Cheap Flights from Detroit, MI to San Diego, CA from $88

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On Cheapflightsplus.com you will find 3 direct and 481 connecting flights from Detroit to San Diego. You can compare airfare deals from 6 airlines and multiple travel sites from $88, book and save on cheap plane tickets and last minute offers. Also check out DTT-SAN flight schedule to find best flight time, convenient departure and arrival airports.

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Best Flights from Detroit to San Diego Today

Take a look at the list of non stop flights and flights with layovers from Detroit to San Diego with the lowest price of $88. The fastest direct flight takes 4h 35m and the fastest connecting – 6h 25m.

Price	Departure	Arrival	Flight Duration	Airline	Flight
from $88 Find flight	09:50 Detroit All airports	11:25 San Diego San Diego	4h 35m	Spirit Airlines	NK1070
from $147 Find flight	09:02 Detroit All airports	10:37 San Diego San Diego	4h 35m	Spirit Airlines	NK2791
from $175 Find flight	12:25 Detroit All airports	14:15 San Diego San Diego	4h 50m	Spirit Airlines	NK3894
from $107 Find flight	11:43 Detroit All airports	18:25 San Diego San Diego	9h 42m layover 3h 48m - Denver	Frontier Airlines	F93565 F94989
from $122 Find flight	09:37 Detroit All airports	13:17 San Diego San Diego	6h 40m layover 0h 57m - Las Vegas	Spirit Airlines	NK2141 NK2295
from $111 Find flight	21:50 Detroit All airports	23:56+1 день San Diego San Diego	29h 6m layover 18h 21m - Dallas 3h 40m - Las Vegas	Spirit Airlines	NK2741 NK2588 NK2390
from $143 Find flight	10:24 Detroit All airports	09:55+1 день San Diego San Diego	26h 31m layover 4h 11m - Austin 14h 57m - Las Vegas	Spirit Airlines	NK1076 NK1656 NK1154

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*Departure and arrival times - local. Prices indicated for one-way flights. Information updated on September 18, 2025

Flight Schedule Detroit (Michigan) to San Diego (California)

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Departure	Flight Details	Flight Duration	Price
06:00 — 09:52	06:00 — 07:15 F92211 Frontier Airlines Detroit — Denver 1h 8m stop 08:22 — 09:55 F92817 Frontier Airlines Denver — San Diego	6h 52m including layover	Find flight from$112
06:00 — 18:25	06:00 — 07:15 F92211 Frontier Airlines Detroit — Denver 9h 35m stop 16:50 — 18:25 F94989 Frontier Airlines Denver — San Diego	15h 25m including layover	Find flight from$113
07:55 — 22:20	06:00 — 07:15 F92211 Frontier Airlines Detroit — Denver 11h 39m stop 22:29 — 23:59 F92711 Frontier Airlines Denver — San Diego	17h 25m including layover	Find flight from$113
08:00 — 16:22	08:00 — 09:10 F94671 Frontier Airlines Detroit — Phoenix 5h 57m stop 15:05 — 16:22 F92083 Frontier Airlines Phoenix — San Diego	11h 22m including layover	Find flight from$113
08:30 — 14:13	08:30 — 09:39 F94671 Frontier Airlines Detroit — Phoenix 3h 21m stop 13:00 — 14:13 F91571 Frontier Airlines Phoenix — San Diego	8h 43m including layover	Find flight from$112
09:02 — 10:37	09:02 — 10:37 NK2791 Spirit Airlines Detroit — San Diego	4h 35m	Find flight from$147
09:50 — 11:25	09:50 — 11:25 NK1070 Spirit Airlines Detroit — San Diego	4h 35m	Find flight from$88
11:43 — 18:25	13:12 — 14:40 F93565 Frontier Airlines Detroit — Denver 3h 48m stop 22:15 — 23:49 F94989 Frontier Airlines Denver — San Diego	9h 42m including layover	Find flight from$107
11:48 — 23:50	11:43 — 13:02 F93565 Frontier Airlines Detroit — Denver 9h 28m stop 22:29 — 23:59 F92711 Frontier Airlines Denver — San Diego	15h 2m including layover	Find flight from$113
12:25 — 14:15	12:25 — 14:15 NK3894 Spirit Airlines Detroit — San Diego	4h 50m	Find flight from$175
13:38 — 18:07	13:38 — 15:26 F93989 Frontier Airlines Detroit — Dallas 1h 24m stop 16:50 — 18:07 F91425 Frontier Airlines Dallas — San Diego	7h 29m including layover	Find flight from$112
18:42 — 22:54	19:19 — 21:28 F93175 Frontier Airlines Detroit — Dallas 1h 3m stop 22:40 — 23:48 F91425 Frontier Airlines Dallas — San Diego	7h 12m including layover	Find flight from$110
19:12 — 00:11 +1 day	19:12 — 21:25 F93175 Frontier Airlines Detroit — Dallas 1h 23m stop 22:48 — 00:11 F91769 Frontier Airlines Dallas — San Diego	7h 59m including layover	Find flight from$109
21:50 — 23:56 +1 day	21:50 — 23:39 NK2741 Spirit Airlines Detroit — Dallas 18h 21m stop 18:00 — 19:02 NK2588 Spirit Airlines Dallas — Las Vegas 3h 40m stop 22:42 — 23:56 NK2390 Spirit Airlines Las Vegas — San Diego	29h 6m including layover	Find flight from$111
22:08 — 18:10 +1 day	21:59 — 23:36 F94571 Frontier Airlines Detroit — Las Vegas 17h 11m stop 17:01 — 18:26 F91465 Frontier Airlines Las Vegas — San Diego	23h 2m including layover	Find flight from$111

