Flights from San Diego Airport (SAN) to San Francisco Airport Airport (SFO)

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Flights are available to San Diego International Airport from San Francisco International with a choice of 25 airliners, NetJets, Air China, Iberia, Frontier, Emirates, Asiana Airlines, Qantas, Jet Linx Aviation, Fiji Airways, Copa Airlines, Swiss, ITA Airways, Alaska Horizon, Condor, All Nippon Airways, Lufthansa, Air New Zealand, British Airways, Cathay Pacific, Southwest Airlines, Alaska Airlines, Virgin Australia, United Airlines, American Airlines and Air Canada. The distance covered when flying from San Diego International Airport to San Francisco International United States is 719 Km (447 Miles) with the travel time being around 1 Hour 39 Minutes. SAN is the Airport code for San Diego International Airport and SFO is for San Francisco International United States.

Ticket prices are normally at a premium at weekends and can vary also with the time of day. It is normally worth booking flights well in advance if possible to get the best deal to San Francisco International United States perhaps midweek or late evening. Flights to San Francisco International United States normally go up in price the nearer the travel date, so it would be advisable to book as early as possible.

The table below shows the amount of daily flights in operation from San Diego International Airport (SAN) to San Francisco International (SFO).

Flights Chart
AirlinerMoTuWeThFrSaSuFirst FlightLast FlightFlights
United Airlines967300006:2019:41VIEW FLIGHTS
American Airlines887200007:4320:35VIEW FLIGHTS
Air Canada967300006:2019:41VIEW FLIGHTS
Virgin Australia967200006:2019:41VIEW FLIGHTS
Alaska Airlines665200007:4320:35VIEW FLIGHTS
Southwest Airlines544200006:2020:45VIEW FLIGHTS
Cathay Pacific444200007:4320:35VIEW FLIGHTS
British Airways444000010:1320:35VIEW FLIGHTS
Air New Zealand333200006:2016:09VIEW FLIGHTS
Lufthansa433000011:0118:27VIEW FLIGHTS
Condor222100009:0110:13VIEW FLIGHTS
All Nippon Airways222100007:1509:26VIEW FLIGHTS
Swiss222000013:3916:09VIEW FLIGHTS
ITA Airways330000009:2611:55VIEW FLIGHTS
Alaska Horizon222000010:1317:42VIEW FLIGHTS
Copa Airlines203000013:3919:41VIEW FLIGHTS
Qantas040000010:1317:42VIEW FLIGHTS
Jet Linx Aviation111100007:4307:43VIEW FLIGHTS
Fiji Airways202000015:1717:42VIEW FLIGHTS
Frontier111000019:1519:15VIEW FLIGHTS
Emirates111000011:5511:55VIEW FLIGHTS
Asiana Airlines111000016:0919:41VIEW FLIGHTS
Iberia020000010:1313:15VIEW FLIGHTS
NetJets001000014:0014:00VIEW FLIGHTS
Air China001000009:2609:26VIEW FLIGHTS

The greatest amount of direct flights offered from San Diego International Airport to San Francisco International United States are by United Airlines with around 25 flights a week. The earliest flight is available at 06:20 and the latest flights at 19:41 with the most popular flight number being UA1302, UA1763, UA2117 and UA2274.

united.com is available for information regarding booking flights etc with United Airlines.

Please see below the times of flights. These times and frequency may vary at different times of the year please visit the website for more information.

