before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 82 days before departure.

Which airlines provide the cheapest flights from San Francisco to Ixtapa?

The cheapest price for the route for each airline clicked by KAYAK users in the last 72 hours.
The best deals for a one-way ticket found by KAYAK users over the last 3 days were on Aeromexico ($161) and Delta ($205). The cheapest round-trip tickets were found on Aeromexico ($379) and Delta ($384).

Which cabin class options are there for flights between San Francisco and Ixtapa?

The average price of flights for each cabin class for the route found by users searching on KAYAK over the last 2 weeks.
There are 2 cabin class options for the route. These are Business and Economy. Perform a search on KAYAK to find the latest prices and availability for all cabin fares, which differ across airlines.

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September

High season

December

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$161
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 13% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 18% increase in price.
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When to book flights from San Francisco to Ixtapa

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FAQs for booking flights from San Francisco to Ixtapa

  • What is the cheapest flight from San Francisco to Ixtapa?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from San Francisco to Ixtapa was $161 for a one-way ticket and $379 for a round-trip.

  • Do I need a passport to fly between San Francisco and Ixtapa?

    A passport is required to fly from San Francisco to Ixtapa.

  • Which airports will I be using when flying from San Francisco to Ixtapa?

    On your way to Ixtapa, you’ll fly out from San Francisco. You’ll be landing at Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo Intl.

  • Which airlines offer Wi-Fi service onboard planes from San Francisco to Ixtapa?

    Only Alaska Airlines offers inflight Wi-Fi service on the San Francisco to Ixtapa flight route.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from San Francisco to Ixtapa?

    The Boeing 737-900 Passenger/BBJ3 (winglets) is the aircraft model that flies most regularly on the San Francisco to Ixtapa flight route.

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from San Francisco to Ixtapa?

    SkyTeam, oneworld, and Star Alliance are the airline alliances operating flights between San Francisco and Ixtapa, with SkyTeam being the most commonly used for this route.

  • Which is the best airline for flights from San Francisco to Ixtapa, Alaska Airlines or Delta?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from San Francisco to Ixtapa are Alaska Airlines and Delta. With an average price for the route of $570 and an overall rating of 8.0, Alaska Airlines is the most popular choice. Delta is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $552 and an overall rating of 8.0.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from San Francisco to Ixtapa?

    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 San Francisco to Ixtapa.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from San Francisco to Ixtapa?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Ixtapa from San Francisco 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 San Francisco to Ixtapa?

    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 Ixtapa with an airline and back to San Francisco with another airline. Booking your flights between San Francisco and ZIH can sometimes prove cheaper using this method.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from San Francisco to Ixtapa?

    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 Ixtapa from San Francisco up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

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KAYAK’s top tips for finding a cheap flight from San Francisco to Ixtapa

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found flights on this route for $795 or less round-trip.

Top 5 airlines serving from San Francisco to Ixtapa

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from San Francisco to Ixtapa. 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.
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8.0
Alaska AirlinesOverall score based on 9196 reviews
7.9Comfort
8.2Boarding
7.3Food
7.3Entertainment
8.6Crew
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Plane hit turbulence diverted to Houston. We'll probably get in after 3am

2.0 MediocreAnonymous, May 2024SFO - AUS
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Plane hit turbulence diverted to Houston. We'll probably get in after 3am

Given incorrect gate upon check-in, corrected by the gate attendant, D6 rather than D5, minor inconvenience. As with the previous flight, passengers were admonished to voluntarily gate-check carry-on luggage with the statement that those in the last boarding group would have no choice but to do so. If the Boeing 737 MAX8/MAX9 doesn't have room for carry-ons it's an interior design flaw on the part of Boeing. Posting an advance warning would be helpful, such as "Boeing 737 MAX planes feature limited carry-on space. Please be aware." SFO's amenities and TSA much better than MCO's. Crew was amazing! Brought my own food because Alaska's onboard selection has soy in everything. Beverage service was excellent. This was the first and last trip with Alaska after the previous flight's issues. It's no reflection on the crew of this flight. They were great.

The flight was mostly smooth and quiet. No seatback screens.

I enjoyed the leg room at my seat, but I was in an exit row.

Boarded the plain and had to wait 1 hour for crew Captain to arrive from another flight

They canceled the flight 30 minutes prior to departure without any heads up.

All parts were excellent, especially staff at bag tag printing and inflight crew. Just the normal differences from past air travel could be improved but we’ve learned to accept those—cramped seats, minimal food/beverage, etc.

Attentive crew. Best of all was the empty seat between me and my rowmate.

