Cheap Flights from Detroit, MI to San Francisco, CA from $145

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On Cheapflightsplus.com you will find 86 connecting flights from Detroit to San Francisco. You can compare airfare deals from 5 airlines and multiple travel sites from $145, 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 $145. Take a look at the list of flights with layovers from Detroit to San Francisco from $145. There’re no direct flights. The fastest connecting flight – 7h 9m.

Price	Departure	Arrival	Flight Duration	Airline	Flight
from $145 Find flight	13:40 Detroit All airports	23:27 San Francisco San Francisco	12h 47m layover 6h 13m - Dallas	Frontier Airlines	F93175 F93999
from $194 Find flight	16:49 Detroit All airports	22:11 San Francisco San Francisco	8h 22m layover 1h 3m - Seattle	Alaska Airlines	AS304 AS1014
from $262 Find flight	09:00 Detroit All airports	19:11 San Francisco San Francisco	13h 11m layover 6h 55m - Denver	United Airlines	UA1708 UA1076
from $262 Find flight	17:00 Detroit All airports	07:50+1 день San Francisco San Francisco	17h 50m layover 11h 46m - Denver	United Airlines	UA302 UA573
from $262 Find flight	17:00 Detroit All airports	09:36+1 день San Francisco San Francisco	19h 36m layover 13h 31m - Denver	United Airlines	UA302 UA2391
from $243 Find flight	07:15 Detroit All airports	17:44 San Francisco San Francisco	13h 29m layover 1h 8m - Chicago 4h 28m - Los Angeles	United Airlines	UA5353 UA1584 UA2019
from $243 Find flight	09:20 Detroit All airports	20:54 San Francisco San Francisco	14h 34m layover 0h 54m - Chicago 5h 53m - Los Angeles	United Airlines	UA4736 UA2861 UA552
from $243 Find flight	06:00 Detroit All airports	17:44 San Francisco San Francisco	14h 44m layover 2h 20m - Chicago 4h 28m - Los Angeles	United Airlines	UA4754 UA1584 UA2019
from $243 Find flight	11:15 Detroit All airports	22:59 San Francisco San Francisco	14h 44m layover 1h 9m - Chicago 5h 43m - Los Angeles	United Airlines	UA4749 UA2654 UA2240
from $243 Find flight	11:15 Detroit All airports	00:09+1 день San Francisco San Francisco	15h 54m layover 1h 9m - Chicago 6h 53m - Los Angeles	United Airlines	UA4749 UA2654 UA1597
from $243 Find flight	11:15 Detroit All airports	00:09+1 день San Francisco San Francisco	15h 54m layover 3h 49m - Chicago 4h 16m - Los Angeles	United Airlines	UA4749 UA1732 UA1597
from $243 Find flight	09:20 Detroit All airports	22:59 San Francisco San Francisco	16h 39m layover 3h 2m - Chicago 5h 43m - Los Angeles	United Airlines	UA4736 UA2654 UA2240
from $253 Find flight	06:00 Detroit All airports	17:44 San Francisco San Francisco	14h 44m layover 2h 10m - Chicago 4h 58m - Las Vegas	United Airlines	UA4754 UA2725 UA2047
from $253 Find flight	09:20 Detroit All airports	21:40 San Francisco San Francisco	15h 20m layover 3h 8m - Chicago 4h 46m - Las Vegas	United Airlines	UA4736 UA1935 UA2416
from $253 Find flight	09:20 Detroit All airports	21:40 San Francisco San Francisco	15h 20m layover 1h 12m - Chicago 6h 39m - Las Vegas	United Airlines	UA4736 UA2854 UA2416
from $286 Find flight	10:45 Detroit All airports	22:11 San Francisco San Francisco	14h 26m layover 2h 54m - Chicago 3h 3m - Seattle	Alaska Airlines	AS6233 AS335 AS1014