Flights Time In WeekDays
DayFlight TimesFlights
Monday
06:20
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA2830
Air New ZealandNZ9643
Air CanadaAC5312
Southwest AirlinesWN4113
Virgin AustraliaVA8433
07:15
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA2274
Air New ZealandNZ9598
Air CanadaAC4193
All Nippon AirwaysNH7317
Virgin AustraliaVA8437
07:43
AirlineFlightNo
Alaska AirlinesAS3463
American AirlinesAA9336
Cathay PacificCX7945
Jet Linx AviationJL5461
09:01
AirlineFlightNo
Alaska AirlinesAS3305
American AirlinesAA9403
Cathay PacificCX7929
CondorDE5146
09:26
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA520
Air CanadaAC4162
All Nippon AirwaysNH7301
Virgin AustraliaVA8439
ITA AirwaysAZ4448
09:55
AirlineFlightNo
Southwest AirlinesWN276
10:13
AirlineFlightNo
American AirlinesAA9305
Cathay PacificCX7927
CondorDE5144
Alaska HorizonAS2455
11:01
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA2309
Air CanadaAC4450
LufthansaLH9223
Virgin AustraliaVA8434
ITA AirwaysAZ4481
11:55
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA2428
Air CanadaAC4097
LufthansaLH8951
Virgin AustraliaVA8522
EmiratesEK6345
ITA AirwaysAZ4486
12:50
AirlineFlightNo
Southwest AirlinesWN3062
13:15
AirlineFlightNo
Alaska AirlinesAS3352
American AirlinesAA7456
British AirwaysBA6433
13:39
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA1763
Air CanadaAC5053
Virgin AustraliaVA8436
SwissLX3237
15:17
AirlineFlightNo
Alaska AirlinesAS3013
American AirlinesAA9373
British AirwaysBA6435
16:09
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA2117
Air New ZealandNZ9583
Air CanadaAC4471
LufthansaLH8955
Virgin AustraliaVA8435
SwissLX3273
16:17
AirlineFlightNo
Fiji AirwaysFJ5839
Alaska AirlinesAS3473
American AirlinesAA9335
16:45
AirlineFlightNo
Southwest AirlinesWN4114
17:42
AirlineFlightNo
Fiji AirwaysFJ5837
American AirlinesAA9383
British AirwaysBA6431
Alaska HorizonAS2290
18:27
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA1302
Air CanadaAC4535
LufthansaLH9297
Virgin AustraliaVA8438
Copa AirlinesCM2518
19:15
AirlineFlightNo
FrontierF93383
19:41
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA2278
Air CanadaAC4236
Virgin AustraliaVA8583
Asiana AirlinesOZ6308
Copa AirlinesCM2519
20:35
AirlineFlightNo
Alaska AirlinesAS1406
American AirlinesAA9382
British AirwaysBA6429
Cathay PacificCX7863
20:45
AirlineFlightNo
Southwest AirlinesWN163
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Tuesday
06:30
AirlineFlightNo
Southwest AirlinesWN4113
07:15
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA2274
Air New ZealandNZ9598
Air CanadaAC4193
All Nippon AirwaysNH7317
Virgin AustraliaVA8437
07:43
AirlineFlightNo
Alaska AirlinesAS3463
American AirlinesAA9336
Cathay PacificCX7945
Jet Linx AviationJL5461
09:01
AirlineFlightNo
Alaska AirlinesAS3305
American AirlinesAA9403
Cathay PacificCX7929
CondorDE5146
09:26
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA520
Air CanadaAC4162
All Nippon AirwaysNH7301
Virgin AustraliaVA8439
ITA AirwaysAZ4448
10:13
AirlineFlightNo
American AirlinesAA9305
Cathay PacificCX7927
IberiaIB7287
CondorDE5144
QantasQF3777
Alaska HorizonAS2455
10:55
AirlineFlightNo
Southwest AirlinesWN276
11:01
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA2309
Air New ZealandNZ9643
Air CanadaAC4450
LufthansaLH9223
Virgin AustraliaVA8434
ITA AirwaysAZ4481
11:55
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA2428
Air CanadaAC4097
LufthansaLH8951
Virgin AustraliaVA8522
EmiratesEK6345
ITA AirwaysAZ4486
13:15
AirlineFlightNo
Alaska AirlinesAS3352
American AirlinesAA7456
British AirwaysBA6433
IberiaIB7358
QantasQF3798
13:39
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA1763
Air CanadaAC5053
Virgin AustraliaVA8436
SwissLX3237
15:17
AirlineFlightNo
Alaska AirlinesAS3013
American AirlinesAA9373
British AirwaysBA6435
QantasQF3760
16:09
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA2117
Air New ZealandNZ9583
Air CanadaAC4471
LufthansaLH8955
Virgin AustraliaVA8435
Asiana AirlinesOZ6308
SwissLX3273
16:17
AirlineFlightNo
Alaska AirlinesAS3473
American AirlinesAA9335
16:50
AirlineFlightNo
Southwest AirlinesWN4114
17:42
AirlineFlightNo
American AirlinesAA9383
British AirwaysBA6431
QantasQF3743
Alaska HorizonAS2290
19:15
AirlineFlightNo
FrontierF93383
19:45
AirlineFlightNo
Alaska AirlinesAS1406
American AirlinesAA9382
British AirwaysBA6429
Cathay PacificCX7863
20:20
AirlineFlightNo
Southwest AirlinesWN163
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Wednesday
06:30
AirlineFlightNo
Southwest AirlinesWN4113
07:15
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA2274
Air New ZealandNZ9598
Air CanadaAC4193
All Nippon AirwaysNH7317
Virgin AustraliaVA8437
07:43
AirlineFlightNo
Alaska AirlinesAS3463
American AirlinesAA9336
Cathay PacificCX7945
Jet Linx AviationJL5461
09:01
AirlineFlightNo
Alaska AirlinesAS3305
American AirlinesAA9403
Cathay PacificCX7929
CondorDE5146
09:26
AirlineFlightNo
Air ChinaCA7304
United AirlinesUA520
Air CanadaAC4162
All Nippon AirwaysNH7301
Virgin AustraliaVA8439
10:13
AirlineFlightNo
American AirlinesAA9305
British AirwaysBA6433
Cathay PacificCX7927
CondorDE5144
Alaska HorizonAS2455
10:55
AirlineFlightNo
Southwest AirlinesWN276
11:01
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA2309
Air New ZealandNZ9643
Air CanadaAC4450
LufthansaLH9223
Virgin AustraliaVA8434
11:55
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA2428
Air CanadaAC4097
LufthansaLH8951
Virgin AustraliaVA8522
EmiratesEK6345
13:39
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA1763
Air CanadaAC5053
Virgin AustraliaVA8436
Copa AirlinesCM2516
SwissLX3237
14:00
AirlineFlightNo
NetJetsEJA784
15:17
AirlineFlightNo
Fiji AirwaysFJ5839
Alaska AirlinesAS3013
American AirlinesAA9373
British AirwaysBA6435
16:09
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA2117
Air New ZealandNZ9583
Air CanadaAC4471
LufthansaLH8955
Virgin AustraliaVA8435
Copa AirlinesCM2521
SwissLX3273
16:17
AirlineFlightNo
Alaska AirlinesAS3473
American AirlinesAA9335
16:50
AirlineFlightNo
Southwest AirlinesWN4114
17:42
AirlineFlightNo
Fiji AirwaysFJ5837
American AirlinesAA9383
British AirwaysBA6431
Alaska HorizonAS2290
19:15
AirlineFlightNo
FrontierF93383
19:41
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA2278
Air CanadaAC4236
Virgin AustraliaVA8583
Asiana AirlinesOZ6308
Copa AirlinesCM2519
19:45
AirlineFlightNo
Alaska AirlinesAS1406
American AirlinesAA9382
British AirwaysBA6429
Cathay PacificCX7863
20:20
AirlineFlightNo
Southwest AirlinesWN163
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Thursday
06:20
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA2830
Air New ZealandNZ9643
Air CanadaAC5312
Virgin AustraliaVA8433
07:05
AirlineFlightNo
Southwest AirlinesWN4607
07:15
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA2274
Air New ZealandNZ9598
Air CanadaAC4193
All Nippon AirwaysNH7317
Virgin AustraliaVA8437
07:43
AirlineFlightNo
Alaska AirlinesAS3463
American AirlinesAA9336
Cathay PacificCX7945
Jet Linx AviationJL5461
09:01
AirlineFlightNo
Alaska AirlinesAS3305
American AirlinesAA9403
Cathay PacificCX7929
CondorDE5146
09:26
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA520
Air CanadaAC4162
09:35
AirlineFlightNo
Southwest AirlinesWN3532
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You may instead fly from San Diego International Airport and arrive at San Francisco International by an alternative airport or airports. The summary of this is in the table below.

