Cheap Flights from Washington D.C., DC to San Francisco, CA from $73

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On Cheapflightsplus.com you will find 27 direct and 372 connecting flights from Washington D.C. to San Francisco. You can compare airfare deals from 12 airlines and multiple travel sites from $73, book and save on cheap plane tickets and last minute offers. Also check out WAS-SFO flight schedule to find best flight time, convenient departure and arrival airports.

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Best Flights from Washington D.C. to San Francisco Today

Take a look at the list of non stop flights and flights with layovers from Washington D.C. to San Francisco with the lowest price of $73. The fastest direct flight takes 5h 50m and the fastest connecting – 7h 22m.

Price	Departure	Arrival	Flight Duration	Airline	Flight
from $320 Find flight	18:00 Washington D.C. Dulles International	20:50 San Francisco San Francisco	5h 50m	United Airlines	UA1757
from $335 Find flight	17:10 Washington D.C. Ronald Reagan	20:14 San Francisco San Francisco	6h 4m	Alaska Airlines	AS7
from $383 Find flight	19:39 Washington D.C. Dulles International	22:45 San Francisco San Francisco	6h 6m	United Airlines	UA674
from $410 Find flight	09:00 Washington D.C. Dulles International	11:56 San Francisco San Francisco	5h 56m	American Airlines	AA7437
from $448 Find flight	12:35 Washington D.C. Dulles International	15:44 San Francisco San Francisco	6h 9m	United Airlines	UA1657
from $73 Find flight	18:59 Washington D.C. Ronald Reagan	23:58 San Francisco San Francisco	7h 59m layover 1h 16m - Denver	Frontier Airlines	F9689 F93439
from $98 Find flight	07:00 Washington D.C. Ronald Reagan	12:47 San Francisco San Francisco	8h 47m layover 1h 39m - Denver	Frontier Airlines	F9685 F91229
from $99 Find flight	13:20 Washington D.C. Dulles International	22:05 San Francisco San Francisco	11h 45m layover 3h 57m - Atlanta	Frontier Airlines	F94707 F91447
from $177 Find flight	13:00 Washington D.C. Ronald Reagan	12:49+1 день San Francisco San Francisco	26h 49m layover 19h 52m - Denver	Frontier Airlines	F9687 F91997
from $204 Find flight	13:30 Washington D.C. Ronald Reagan	00:28+1 день San Francisco San Francisco	13h 58m layover 4h 48m - Miami	JetBlue	B61779 B6277
from $204 Find flight	11:33 Washington D.C. Ronald Reagan	00:28+1 день San Francisco San Francisco	15h 55m layover 6h 48m - Miami	JetBlue	B6579 B6277
from $211 Find flight	09:00 Washington D.C. Ronald Reagan	14:19 San Francisco San Francisco	8h 19m layover 0h 49m - Los Angeles	Alaska Airlines	AS5 AS2173
from $211 Find flight	09:00 Washington D.C. Ronald Reagan	16:21 San Francisco San Francisco	10h 21m layover 2h 43m - Los Angeles	Alaska Airlines	AS5 AS2146
from $231 Find flight	12:45 Washington D.C. Ronald Reagan	21:22 San Francisco San Francisco	11h 37m layover 3h 10m - Boston	JetBlue	B62254 B6733
from $246 Find flight	17:10 Washington D.C. Dulles International	22:05 San Francisco San Francisco	7h 55m layover 0h 38m - San Diego	Alaska Airlines	AS507 AS717
from $265 Find flight	17:25 Washington D.C. Dulles International	23:38 San Francisco San Francisco	9h 13m layover 1h 38m - San Diego	Alaska Airlines	AS507 AS3329

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

Flight Schedule Washington D.C. (District of Columbia) to San Francisco (California)

