Cheap Flights from San Diego, CA to San Francisco, CA from $28

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On Cheapflightsplus.com you will find 50 direct and 330 connecting flights from San Diego to San Francisco. You can compare airfare deals from 9 airlines and multiple travel sites from $28, book and save on cheap plane tickets and last minute offers. Also check out SAN-SFO flight schedule to find best flight time, convenient departure and arrival airports.

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Best Flights from San Diego to San Francisco Today

Take a look at the list of non stop flights and flights with layovers from San Diego to San Francisco with the lowest price of $28. The fastest direct flight takes 1h 35m and the fastest connecting – 3h 14m.

Price	Departure	Arrival	Flight Duration	Airline	Flight
from $28 Find flight	13:59 San Diego San Diego	15:35 San Francisco San Francisco	1h 36m	Frontier Airlines	F93381
from $29 Find flight	20:18 San Diego San Diego	21:59 San Francisco San Francisco	1h 41m	Frontier Airlines	F94305
from $53 Find flight	19:55 San Diego San Diego	21:36 San Francisco San Francisco	1h 41m	Alaska Airlines	AS1005
from $54 Find flight	15:58 San Diego San Diego	17:40 San Francisco San Francisco	1h 42m	Alaska Airlines	AS3473
from $54 Find flight	17:27 San Diego San Diego	19:09 San Francisco San Francisco	1h 42m	Alaska Airlines	AS3423
from $54 Find flight	08:00 San Diego San Diego	09:44 San Francisco San Francisco	1h 44m	Alaska Airlines	AS3463
from $54 Find flight	06:15 San Diego San Diego	08:00 San Francisco San Francisco	1h 45m	Alaska Airlines	AS2180
from $54 Find flight	21:59 San Diego San Diego	23:45 San Francisco San Francisco	1h 46m	Alaska Airlines	AS3458
from $65 Find flight	10:55 San Diego San Diego	12:37 San Francisco San Francisco	1h 42m	Alaska Airlines	AS2259
from $84 Find flight	08:00 San Diego San Diego	09:41 San Francisco San Francisco	1h 41m	Alaska Airlines	AS3302
from $93 Find flight	06:15 San Diego San Diego	07:54 San Francisco San Francisco	1h 39m	United Airlines	UA1986
from $97 Find flight	20:55 San Diego San Diego	22:30 San Francisco San Francisco	1h 35m	Alaska Airlines	AS717
from $105 Find flight	08:00 San Diego San Diego	09:35 San Francisco San Francisco	1h 35m	Southwest Airlines	WN5230
from $105 Find flight	08:00 San Diego San Diego	09:39 San Francisco San Francisco	1h 39m	United Airlines	UA1898
from $114 Find flight	21:55 San Diego San Diego	23:32 San Francisco San Francisco	1h 37m	Alaska Airlines	AS3431
from $115 Find flight	14:25 San Diego San Diego	16:00 San Francisco San Francisco	1h 35m	Southwest Airlines	WN2180

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*Departure and arrival times - local. Prices indicated for one-way flights. Information updated on April 04, 2025

