Cheap Flights from Detroit, MI to San Francisco, CA from $115

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On Cheapflightsplus.com you will find 3 direct and 255 connecting flights from Detroit to San Francisco. You can compare airfare deals from 8 airlines and multiple travel sites from $115, book and save on cheap plane tickets and last minute offers. Also check out DTT-SFO flight schedule to find best flight time, convenient departure and arrival airports.

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Best Flights from Detroit to San Francisco Today

Take a look at the list of non stop flights and flights with layovers from Detroit to San Francisco with the lowest price of $115. The fastest direct flight takes 5h 23m and the fastest connecting – 6h 55m.

Price	Departure	Arrival	Flight Duration	Airline	Flight
from $516 Find flight	19:21 Detroit All airports	21:44 San Francisco San Francisco	5h 23m	United Airlines	UA2866
from $115 Find flight	13:12 Detroit All airports	00:11+1 день San Francisco San Francisco	13h 59m layover 7h 35m - Denver	Frontier Airlines	F93565 F93439
from $133 Find flight	12:56 Detroit All airports	17:18 San Francisco San Francisco	7h 22m layover 1h 23m - Minneapolis	Sun Country Airlines	SY1906 SY395
from $143 Find flight	19:40 Detroit All airports	10:08+1 день San Francisco San Francisco	17h 28m layover 11h 19m - Minneapolis	Sun Country Airlines	SY1908 SY391
from $150 Find flight	09:49 Detroit All airports	17:05 San Francisco San Francisco	10h 16m layover 4h 5m - Minneapolis	Spirit Airlines	NK391 SY395
from $175 Find flight	20:05 Detroit All airports	12:49+1 день San Francisco San Francisco	19h 44m layover 13h 31m - Denver	Frontier Airlines	F92211 F91997
from $184 Find flight	13:40 Detroit All airports	23:27 San Francisco San Francisco	12h 47m layover 6h 13m - Dallas	Frontier Airlines	F93175 F93999
from $201 Find flight	10:34 Detroit All airports	22:05 San Francisco San Francisco	14h 31m layover 6h 39m - Atlanta	Frontier Airlines	F92897 F91447
from $246 Find flight	16:49 Detroit All airports	22:11 San Francisco San Francisco	8h 22m layover 1h 3m - Seattle	Alaska Airlines	AS304 AS1014
from $266 Find flight	05:10 Detroit All airports	12:36 San Francisco San Francisco	10h 26m layover 4h 15m - Minneapolis	Spirit Airlines	NK2388 SY391
from $272 Find flight	16:42 Detroit All airports	09:11+1 день San Francisco San Francisco	19h 29m layover 11h 56m - Seattle	Alaska Airlines	AS304 AS3369
from $272 Find flight	16:42 Detroit All airports	13:47+1 день San Francisco San Francisco	24h 5m layover 16h 31m - Seattle	Alaska Airlines	AS304 AS1284
from $201 Find flight	07:14 Detroit All airports	16:51 San Francisco San Francisco	12h 37m layover 1h 19m - Atlanta 2h 17m - Minneapolis	Spirit Airlines	NK1298 NK1299 SY395
from $243 Find flight	07:30 Detroit All airports	17:05 San Francisco San Francisco	12h 35m layover 2h 47m - Atlanta 0h 50m - Minneapolis	Spirit Airlines	NK1298 SY356 SY395
from $272 Find flight	16:21 Detroit All airports	07:27+1 день San Francisco San Francisco	18h 6m layover 1h 27m - Seattle 7h 12m - Los Angeles	Alaska Airlines	AS304 AS1223 AS3473
from $272 Find flight	16:21 Detroit All airports	07:27+1 день San Francisco San Francisco	18h 6m layover 2h 45m - Seattle 5h 54m - Los Angeles	Alaska Airlines	AS304 AS1292 AS3473

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*Departure and arrival times - local. Prices indicated for one-way flights. Information updated on May 12, 2025

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

Full flight schedule will help you in detecting at what time planes fly from Detroit to San Francisco. You can also specify the concrete flights and airlines on the route and how long the flight actually is. Use the calendar for today, tomorrow or other specific date as some flights are available only on certain days of the week.