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*Departure and arrival times - local. Updated on September 18, 2025

Flight Information

Below we will explain in detail what the flights cost on the destination from Detroit to San Diego depends on and how to choose the most interesting flight option for you.

Distance between Detroit and San Diego is 3169 miles. Time difference between the cities is 3h. Airplanes depart 05:00 to 23:44 from 2 Detroit airports and arrive 05:00 to 23:44 to 11 San Diego airports. Average flight time is 4h 35m.

The fastest flight 4h 35m
Average flight time 4h 35m
The earliest flight 05:00
The latest flight 23:44
Distance 1970 ml

The cheapest months to travel to San Diego are july (from 88 $), may (from 107 $), june (from 110 $).

The most expensive months are january (from 506 $), november (from 395 $), december (from 173 $).

What is the lowest airfare Detroit to San Diego?

The cheapest plane ticket found by our users is $88. This airfare is for economy class on one-way NK1070 flight by Spirit Airlines for August 7, 2025 which leaves All airports in Detroit at 09:50 am and arrives at San Diego San Diego at 11:25.

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Popular Airlines on the Route

The flight Detroit — San Diego is served by 6 regular airlines and 3 low-cost airlines. Most of the flights on this route are operated by Alaska Airlines - 95 departures per week at the price of from $ 196 . And the most expensive tickets are offered by Alaska Airlines airline - from $ 9820.

Direct flights

There are 3 nonstop flights on the route. The fastest direct flight is NK1070 by Spirit Airlines takes 4h 35m and the cheapest is NK1070 by Spirit Airlines for $88.

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Connecting Flights

There are 481 flights with layovers on the route. The fastest connecting flight is UA302 by United Airlines takes 6h 25m and the cheapest is NK1070 by Spirit Airlines for $107.

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F9 - Frontier Airlines

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SY - Sun Country Airlines

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HA - Hawaiian Airlines

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Airports

You can fly from Detroit to San Diego from 2 airports (Willow Run, Detroit City).

Detroit airports

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San Diego airports

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Airplanes

There are flights to San Diego from Detroit by 6 airlines that use 0 aircraft brands. They range from huge modern airplanes to small-sized.

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