Cheap Flights from Sacramento, CA to San Diego, CA from $42

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On Cheapflightsplus.com you will find 7 direct and 175 connecting flights from Sacramento to San Diego. You can compare airfare deals from 5 airlines and multiple travel sites from $42, book and save on cheap plane tickets and last minute offers. Also check out SMF-SAN flight schedule to find best flight time, convenient departure and arrival airports.

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Best Flights from Sacramento to San Diego Today

Take a look at the list of non stop flights and flights with layovers from Sacramento to San Diego with the lowest price of $42. The fastest direct flight takes 1h 34m and the fastest connecting – 3h 24m.

Price	Departure	Arrival	Flight Duration	Airline	Flight
from $44 Find flight	15:36 Sacramento Sacramento Intl	17:10 San Diego San Diego	1h 34m	Hawaiian Airlines	HA6144
from $44 Find flight	10:58 Sacramento Sacramento Intl	12:43 San Diego San Diego	1h 45m	Hawaiian Airlines	HA7091
from $45 Find flight	06:20 Sacramento Sacramento Intl	08:03 San Diego San Diego	1h 43m	Hawaiian Airlines	HA7092
from $45 Find flight	12:36 Sacramento Sacramento Intl	14:19 San Diego San Diego	1h 43m	Hawaiian Airlines	HA6298
from $48 Find flight	15:36 Sacramento Sacramento Intl	17:10 San Diego San Diego	1h 34m	Alaska Airlines	AS2178
from $48 Find flight	12:36 Sacramento Sacramento Intl	14:19 San Diego San Diego	1h 43m	Alaska Airlines	AS3014
from $76 Find flight	19:38 Sacramento Sacramento Intl	21:19 San Diego San Diego	1h 41m	Hawaiian Airlines	HA7093
from $42 Find flight	05:30 Sacramento Sacramento Intl	09:14 San Diego San Diego	3h 44m layover 1h 5m - Las Vegas	Spirit Airlines	NK2902 NK1496
from $49 Find flight	19:44 Sacramento Sacramento Intl	23:29 San Diego San Diego	3h 45m layover 1h 6m - Las Vegas	Spirit Airlines	NK2383 NK2390
from $56 Find flight	12:01 Sacramento Sacramento Intl	09:55+1 день San Diego San Diego	21h 54m layover 19h 12m - Las Vegas	Spirit Airlines	NK2173 NK1154
from $59 Find flight	19:26 Sacramento Sacramento Intl	23:00 San Diego San Diego	3h 34m layover 0h 55m - Las Vegas	Spirit Airlines	NK1650 NK1152
from $59 Find flight	12:01 Sacramento Sacramento Intl	17:55 San Diego San Diego	5h 54m layover 3h 10m - Las Vegas	Spirit Airlines	NK2173 NK1150
from $59 Find flight	12:01 Sacramento Sacramento Intl	23:00 San Diego San Diego	10h 59m layover 8h 18m - Las Vegas	Spirit Airlines	NK2173 NK1152
from $66 Find flight	18:48 Sacramento Sacramento Intl	18:19+1 день San Diego San Diego	23h 31m layover 20h 36m - Las Vegas	Frontier Airlines	F94144 F91465
from $75 Find flight	17:15 Sacramento Sacramento Intl	08:14+1 день San Diego San Diego	14h 59m layover 12h 16m - Las Vegas	Spirit Airlines	NK1486 NK1496
from $75 Find flight	17:15 Sacramento Sacramento Intl	10:45+1 день San Diego San Diego	17h 30m layover 14h 46m - Las Vegas	Spirit Airlines	NK1486 NK1475

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*Departure and arrival times - local. Prices indicated for one-way flights. Information updated on June 26, 2025

Flight Schedule Sacramento (California) to San Diego (California)