We had a very scary attempted landing in Palm Springs and were redirected to Ontario. It was a stressful flight.

Every thing means , crew, service, timing, boarding is very good.

Flew first class so everything was great. But maybe because the flights were red eye, no meals were served, just chips. I flew Alaska Air 1st class at 9PM (2 hour flight) and they served beef short rib sliders!

There was a loud squeaky sound the whole time we were flying.

I didn’t not like that I could not select my seat and ended up with the worse seat.

The landing was bad and the hostess came two times and i was sleeping but when she served the person that nexts to me I woke up and she didn’t even asked me if I need any drink or snacks two times!!!!

Plane was late because of a mechanical malfunction and the food listed as available was not. Flight attendants seem over worked and under paid. They just done seem happy. And that can be seen in their faces.

Waited 3 hours on a plane to de-ice due to manpower issues. Waited another hour and a half once we landed because of a gate issue. Missed my connections. Created. A total of 13 hours of delay.

Great, on time departure, friendly and accommodating crew, great leg room, Smith flight

Plane was turned around due to fog half way into the flight, Delta did not properly direct passengers to stay on same flight and instead failed to properly rebook on Alaska

Honestly, I didn’t expect that I will experience this long time wait during the check in. There was only one person who was taking care of the passengers for the economy class and it took us to wait about one hour to do our check i. As a result we barely get to the airplane as the gate was at the end of the airport. That is totally not professional where one crue is working at the registration desk with economy and 3-4 crues are helping for the business class.

Like most domestic flights in the US, you are basically on your own with this airline when it comes to food, so be sure to purchase meals and drinks ahead of time or expect to arrive starving and dehydrated (like I was).

The plane was so outdated, that it made it uncomfortable. The temperature was hot during the whole flight

Happy attentive flight crew. All in all good flight the night flight works well. Getting into Mexico City early so you don't get caught up it all the immigration and custom ques, additionally, this helps when exiting the airport and crossing the city to your final destination. All works very well and would do it again

Some entertainment and food/snack service would have been nice

All the pessengers should be wait in a line útil the creo and piloto are arrived.

Planes seat could be bigger very uncomfortable for tall humans.

Atraso de dos horas y media con vuelos sobre vendidos

Great airplane The confort was within the high standards. My only little problem was That all the movies ( only 3) was on Spanish, even though I was selecting the audio on English it didn't happen. After that I highly recommend aeromexico

1 hour waiting for suitcases to come out traveling in business class and food in business class is a sandwich? Avoid Aeromexico .

Aeromexico es siempre una buena opción, relación precio calidad adecuada!

Business class was economy with a table in the middle seat. That is worse than economy. No food and no entertainment. Very poor representation.

Aisle chair was good and liked the foot bar preventing you from putting your foot in the isle, The breakfast on this international flight to Zurich was horrible (Europeans, specially, used to good food) may make this a dealbreaker for booking with United Airlines again. I agreed with my Spanish fellow passenger.

On time take off…US cabins look tired and need of refresh!

Backpack should NOT allowed put in the flight bin , only put it under the seat. I can't find space put my carry on luggage!!! and I pay for it ! that was very bad experience

Hated every minute of it. This flight should have only taken 1.5hrs but was delayed over 10hours. Now I am being told I cannot be compensated or refunded my ticket price or extra leg room, which I purchased but did not receive, because the airline is throwing the blame on the 3rd party I purchased tickets through and 3rd party putting the blame on airline. No one wants to help. They received their money and that's all they care about. Im going on 3 days of still trying to get to my final destination, had to cancel car rental, car insurance and hotel. Currently staying in airport until hotels open up. Thank you Lufthansa, Kayak, Underpricer and United for making this trip the worst ever.

Crew was great and did their best to make us comfortable and captain came out at the beginning to announce why the flight was delayed, weather situation up ahead, and kept us updated throughout the flight.

United WiFi is consistently unusable (it can take 10 mins to load a single web page). If you need Wifi to do work, be prepared to lose half a day of productivity.

Awful. I got stuck next to a person carrying a dog and behind someone with a dog. People need to board these dogs downstairs. The cabin is crowded enough with your pets

Packed in like sardines, very uncomfortable. Sitting the aisle my shoulder was rammed into numerous times by rushing flight attendants. Also flight was very cold.

Beverage and food services are excellent. We enjoy paying the extra for economy plus for the 3 inches more leg room to be exact.

Flight was delayed by 3 hours. The pilot made up 1 hour during the flight, but that made the wait at the airport 5 hours once you factor getting there 2 hours early.