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Departure	Flight Details	Flight Duration	Price
06:31 — 09:34	06:31 — 09:34 UA1095 United Airlines Washington D.C. — San Francisco	6h 3m	Find flight from$320
08:30 — 11:21	08:30 — 11:21 UA1116 United Airlines Washington D.C. — San Francisco	5h 51m	Find flight from$320
09:00 — 11:56	09:00 — 11:56 AS435 Alaska Airlines Washington D.C. — San Francisco	5h 56m	Find flight from$339
09:00 — 11:56	09:00 — 11:56 AA7437 American Airlines Washington D.C. — San Francisco	5h 56m	Find flight from$410
12:35 — 15:42	12:35 — 15:42 UA1126 United Airlines Washington D.C. — San Francisco	6h 7m	Find flight from$325
12:35 — 15:49	12:35 — 15:49 UA1795 United Airlines Washington D.C. — San Francisco	6h 14m	Find flight from$325
12:35 — 15:42	12:35 — 15:42 UA636 United Airlines Washington D.C. — San Francisco	6h 7m	Find flight from$383
12:35 — 15:42	12:35 — 15:42 UA1392 United Airlines Washington D.C. — San Francisco	6h 7m	Find flight from$416
12:35 — 15:44	12:35 — 15:44 UA1657 United Airlines Washington D.C. — San Francisco	6h 9m	Find flight from$448
14:30 — 17:37	14:30 — 17:37 UA2228 United Airlines Washington D.C. — San Francisco	6h 7m	Find flight from$320
16:10 — 19:17	16:10 — 19:17 UA1318 United Airlines Washington D.C. — San Francisco	6h 7m	Find flight from$320
16:10 — 19:17	16:10 — 19:17 UA315 United Airlines Washington D.C. — San Francisco	6h 7m	Find flight from$350
16:35 — 22:57	16:35 — 22:57 UA2313 United Airlines Washington D.C. — San Francisco	9h 22m	Find flight from$410
17:10 — 20:14	17:10 — 20:14 AS7 Alaska Airlines Washington D.C. — San Francisco	6h 4m	Find flight from$335
17:59 — 21:14	17:59 — 21:14 UA698 United Airlines Washington D.C. — San Francisco	6h 15m	Find flight from$321
17:59 — 21:11	17:59 — 21:11 UA1970 United Airlines Washington D.C. — San Francisco	6h 12m	Find flight from$350
17:59 — 21:11	17:59 — 21:11 UA260 United Airlines Washington D.C. — San Francisco	6h 12m	Find flight from$449
18:00 — 20:50	18:00 — 20:50 UA1757 United Airlines Washington D.C. — San Francisco	5h 50m	Find flight from$320
18:00 — 20:50	18:00 — 20:50 UA769 United Airlines Washington D.C. — San Francisco	5h 50m	Find flight from$350
18:17 — 21:20	18:17 — 21:20 UA1666 United Airlines Washington D.C. — San Francisco	6h 3m	Find flight from$325
19:39 — 22:45	19:39 — 22:45 UA674 United Airlines Washington D.C. — San Francisco	6h 6m	Find flight from$383
19:53 — 22:55	19:53 — 22:55 UA1992 United Airlines Washington D.C. — San Francisco	6h 2m	Find flight from$350
20:49 — 23:55	20:49 — 23:55 UA739 United Airlines Washington D.C. — San Francisco	6h 6m	Find flight from$321
22:05 — 01:11 +1 day	22:05 — 01:11 UA2071 United Airlines Washington D.C. — San Francisco	6h 6m	Find flight from$321
22:05 — 01:07 +1 day	22:05 — 01:07 UA2136 United Airlines Washington D.C. — San Francisco	6h 2m	Find flight from$350
22:20 — 01:25 +1 day	22:20 — 01:25 UA1584 United Airlines Washington D.C. — San Francisco	6h 5m	Find flight from$321
22:25 — 01:27 +1 day	22:25 — 01:27 UA623 United Airlines Washington D.C. — San Francisco	6h 2m	Find flight from$320
07:00 — 12:49	07:00 — 09:14 F9685 Frontier Airlines Washington D.C. — Denver 1h 46m stop 11:00 — 12:49 F91093 Frontier Airlines Denver — San Francisco	8h 49m including layover	Find flight from$76
07:00 — 23:27	07:00 — 09:14 F9685 Frontier Airlines Washington D.C. — Denver 12h 23m stop 22:26 — 00:15 F93439 Frontier Airlines Denver — San Francisco	19h 27m including layover	Find flight from$79
08:00 — 15:35	08:00 — 11:00 AS1 Alaska Airlines Washington D.C. — Seattle 2h 19m stop 13:23 — 15:39 AS1304 Alaska Airlines Seattle — San Francisco	10h 35m including layover	Find flight from$329
09:00 — 14:19	09:00 — 12:03 AS5 Alaska Airlines Washington D.C. — Los Angeles 49m stop 12:52 — 14:19 AS2173 Alaska Airlines Los Angeles — San Francisco	8h 19m including layover	Find flight from$211
09:00 — 16:21	09:00 — 12:03 AS5 Alaska Airlines Washington D.C. — Los Angeles 2h 43m stop 14:59 — 16:26 AS2146 Alaska Airlines Los Angeles — San Francisco	10h 21m including layover	Find flight from$211
11:33 — 00:28 +1 day	11:33 — 14:11 B6579 JetBlue Washington D.C. — Miami 6h 48m stop 20:59 — 00:28 B6277 JetBlue Miami — San Francisco	15h 55m including layover	Find flight from$204
12:45 — 21:22	12:45 — 14:15 B62254 JetBlue Washington D.C. — Boston 3h 10m stop 17:25 — 21:22 B6733 JetBlue Boston — San Francisco	11h 37m including layover	Find flight from$231
13:00 — 19:14	13:00 — 15:08 F9687 Frontier Airlines Washington D.C. — Denver 2h 34m stop 11:00 — 12:49 F91093 Frontier Airlines Denver — San Francisco	9h 14m including layover	Find flight from$79
13:00 — 23:27	13:00 — 15:08 F9687 Frontier Airlines Washington D.C. — Denver 6h 29m stop 22:26 — 00:15 F93439 Frontier Airlines Denver — San Francisco	13h 27m including layover	Find flight from$79
14:35 — 22:55	14:35 — 17:22 DL2576 Delta Air Lines Inc. Washington D.C. — Miami 2h 8m stop 19:30 — 22:55 AA2426 American Airlines Miami — San Francisco	11h 20m including layover	Find flight from$286
17:10 — 22:05	17:15 — 19:55 AS507 Alaska Airlines Washington D.C. — San Diego 38m stop 20:55 — 22:30 AS717 Alaska Airlines San Diego — San Francisco	7h 55m including layover	Find flight from$246
17:25 — 23:38	17:25 — 20:17 AS507 Alaska Airlines Washington D.C. — San Diego 1h 38m stop 21:55 — 23:38 AS3329 Alaska Airlines San Diego — San Francisco	9h 13m including layover	Find flight from$265
18:59 — 23:58	18:00 — 20:08 F9689 Frontier Airlines Washington D.C. — Denver 1h 16m stop 22:26 — 00:15 F93439 Frontier Airlines Denver — San Francisco	7h 59m including layover	Find flight from$73
18:59 — 08:13 +1 day	18:00 — 20:08 F9689 Frontier Airlines Washington D.C. — Denver 9h 31m stop 11:00 — 12:49 F91093 Frontier Airlines Denver — San Francisco	16h 14m including layover	Find flight from$80
22:11 — 07:49 +1 day	22:11 — 00:15 UA507 United Airlines Washington D.C. — Denver 5h 45m stop 06:00 — 07:49 UA573 United Airlines Denver — San Francisco	12h 38m including layover	Find flight from$301