Departure	Flight Details	Flight Duration	Price
07:17 — 09:40	07:17 — 09:40 UA2054 United Airlines Detroit — San Francisco	5h 23m	Find flight from$518
07:17 — 09:40	07:17 — 09:40 UA2859 United Airlines Detroit — San Francisco	5h 23m	Find flight from$577
19:21 — 21:44	19:21 — 21:44 UA2866 United Airlines Detroit — San Francisco	5h 23m	Find flight from$516
05:10 — 12:36	05:10 — 06:05 NK2388 Spirit Airlines Detroit — Minneapolis 4h 15m stop 10:20 — 12:36 SY391 Sun Country Airlines Minneapolis — San Francisco	10h 26m including layover	Find flight from$266
09:32 — 21:32	09:32 — 11:43 F91263 Frontier Airlines Detroit — Atlanta 7h 16m stop 18:59 — 21:32 F91919 Frontier Airlines Atlanta — San Francisco	15h including layover	Find flight from$283
09:49 — 17:05	09:49 — 10:49 NK391 Spirit Airlines Detroit — Minneapolis 4h 5m stop 14:54 — 17:05 SY395 Sun Country Airlines Minneapolis — San Francisco	10h 16m including layover	Find flight from$150
10:34 — 22:05	10:34 — 12:41 F92897 Frontier Airlines Detroit — Atlanta 6h 39m stop 19:20 — 22:05 F91447 Frontier Airlines Atlanta — San Francisco	14h 31m including layover	Find flight from$201
11:53 — 12:49 +1 day	11:53 — 13:10 F93565 Frontier Airlines Detroit — Denver 21h 50m stop 11:00 — 12:49 F91997 Frontier Airlines Denver — San Francisco	27h 56m including layover	Find flight from$175
11:53 — 20:12	11:53 — 13:10 F93565 Frontier Airlines Detroit — Denver 5h 13m stop 18:23 — 20:12 F91093 Frontier Airlines Denver — San Francisco	11h 19m including layover	Find flight from$211
12:56 — 17:18	12:56 — 13:44 SY1906 Sun Country Airlines Detroit — Minneapolis 1h 23m stop 15:07 — 17:18 SY395 Sun Country Airlines Minneapolis — San Francisco	7h 22m including layover	Find flight from$133
13:12 — 00:11 +1 day	11:53 — 13:10 F93565 Frontier Airlines Detroit — Denver 7h 35m stop 21:37 — 23:27 F93439 Frontier Airlines Denver — San Francisco	13h 59m including layover	Find flight from$115
13:12 — 12:50 +1 day	13:12 — 14:40 F93565 Frontier Airlines Detroit — Denver 20h 11m stop 10:51 — 12:50 F91229 Frontier Airlines Denver — San Francisco	26h 38m including layover	Find flight from$178
14:24 — 23:13	14:24 — 14:55 UA4689 United Airlines Detroit — Chicago 5h 30m stop 20:25 — 23:13 UA210 United Airlines Chicago — San Francisco	11h 49m including layover	Find flight from$338
16:49 — 22:11	16:21 — 18:21 AS304 Alaska Airlines Detroit — Seattle 1h 3m stop 19:58 — 22:07 AS1014 Alaska Airlines Seattle — San Francisco	8h 22m including layover	Find flight from$246
17:00 — 07:50 +1 day	16:40 — 17:57 UA302 United Airlines Detroit — Denver 11h 46m stop 06:00 — 07:49 UA573 United Airlines Denver — San Francisco	17h 50m including layover	Find flight from$287
17:00 — 09:36 +1 day	09:00 — 10:22 UA302 United Airlines Detroit — Denver 13h 31m stop 07:45 — 09:32 UA2391 United Airlines Denver — San Francisco	19h 36m including layover	Find flight from$332
19:40 — 10:08 +1 day	19:40 — 20:28 SY1908 Sun Country Airlines Detroit — Minneapolis 11h 19m stop 07:47 — 10:08 SY391 Sun Country Airlines Minneapolis — San Francisco	17h 28m including layover	Find flight from$143
20:05 — 12:49 +1 day	20:05 — 21:29 F92211 Frontier Airlines Detroit — Denver 13h 31m stop 11:00 — 12:49 F91997 Frontier Airlines Denver — San Francisco	19h 44m including layover	Find flight from$175
06:00 — 17:44	06:00 — 06:40 UA4754 United Airlines Detroit — Chicago 2h 20m stop 09:00 — 11:42 UA1584 United Airlines Chicago — Los Angeles 4h 28m stop 16:10 — 17:44 UA2019 United Airlines Los Angeles — San Francisco	14h 44m including layover	Find flight from$307
06:00 — 17:44	06:00 — 06:40 UA4754 United Airlines Detroit — Chicago 2h 10m stop 08:50 — 11:01 UA2725 United Airlines Chicago — Las Vegas 4h 58m stop 15:59 — 17:44 UA2047 United Airlines Las Vegas — San Francisco	14h 44m including layover	Find flight from$320
07:14 — 16:51	07:14 — 09:20 NK1298 Spirit Airlines Detroit — Atlanta 1h 19m stop 10:39 — 12:23 NK1299 Spirit Airlines Atlanta — Minneapolis 2h 17m stop 14:40 — 16:51 SY395 Sun Country Airlines Minneapolis — San Francisco	12h 37m including layover	Find flight from$201
07:30 — 17:05	07:30 — 09:42 NK1298 Spirit Airlines Detroit — Atlanta 2h 47m stop 12:29 — 14:04 SY356 Sun Country Airlines Atlanta — Minneapolis 50m stop 14:54 — 17:05 SY395 Sun Country Airlines Minneapolis — San Francisco	12h 35m including layover	Find flight from$243
10:23 — 10:08 +1 day	10:23 — 13:09 NK2384 Spirit Airlines Detroit — Tampa 6h 26m stop 19:45 — 22:11 SY218 Sun Country Airlines Tampa — Minneapolis 9h 46m stop 08:14 — 10:32 SY391 Sun Country Airlines Minneapolis — San Francisco	26h 45m including layover	Find flight from$296
14:43 — 10:32 +1 day	14:43 — 16:54 NK304 Spirit Airlines Detroit — Los Angeles 1h 23m stop 18:17 — 23:51 SY426 Sun Country Airlines Los Angeles — Minneapolis 8h 23m stop 08:14 — 10:32 SY391 Sun Country Airlines Minneapolis — San Francisco	22h 49m including layover	Find flight from$334
16:21 — 07:27 +1 day	16:21 — 18:21 AS304 Alaska Airlines Detroit — Seattle 1h 27m stop 19:58 — 22:40 AS1223 Alaska Airlines Seattle — Los Angeles 7h 12m stop 06:15 — 07:43 AS3473 Alaska Airlines Los Angeles — San Francisco	18h 6m including layover	Find flight from$272