Full flight schedule will help you in detecting at what time planes fly from Sacramento to San Diego. 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
06:20 — 08:03	06:20 — 08:03 HA7092 Hawaiian Airlines Sacramento — San Diego	1h 43m	Find flight from$45
10:58 — 12:43	10:58 — 12:43 HA7091 Hawaiian Airlines Sacramento — San Diego	1h 45m	Find flight from$44
12:36 — 14:19	12:36 — 14:19 HA6298 Hawaiian Airlines Sacramento — San Diego	1h 43m	Find flight from$45
12:36 — 14:19	12:36 — 14:19 AS3014 Alaska Airlines Sacramento — San Diego	1h 43m	Find flight from$48
15:36 — 17:10	15:36 — 17:10 HA6144 Hawaiian Airlines Sacramento — San Diego	1h 34m	Find flight from$44
15:36 — 17:10	15:36 — 17:10 AS2178 Alaska Airlines Sacramento — San Diego	1h 34m	Find flight from$48
19:38 — 21:19	19:38 — 21:19 HA7093 Hawaiian Airlines Sacramento — San Diego	1h 41m	Find flight from$76
05:30 — 09:14	05:30 — 06:55 NK2902 Spirit Airlines Sacramento — Las Vegas 1h 5m stop 08:00 — 09:14 NK1496 Spirit Airlines Las Vegas — San Diego	3h 44m including layover	Find flight from$42
05:30 — 10:45	05:30 — 06:55 NK2902 Spirit Airlines Sacramento — Las Vegas 2h 35m stop 09:30 — 10:45 NK1475 Spirit Airlines Las Vegas — San Diego	5h 15m including layover	Find flight from$42
06:10 — 10:13	06:10 — 07:05 UA783 United Airlines Sacramento — San Francisco 1h 28m stop 08:33 — 10:13 UA1483 United Airlines San Francisco — San Diego	4h 3m including layover	Find flight from$89
10:05 — 15:08	10:05 — 11:08 UA5248 United Airlines Sacramento — San Francisco 2h 22m stop 14:45 — 16:23 UA1106 United Airlines San Francisco — San Diego	5h 3m including layover	Find flight from$90
11:00 — 17:47	12:57 — 14:55 HA7099 Hawaiian Airlines Sacramento — Seattle 1h 57m stop 16:59 — 19:49 HA6885 Hawaiian Airlines Seattle — San Diego	6h 47m including layover	Find flight from$123
11:11 — 16:30	11:11 — 12:15 UA5248 United Airlines Sacramento — San Francisco 2h 37m stop 14:52 — 16:30 UA1142 United Airlines San Francisco — San Diego	5h 19m including layover	Find flight from$89
14:31 — 20:48	14:31 — 15:35 UA5840 United Airlines Sacramento — San Francisco 3h 35m stop 19:10 — 20:48 UA1812 United Airlines San Francisco — San Diego	6h 17m including layover	Find flight from$90
14:31 — 18:23	14:31 — 15:35 UA5518 United Airlines Sacramento — San Francisco 1h 10m stop 16:45 — 18:23 UA1434 United Airlines San Francisco — San Diego	3h 52m including layover	Find flight from$96
17:15 — 08:14 +1 day	17:15 — 18:44 NK1486 Spirit Airlines Sacramento — Las Vegas 12h 16m stop 08:00 — 09:14 NK1496 Spirit Airlines Las Vegas — San Diego	14h 59m including layover	Find flight from$75
17:15 — 10:45 +1 day	17:15 — 18:44 NK1486 Spirit Airlines Sacramento — Las Vegas 14h 46m stop 09:30 — 10:45 NK1475 Spirit Airlines Las Vegas — San Diego	17h 30m including layover	Find flight from$75
18:48 — 18:19 +1 day	18:41 — 20:17 F94144 Frontier Airlines Sacramento — Las Vegas 20h 36m stop 16:56 — 18:19 F91465 Frontier Airlines Las Vegas — San Diego	23h 31m including layover	Find flight from$66
19:44 — 07:13 +1 day	19:37 — 21:07 NK2383 Spirit Airlines Sacramento — Las Vegas 8h 51m stop 06:00 — 07:13 NK2502 Spirit Airlines Las Vegas — San Diego	11h 29m including layover	Find flight from$46
19:44 — 23:29	19:37 — 21:07 NK2383 Spirit Airlines Sacramento — Las Vegas 1h 6m stop 22:42 — 23:56 NK2390 Spirit Airlines Las Vegas — San Diego	3h 45m including layover	Find flight from$49
20:35 — 00:13 +1 day	20:30 — 21:38 UA5961 United Airlines Sacramento — San Francisco 54m stop 22:35 — 00:15 UA2861 United Airlines San Francisco — San Diego	3h 38m including layover	Find flight from$89

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*Departure and arrival times - local. Updated on June 26, 2025

Flight Information

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

Distance between Sacramento and San Diego is 773 miles. Time difference between the cities is 0h. Airplanes depart 05:00 to 20:35 from 4 Sacramento airports and arrive 05:00 to 20:35 to 11 San Diego airports. Average flight time is 1h 43m.

The fastest flight 1h 34m
Average flight time 1h 43m
The earliest flight 05:00
The latest flight 20:35
Distance 481 ml

The cheapest months to travel to San Diego are june (from 49 $), august (from 57 $), october (from 59 $).

The most expensive months are may (from 73 $), july (from 62 $), september (from 60 $).

What is the lowest airfare Sacramento to San Diego?

The cheapest plane ticket found by our users is $42. This airfare is for economy class on one-way NK2902 flight by Spirit Airlines for August 27, 2025 which leaves Sacramento Intl in Sacramento at 05:30 am and arrives at San Diego San Diego at 14:11.

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Popular Airlines on the Route

The flight Sacramento — San Diego is served by 5 regular airlines and 2 low-cost airlines. Most of the flights on this route are operated by Alaska Airlines - 76 departures per week at the price of from $ 48 . And the most expensive tickets are offered by United Airlines airline - from $ 432.

Direct flights

There are 7 nonstop flights on the route. The fastest direct flight is HA6144 by Hawaiian Airlines takes 1h 34m and the cheapest is NK2902 by Spirit Airlines for $44.

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Connecting Flights

There are 175 flights with layovers on the route. The fastest connecting flight is UA5655 by United Airlines takes 3h 24m and the cheapest is NK2902 by Spirit Airlines for $42.

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HA - Hawaiian Airlines

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Airports

You can fly from Sacramento to San Diego from 4 airports (Mcclellan AFB, Executive, Sacramento Intl, Mather AFB).

Sacramento airports

Mcclellan AFB-MCC

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Sacramento Intl-SMF

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Mather AFB-MHR

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San Diego airports

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North Island NAS-NZY

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Brown Field Municipal-SDM

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Airplanes

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

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