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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 $51. The fastest direct flight takes 1h 37m and the fastest connecting – 3h 14m.

Price	Departure	Arrival	Flight Duration	Airline	Flight
from $51 Find flight	10:59 San Diego San Diego	12:41 San Francisco San Francisco	1h 42m	Alaska Airlines	AS3347
from $57 Find flight	12:23 San Diego San Diego	14:04 San Francisco San Francisco	1h 41m	Hawaiian Airlines	HA6542
from $58 Find flight	22:11 San Diego San Diego	23:50 San Francisco San Francisco	1h 39m	Hawaiian Airlines	HA6588
from $61 Find flight	22:11 San Diego San Diego	23:50 San Francisco San Francisco	1h 39m	Alaska Airlines	AS3343
from $62 Find flight	12:23 San Diego San Diego	14:04 San Francisco San Francisco	1h 41m	Alaska Airlines	AS3352
from $79 Find flight	07:39 San Diego San Diego	09:20 San Francisco San Francisco	1h 41m	Hawaiian Airlines	HA6577
from $83 Find flight	07:39 San Diego San Diego	09:20 San Francisco San Francisco	1h 41m	Alaska Airlines	AS3283
from $87 Find flight	13:58 San Diego San Diego	15:35 San Francisco San Francisco	1h 37m	United Airlines	UA1763
from $87 Find flight	16:11 San Diego San Diego	17:48 San Francisco San Francisco	1h 37m	United Airlines	UA2117
from $101 Find flight	16:49 San Diego San Diego	18:28 San Francisco San Francisco	1h 39m	Hawaiian Airlines	HA6463
from $87 Find flight	06:25 San Diego San Diego	22:33 San Francisco San Francisco	16h 8m layover 10h 43m - Denver	Frontier Airlines	F92818 F91093
from $92 Find flight	08:00 San Diego San Diego	21:21 San Francisco San Francisco	13h 21m layover 10h 3m - Las Vegas	Frontier Airlines	F91470 F94401
from $106 Find flight	12:41 San Diego San Diego	17:20 San Francisco San Francisco	4h 39m layover 1h 30m - Las Vegas	Hawaiian Airlines	HA6546 HA6145
from $113 Find flight	14:21 San Diego San Diego	17:46 San Francisco San Francisco	3h 25m layover 0h 45m - Los Angeles	United Airlines	UA5647 UA2019
from $116 Find flight	12:41 San Diego San Diego	17:20 San Francisco San Francisco	4h 39m layover 1h 30m - Las Vegas	Alaska Airlines	AS3336 AS634
from $134 Find flight	18:57 San Diego San Diego	07:52+1 день San Francisco San Francisco	12h 55m layover 9h 47m - Las Vegas	Alaska Airlines	AS3434 AS613