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*Departure and arrival times - local. Updated on May 12, 2025

Flight Information

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

Distance between Detroit and San Francisco is 3362 miles. Time difference between the cities is 3h. Airplanes depart 05:10 to 21:25 from 2 Detroit airports and arrive 05:10 to 21:25 to 3 San Francisco airports. Average flight time is 5h 23m.

The fastest flight 5h 23m
Average flight time 5h 23m
The earliest flight 05:10
The latest flight 21:25
Distance 2090 ml

The cheapest months to travel to San Francisco are november (from 115 $), december (from 133 $), february (from 184 $).

The most expensive months are january (from 246 $), february (from 184 $), december (from 133 $).

What is the lowest airfare Detroit to San Francisco?

The cheapest plane ticket found by our users is $115. This airfare is for economy class on one-way F93565 flight by Frontier Airlines for December 12, 2024 which leaves All airports in Detroit at 13:12 am and arrives at San Francisco San Francisco at 00:11.

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Popular Airlines on the Route

The flight Detroit — San Francisco is served by 8 regular airlines and 4 low-cost airlines. Most of the flights on this route are operated by Spirit Airlines - 12 departures per week at the price of from $ 150 . And the most expensive tickets are offered by Turkish Airlines airline - from $ 1880.

Direct flights

There are 3 nonstop flights on the route. The fastest direct flight is UA2866 by United Airlines takes 5h 23m and the cheapest is F93565 by Frontier Airlines for $516.

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Connecting Flights

There are 255 flights with layovers on the route. The fastest connecting flight is UA1588 by United Airlines takes 6h 55m and the cheapest is F93565 by Frontier Airlines for $115.

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F9 - Frontier Airlines

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SY - Sun Country Airlines

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UA - United Airlines

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WS - WestJet

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Airports

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

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Airplanes

There are flights to San Francisco from Detroit by 8 airlines that use 0 aircraft brands. They range from huge modern airplanes to small-sized.

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