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

Full flight schedule will help you in detecting at what time planes fly from San Diego 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
06:15 — 08:00	06:15 — 08:00 AS2180 Alaska Airlines San Diego — San Francisco	1h 45m	Find flight from$54
06:15 — 07:54	06:15 — 07:54 UA1986 United Airlines San Diego — San Francisco	1h 39m	Find flight from$93
07:45 — 09:30	07:45 — 09:30 UA2051 United Airlines San Diego — San Francisco	1h 45m	Find flight from$106
08:00 — 09:44	08:00 — 09:44 AS3463 Alaska Airlines San Diego — San Francisco	1h 44m	Find flight from$54
08:00 — 09:41	08:00 — 09:41 AS3302 Alaska Airlines San Diego — San Francisco	1h 41m	Find flight from$84
08:00 — 09:45	08:00 — 09:45 AS3430 Alaska Airlines San Diego — San Francisco	1h 45m	Find flight from$89
08:00 — 09:35	08:00 — 09:35 WN5230 Southwest Airlines San Diego — San Francisco	1h 35m	Find flight from$105
08:00 — 09:39	08:00 — 09:39 UA1898 United Airlines San Diego — San Francisco	1h 39m	Find flight from$105
08:00 — 09:39	08:00 — 09:39 UA2224 United Airlines San Diego — San Francisco	1h 39m	Find flight from$117
10:24 — 12:15	10:24 — 12:15 AS2058 Alaska Airlines San Diego — San Francisco	1h 51m	Find flight from$120
10:35 — 12:14	10:35 — 12:14 UA2309 United Airlines San Diego — San Francisco	1h 39m	Find flight from$117
10:55 — 12:37	10:55 — 12:37 AS2259 Alaska Airlines San Diego — San Francisco	1h 42m	Find flight from$65
11:00 — 12:41	11:00 — 12:41 AS3301 Alaska Airlines San Diego — San Francisco	1h 41m	Find flight from$67
11:00 — 12:41	11:00 — 12:41 AA9276 American Airlines San Diego — San Francisco	1h 41m	Find flight from$157
11:05 — 12:45	11:05 — 12:45 WN3800 Southwest Airlines San Diego — San Francisco	1h 40m	Find flight from$115
12:00 — 13:39	12:00 — 13:39 UA1763 United Airlines San Diego — San Francisco	1h 39m	Find flight from$93
12:03 — 13:48	12:03 — 13:48 UA375 United Airlines San Diego — San Francisco	1h 45m	Find flight from$94
12:40 — 14:19	12:40 — 14:19 UA1667 United Airlines San Diego — San Francisco	1h 39m	Find flight from$117
13:34 — 15:17	13:34 — 15:17 AS3352 Alaska Airlines San Diego — San Francisco	1h 43m	Find flight from$65
13:40 — 15:25	13:40 — 15:25 UA2381 United Airlines San Diego — San Francisco	1h 45m	Find flight from$155
13:59 — 15:35	13:59 — 15:35 F93381 Frontier Airlines San Diego — San Francisco	1h 36m	Find flight from$28
13:59 — 15:41	13:59 — 15:41 AS3351 Alaska Airlines San Diego — San Francisco	1h 42m	Find flight from$84
14:18 — 15:59	14:18 — 15:59 AS2215 Alaska Airlines San Diego — San Francisco	1h 41m	Find flight from$89
14:25 — 16:00	14:25 — 16:00 WN2180 Southwest Airlines San Diego — San Francisco	1h 35m	Find flight from$115
14:35 — 16:16	14:35 — 16:16 AS3434 Alaska Airlines San Diego — San Francisco	1h 41m	Find flight from$97
14:35 — 16:16	14:35 — 16:16 AA9336 American Airlines San Diego — San Francisco	1h 41m	Find flight from$140
15:58 — 17:40	15:58 — 17:40 AS3473 Alaska Airlines San Diego — San Francisco	1h 42m	Find flight from$54
15:58 — 17:34	15:58 — 17:34 AS3357 Alaska Airlines San Diego — San Francisco	1h 36m	Find flight from$253
16:10 — 17:49	16:10 — 17:49 UA2117 United Airlines San Diego — San Francisco	1h 39m	Find flight from$105
17:00 — 18:43	17:00 — 18:43 AS3418 Alaska Airlines San Diego — San Francisco	1h 43m	Find flight from$179
17:00 — 18:35	17:00 — 18:35 AS2084 Alaska Airlines San Diego — San Francisco	1h 35m	Find flight from$253
17:09 — 18:51	17:09 — 18:51 AS3421 Alaska Airlines San Diego — San Francisco	1h 42m	Find flight from$67
17:15 — 18:54	17:15 — 18:54 UA2110 United Airlines San Diego — San Francisco	1h 39m	Find flight from$105
17:25 — 19:11	17:25 — 19:11 UA1849 United Airlines San Diego — San Francisco	1h 46m	Find flight from$131
17:27 — 19:09	17:27 — 19:09 AS3423 Alaska Airlines San Diego — San Francisco	1h 42m	Find flight from$54
18:52 — 20:31	18:52 — 20:31 UA456 United Airlines San Diego — San Francisco	1h 39m	Find flight from$93
18:56 — 20:35	18:56 — 20:35 UA2495 United Airlines San Diego — San Francisco	1h 39m	Find flight from$117
19:25 — 21:05	19:25 — 21:05 WN237 Southwest Airlines San Diego — San Francisco	1h 40m	Find flight from$105
19:45 — 21:24	19:45 — 21:24 UA505 United Airlines San Diego — San Francisco	1h 39m	Find flight from$93
19:45 — 21:24	19:45 — 21:24 UA564 United Airlines San Diego — San Francisco	1h 39m	Find flight from$106
19:55 — 21:36	19:55 — 21:36 AS1005 Alaska Airlines San Diego — San Francisco	1h 41m	Find flight from$53
20:18 — 21:59	20:18 — 21:59 F94305 Frontier Airlines San Diego — San Francisco	1h 41m	Find flight from$29
20:55 — 22:30	20:55 — 22:30 AS717 Alaska Airlines San Diego — San Francisco	1h 35m	Find flight from$97
21:55 — 23:38	21:55 — 23:38 AS3329 Alaska Airlines San Diego — San Francisco	1h 43m	Find flight from$89
21:55 — 23:32	21:55 — 23:32 AS3431 Alaska Airlines San Diego — San Francisco	1h 37m	Find flight from$114
21:59 — 23:45	21:59 — 23:45 AS3458 Alaska Airlines San Diego — San Francisco	1h 46m	Find flight from$54
06:25 — 12:49	06:25 — 09:59 F92818 Frontier Airlines San Diego — Denver 1h 1m stop 18:23 — 20:12 F91093 Frontier Airlines Denver — San Francisco	6h 24m including layover	Find flight from$59
08:00 — 07:45 +1 day	08:00 — 09:21 NK1499 Spirit Airlines San Diego — Las Vegas 20h 39m stop 06:00 — 07:45 F93801 Frontier Airlines Las Vegas — San Francisco	23h 45m including layover	Find flight from$73
10:35 — 07:16 +1 day	10:35 — 12:03 F91326 Frontier Airlines San Diego — Las Vegas 17h 27m stop 05:30 — 07:16 F93801 Frontier Airlines Las Vegas — San Francisco	20h 41m including layover	Find flight from$67
15:58 — 00:09 +1 day	14:37 — 18:09 F94990 Frontier Airlines San Diego — Denver 2h 49m stop 21:37 — 23:27 F93439 Frontier Airlines Denver — San Francisco	8h 11m including layover	Find flight from$65
18:57 — 07:45 +1 day	18:57 — 20:16 NK2908 Spirit Airlines San Diego — Las Vegas 9h 44m stop 06:00 — 07:45 F93801 Frontier Airlines Las Vegas — San Francisco	12h 48m including layover	Find flight from$73
18:57 — 13:43 +1 day	18:57 — 20:16 NK2908 Spirit Airlines San Diego — Las Vegas 15h 41m stop 11:57 — 13:43 F94157 Frontier Airlines Las Vegas — San Francisco	18h 46m including layover	Find flight from$73