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*Departure and arrival times - local. Prices indicated for one-way flights. Information updated on August 27, 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
07:39 — 09:20	07:39 — 09:20 HA6577 Hawaiian Airlines San Diego — San Francisco	1h 41m	Find flight from$79
07:39 — 09:20	07:39 — 09:20 AS3283 Alaska Airlines San Diego — San Francisco	1h 41m	Find flight from$83
10:59 — 12:41	10:59 — 12:41 AS3347 Alaska Airlines San Diego — San Francisco	1h 42m	Find flight from$51
12:23 — 14:04	12:23 — 14:04 HA6542 Hawaiian Airlines San Diego — San Francisco	1h 41m	Find flight from$57
12:23 — 14:04	12:23 — 14:04 AS3352 Alaska Airlines San Diego — San Francisco	1h 41m	Find flight from$62
13:58 — 15:35	13:58 — 15:35 UA1763 United Airlines San Diego — San Francisco	1h 37m	Find flight from$87
16:11 — 17:48	16:11 — 17:48 UA2117 United Airlines San Diego — San Francisco	1h 37m	Find flight from$87
16:49 — 18:28	16:49 — 18:28 HA6463 Hawaiian Airlines San Diego — San Francisco	1h 39m	Find flight from$101
22:11 — 23:50	22:11 — 23:50 HA6588 Hawaiian Airlines San Diego — San Francisco	1h 39m	Find flight from$58
22:11 — 23:50	22:11 — 23:50 AS3343 Alaska Airlines San Diego — San Francisco	1h 39m	Find flight from$61
06:15 — 09:29	06:15 — 07:28 UA4723 United Airlines San Diego — Los Angeles 32m stop 08:00 — 09:29 UA1093 United Airlines Los Angeles — San Francisco	3h 14m including layover	Find flight from$135
06:25 — 22:33	06:25 — 10:02 F92818 Frontier Airlines San Diego — Denver 10h 43m stop 20:45 — 22:33 F91093 Frontier Airlines Denver — San Francisco	16h 8m including layover	Find flight from$87
08:00 — 21:21	08:00 — 09:31 F91470 Frontier Airlines San Diego — Las Vegas 10h 3m stop 19:33 — 21:22 F94401 Frontier Airlines Las Vegas — San Francisco	13h 21m including layover	Find flight from$92
08:10 — 17:20	08:10 — 09:37 AS3314 Alaska Airlines San Diego — Las Vegas 6h 2m stop 15:39 — 17:20 AS634 Alaska Airlines Las Vegas — San Francisco	9h 10m including layover	Find flight from$146
10:54 — 15:01	10:54 — 12:07 UA5249 United Airlines San Diego — Los Angeles 1h 28m stop 13:35 — 15:01 UA469 United Airlines Los Angeles — San Francisco	4h 7m including layover	Find flight from$238
14:21 — 17:46	14:21 — 15:35 UA5647 United Airlines San Diego — Los Angeles 45m stop 16:20 — 17:46 UA2019 United Airlines Los Angeles — San Francisco	3h 25m including layover	Find flight from$113
14:21 — 19:05	14:21 — 15:35 UA5647 United Airlines San Diego — Los Angeles 2h 4m stop 17:39 — 19:05 UA1363 United Airlines Los Angeles — San Francisco	4h 44m including layover	Find flight from$113
18:57 — 07:52 +1 day	18:32 — 19:54 AS3434 Alaska Airlines San Diego — Las Vegas 9h 47m stop 06:00 — 07:39 AS613 Alaska Airlines Las Vegas — San Francisco	12h 55m including layover	Find flight from$134
18:57 — 07:52 +1 day	18:57 — 20:23 HA6114 Hawaiian Airlines San Diego — Las Vegas 9h 47m stop 06:10 — 07:52 HA4933 Hawaiian Airlines Las Vegas — San Francisco	12h 55m including layover	Find flight from$156

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*Departure and arrival times - local. Updated on August 27, 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 22:11 from 11 San Diego airport and arrive 06:15 to 22:11 to 3 San Francisco airports. Average flight time is 1h 40m.

The fastest flight 1h 37m
Average flight time 1h 40m
The earliest flight 06:15
The latest flight 22:11
Distance 447 ml

The cheapest months to travel to San Francisco are may (from 51 $), june (from 56 $), july (from 57 $).

The most expensive months are september (from 91 $), october (from 87 $), august (from 57 $).

What is the lowest airfare San Diego to San Francisco?

The cheapest plane ticket found by our users is $51. This airfare is for economy class on one-way AS3347 flight by Alaska Airlines for August 28, 2025 which leaves San Diego in San Diego at 10:59 am and arrives at San Francisco San Francisco at 12:41.

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Popular Airlines on the Route

The flight San Diego — San Francisco is served by 5 regular airlines and 2 low-cost airlines. Most of the flights on this route are operated by United Airlines - 8 departures per week at the price of from $ 87 . And the most expensive tickets are offered by Alaska Airlines airline - from $ 478.

Direct flights

There are 10 nonstop flights on the route. The fastest direct flight is UA1763 by United Airlines takes 1h 37m and the cheapest is AS3347 by Alaska Airlines for $51.

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Connecting Flights

There are 24 flights with layovers on the route. The fastest connecting flight is UA4723 by United Airlines takes 3h 14m and the cheapest is AS3347 by Alaska Airlines for $87.

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F9 - Frontier 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).

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San Francisco airports

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Airplanes

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

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