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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 Washington D.C. to San Francisco depends on and how to choose the most interesting flight option for you.

Distance between Washington D.C. and San Francisco is 3920 miles. Time difference between the cities is 3h. Airplanes depart 05:00 to 22:30 from 2 Washington D.C. airports and arrive 05:00 to 22:30 to 3 San Francisco airports. Average flight time is 6h 6m.

The fastest flight 5h 50m
Average flight time 6h 6m
The earliest flight 05:00
The latest flight 22:30
Distance 2436 ml

The cheapest months to travel to San Francisco are november (from 73 $), february (from 80 $), january (from 98 $).

The most expensive months are december (from 99 $), january (from 98 $), february (from 80 $).

What is the lowest airfare Washington D.C. to San Francisco?

The cheapest plane ticket found by our users is $73. This airfare is for economy class on one-way F9689 flight by Frontier Airlines for February 21, 2025 which leaves Ronald Reagan in Washington D.C. at 18:59 am and arrives at San Francisco San Francisco at 23:58.

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Popular Airlines on the Route

The flight Washington D.C. — San Francisco is served by 12 regular airlines and 4 low-cost airlines. Most of the flights on this route are operated by American Airlines - 67 departures per week at the price of from $ 333 . And the most expensive tickets are offered by SWISS International Air Lines airline - from $ 7565.

Direct flights

There are 27 nonstop flights on the route. The fastest direct flight is UA1757 by United Airlines takes 5h 50m and the cheapest is F9689 by Frontier Airlines for $320.

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Connecting Flights

There are 372 flights with layovers on the route. The fastest connecting flight is UA6118 by United Airlines takes 7h 22m and the cheapest is F9689 by Frontier Airlines for $73.

AA - American Airlines

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AS - Alaska Airlines

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F9 - Frontier Airlines

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B6 - JetBlue

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PD - Porter Airlines

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TK - Turkish Airlines

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DL - Delta Air Lines Inc.

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UA - United Airlines

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AM - Aeromexico

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TP - TAP Portugal

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LX - SWISS International Air Lines

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TS - Air Transat

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Airports

You can fly from Washington D.C. to San Francisco from 2 airports (Dulles International, Ronald Reagan).

Washington D.C. airports

Dulles International-IAD

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Ronald Reagan-DCA

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San Francisco airports

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Embarkadero-EMB

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Airplanes

There are flights to San Francisco from Washington D.C. by 12 airlines that use 10 aircraft brands. They range from huge modern airplanes to small-sized.

Boeing 737-100/200

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Airbus A318/319/320/321

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Embraer Lineage 1000

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Airbus A319

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Boeing 737-900

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Boeing 737 MAX 8

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Boeing 737 MAX 9

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Canadair Regional Jet 900

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Boeing 737-800

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Embraer 175 (short wing)

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Top Domestic Destinations from Washington D.C.

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Washington D.C. — Seattle

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Washington D.C. — Boston

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Washington D.C. — Orlando

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Washington D.C. — Atlanta

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Washington D.C. — Los Angeles

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Washington D.C. — Tampa

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Washington D.C. — Nashville

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Top International Destinations from Washington D.C.

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.

Washington D.C. — London

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Washington D.C. — Paris

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Washington D.C. — Toronto

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Washington D.C. — Cancun

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Washington D.C. — Tokyo

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Washington D.C. — Montreal

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Washington D.C. — Dublin

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