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*Departure and arrival times - local. Updated on April 4, 2025

Flight Information

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

Distance between San Diego and San Francisco is 719 miles. Time difference between the cities is 0h. Airplanes depart 06:15 to 21:59 from 11 San Diego airport and arrive 06:15 to 21:59 to 3 San Francisco airports. Average flight time is 1h 41m.

The fastest flight 1h 35m
Average flight time 1h 41m
The earliest flight 06:15
The latest flight 21:59
Distance 447 ml

The cheapest months to travel to San Francisco are november (from 28 $), january (from 29 $), february (from 29 $).

The most expensive months are december (from 65 $), february (from 29 $), january (from 29 $).

What is the lowest airfare San Diego to San Francisco?

The cheapest plane ticket found by our users is $28. This airfare is for economy class on one-way F93381 flight by Frontier Airlines for February 21, 2025 which leaves San Diego in San Diego at 13:59 am and arrives at San Francisco San Francisco at 15:35.

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Popular Airlines on the Route

The flight San Diego — San Francisco is served by 9 regular airlines and 4 low-cost airlines. Most of the flights on this route are operated by United Airlines - 67 departures per week at the price of from $ 93 . And the most expensive tickets are offered by United Airlines airline - from $ 809.

Direct flights

There are 50 nonstop flights on the route. The fastest direct flight is AS717 by Alaska Airlines takes 1h 35m and the cheapest is F93381 by Frontier Airlines for $28.

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AA - American Airlines

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Connecting Flights

There are 330 flights with layovers on the route. The fastest connecting flight is UA5249 by United Airlines takes 3h 14m and the cheapest is F93381 by Frontier Airlines for $59.

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AA - American Airlines

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AS - Alaska Airlines

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F9 - Frontier Airlines

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DL - Delta Air Lines Inc.

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WS - WestJet

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AM - Aeromexico

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NK - Spirit Airlines

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Airports

You can fly from San Diego to San Francisco from 11 airports (San Diego, San Diego Regional, Gillespie Field, Golden Triangle Reg., El Cajon, Lowndes County, Miramar NAS, Montgomery Field, North Island NAS, Brown Field Municipal, AFB).

San Diego airports

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San Francisco airports

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Airplanes

There are flights to San Francisco from San Diego by 9 airlines that use 10 aircraft brands. They range from huge modern airplanes to small-sized.

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Boeing 737-100/200

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Embraer 175 (short wing)

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Boeing 737 MAX 8

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Embraer 170

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Boeing 737

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Boeing 737-800

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Embraer 175

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A220-300

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Boeing 737 MAX 9

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Top Domestic Destinations from San Diego

You may also consider searching for discounted plane tickets to some other popular places from San Diego within United States.

San Diego — Las Vegas

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San Diego — Seattle

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San Diego — New York

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San Diego — San Francisco

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San Diego — Denver

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San Diego — Phoenix

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San Diego — Chicago

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San Diego — Sacramento

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San Diego — Dallas

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San Diego — Boston

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Top International Destinations from San Diego

Our state-of-the art metasearch will definitely provide you with the best airfare on international flights. We’re proud to partner with many reliable travel suppliers located outside the US what gives us an opportunity to offer the most competitive prices on far destinations.

San Diego — San Jose

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San Diego — London

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San Diego — Vancouver

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San Diego — Tokyo

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San Diego — Cancun

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San Diego — Paris

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San Diego — Toronto

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San Diego — Rome

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San Diego — Madrid

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San Diego — Calgary

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