Flight was 1/2 hour delayed leaving Phoenix. Otherwise it was an average flight. Flight crew on this trip was very nice.

Horrible - they lied to me about baggage & boarding, even though I specifically spoke to their agents the day before my flight about my issue. When I showed up they did not let me board and stranded me at my airport until I bought a new flight with money I did not have to spend.

Not sure why JAL partnered with American Airlines because their service is no where near similar. Flight attendants were not friendly and didn’t smile. Food was horrible…

The experience was great and much better than the flight going out. of course I was in first class but the service was excellent

Comfort of seats, ease of boarding. Food selection could be better

Food options were limited which is absolutely embarrassing for a Flight of this size The staff did not come around as much and I am not accustomed to such poor service from American Airlines Drinks I believe were limited to soda and water

Crew were attentive and friendly. Flight was smooth and early! I enjoyed the less crowded plane. Thank you!

We are gluten free, there were not any available complimentary gluten free options.

No meal on a cross country flight? SFO-MiA is pretty much the definition of a coast to coast flight. No meal provided. Sky high wi-fi rates too. Stop nickel and diming your customers.

The staff was unprofessional and didn’t communicate very well. The boarding process was very disheveled, potentially due to a power outage the previous day but there was no contingency plan to properly get passengers boarded the following day. Once boarded the aircraft stayed on the tarmac for over 45 minutes due to high winds. The communication was sporadic but an announcement was finally made an additional 30 minutes later that the flight was cancelled but we couldn’t get off the plane. Prior to deplaning one of the gate agents came on the plane and made an announcement for everyone to pickup their checked bags and take a card to rebook a new reservation because they didn’t have adequate staff. Flights were missed, passengers went to different airports and there was little to no assistance from AA.

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Recent one-way flight deals

 
Only flying one-way? Below are some of the best one-way flight deals from San Francisco to Ixtapa found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
8/14qua
1 stopAeromexico
18h 52mSFO-ZIH
$161
8/14qua
2 stopsDelta
16h 30mSFO-ZIH
$205
11/5ter
1 stopAlaska Airlines
20h 15mSFO-ZIH
$206
10/8ter
1 stopDelta
11h 51mSFO-ZIH
$216
11/5ter
1 stopAlaska Airlines
6h 03mSFO-ZIH
$222
6/4ter
3 stops
24h 29mSFO-ZIH
$257
6/4ter
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
26h 35mSFO-ZIH
$401
6/13qui
2 stops
33h 34mSFO-ZIH
$420
6/4ter
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
26h 35mSFO-ZIH
$461
8/15qui
3 stopsUnited Airlines
35h 49mSFO-ZIH
$2,129

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Last minute flight, train and bus deals

 
These last-minute flight deals are the cheapest flights found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours for flights from San Francisco to Ixtapa that are departing in the next 10 days.
6/1sáb
multi-stopDelta
10h 39mSFO-ZIH
6/8sáb
multi-stopDelta
17h 51mZIH-SFO
$522
6/1sáb
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
6h 25mSFO-ZIH
6/8sáb
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
8h 15mZIH-SFO
$538
6/1sáb
multi-stopDelta
13h 55mSFO-ZIH
6/8sáb
multi-stopDelta
17h 51mZIH-SFO
$539
6/1sáb
multi-stopDelta
13h 55mSFO-ZIH
6/8sáb
multi-stopDelta
17h 51mZIH-SFO
$699
6/1sáb
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
6h 25mSFO-ZIH
6/8sáb
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
8h 15mZIH-SFO
$714
6/2dom
multi-stopDelta
12h 49mSFO-ZIH
6/9dom
multi-stopDelta
17h 50mZIH-SFO
$767
6/1sáb
multi-stopDelta
12h 49mSFO-ZIH
6/8sáb
multi-stopDelta
17h 51mZIH-SFO
$777
6/2dom
multi-stopAeromexico
19h 39mSFO-ZIH
6/9dom
multi-stopAeromexico
14h 48mZIH-SFO
$972
5/31sex
multi-stopUnited Airlines
10h 19mSFO-ZIH
6/8sáb
multi-stopUnited Airlines
8h 32mZIH-SFO
$1,238
5/31sex
multi-stopUnited Airlines
10h 19mSFO-ZIH
6/8sáb
multi-stopUnited Airlines
11h 27mZIH-SFO
$2,618

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San Francisco - Ixtapa Flights

Departure:

San Francisco (SFO)United States

Destination:

Ixtapa (ZIH)Mexico

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Ixtapa - San Francisco

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