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*Departure and arrival times - local. Prices indicated for one-way flights. Information updated on January 15, 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
08:36 — 20:59	08:36 — 10:05 UA1177 United Airlines Detroit — Denver 9h stop 19:05 — 20:59 UA2681 United Airlines Denver — San Francisco	15h 23m including layover	Find flight from$372
08:36 — 17:45	08:36 — 10:05 UA1177 United Airlines Detroit — Denver 5h 45m stop 15:50 — 17:45 UA1300 United Airlines Denver — San Francisco	12h 9m including layover	Find flight from$423
12:06 — 19:55	12:06 — 14:00 UA3706 United Airlines Detroit — Newark 2h 30m stop 16:30 — 19:55 UA648 United Airlines Newark — San Francisco	10h 49m including layover	Find flight from$480
13:40 — 23:27	13:40 — 15:28 F93175 Frontier Airlines Detroit — Dallas 6h 13m stop 21:41 — 23:27 F93999 Frontier Airlines Dallas — San Francisco	12h 47m including layover	Find flight from$145
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$267
14:24 — 18:57	14:24 — 14:55 UA4689 United Airlines Detroit — Chicago 1h 7m stop 16:02 — 18:57 UA2409 United Airlines Chicago — San Francisco	7h 33m including layover	Find flight from$426
16:42 — 09:11 +1 day	16:42 — 18:59 AS304 Alaska Airlines Detroit — Seattle 11h 56m stop 06:55 — 09:11 AS3369 Alaska Airlines Seattle — San Francisco	19h 29m including layover	Find flight from$215
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$194
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$262
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$262
18:05 — 22:59	18:05 — 18:35 UA426 United Airlines Detroit — Chicago 1h 30m stop 20:05 — 22:59 UA2364 United Airlines Chicago — San Francisco	7h 54m including layover	Find flight from$429
18:12 — 09:24 +1 day	18:20 — 18:45 UA426 United Airlines Detroit — Chicago 11h 49m stop 06:50 — 09:38 UA1962 United Airlines Chicago — San Francisco	18h 12m including layover	Find flight from$288
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$243
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$253
07:15 — 17:44	07:15 — 07:52 UA5353 United Airlines Detroit — Chicago 1h 8m 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	13h 29m including layover	Find flight from$243
07:15 — 20:54	07:15 — 07:52 UA5353 United Airlines Detroit — Chicago 2h 55m stop 10:47 — 13:27 UA2861 United Airlines Chicago — Los Angeles 5h 53m stop 19:20 — 20:54 UA552 United Airlines Los Angeles — San Francisco	16h 39m including layover	Find flight from$243
09:20 — 20:54	09:20 — 09:53 UA4736 United Airlines Detroit — Chicago 54m stop 10:47 — 13:27 UA2861 United Airlines Chicago — Los Angeles 5h 53m stop 19:20 — 20:54 UA552 United Airlines Los Angeles — San Francisco	14h 34m including layover	Find flight from$243
09:20 — 22:59	09:20 — 09:53 UA4736 United Airlines Detroit — Chicago 3h 2m stop 12:55 — 15:42 UA2654 United Airlines Chicago — Los Angeles 5h 43m stop 21:25 — 22:59 UA2240 United Airlines Los Angeles — San Francisco	16h 39m including layover	Find flight from$243
11:15 — 22:59	11:15 — 11:46 UA4749 United Airlines Detroit — Chicago 1h 9m stop 12:55 — 15:42 UA2654 United Airlines Chicago — Los Angeles 5h 43m stop 21:25 — 22:59 UA2240 United Airlines Los Angeles — San Francisco	14h 44m including layover	Find flight from$243
11:15 — 00:09 +1 day	11:15 — 11:46 UA4749 United Airlines Detroit — Chicago 1h 9m stop 12:55 — 15:42 UA2654 United Airlines Chicago — Los Angeles 6h 53m stop 22:35 — 00:09 UA1597 United Airlines Los Angeles — San Francisco	15h 54m including layover	Find flight from$243

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*Departure and arrival times - local. Updated on January 15, 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 06:00 to 21:25 from 2 Detroit airports and arrive 06:00 to 21:25 to 3 San Francisco airports. Average flight time is 14h 54m.

The fastest flight 7h 9m
Average flight time 14h 54m
The earliest flight 06:00
The latest flight 21:25
Distance 2090 ml

The cheapest months to travel to San Francisco are february (from 145 $), january (from 194 $), december (from 226 $).

The most expensive months are november (from 287 $), december (from 226 $), january (from 194 $).

What is the lowest airfare Detroit to San Francisco?

The cheapest plane ticket found by our users is $145. This airfare is for economy class on one-way F93175 flight by Frontier Airlines for February 21, 2025 which leaves All airports in Detroit at 13:40 am and arrives at San Francisco San Francisco at 23:27.

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Popular Airlines on the Route

The flight Detroit — San Francisco is served by 5 regular airlines and 3 low-cost airlines. Most of the flights on this route are operated by Alaska Airlines - 17 departures per week at the price of from $ 194 . And the most expensive tickets are offered by WestJet airline - from $ 725.

Direct flights

There’re no direct flights on this route. Try flights with stops.

Connecting Flights

There are 86 flights with layovers on the route. The fastest connecting flight is UA302 by United Airlines takes 7h 9m and the cheapest is F93175 by Frontier Airlines for $145.

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Airports

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

Detroit airports

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San Francisco airports

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Airplanes

There are flights to San Francisco from Detroit by 5 airlines that use 0 aircraft brands. They range from huge modern airplanes to small-sized.

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