Alternative Direct Routes
RouteStopsDistanceFlying Time
Burbank to San Francisco 0525 km (326 miles)1 Hour 26 Minutes
Carlsbad Mc Clellan Palomar to San Francisco 0680 km (423 miles)1 Hour 37 Minutes
Hawthorne to San Francisco 0549 km (341 miles)1 Hour 27 Minutes
Los Angeles to San Francisco 0543 km (337 miles)1 Hour 27 Minutes
Long Beach to San Francisco 0569 km (354 miles)1 Hour 29 Minutes
Ontario to San Francisco 0585 km (363 miles)1 Hour 30 Minutes
Palm Springs Municipal to San Francisco 0677 km (420 miles)1 Hour 36 Minutes
San Bernardino Norton Afb to San Francisco 0606 km (377 miles)1 Hour 32 Minutes
Santa Ana John Wayne to San Francisco 0598 km (372 miles)1 Hour 31 Minutes
Los Angeles Van Nuys to San Francisco 0516 km (320 miles)1 Hour 25 Minutes

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Flight Price FAQ - San Diego (SAN) to San Francisco (SFO)

DIRECT Frontier Airlines
What is the cheapest direct flight one way from San Diego SAN to San Francisco SFO?
The cheapest direct flight one way from San Diego SAN to San Francisco SFO is £20.99 ($28 €24.30)
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What is the cheapest direct return flight from San Diego SAN to San Francisco SFO?
The cheapest direct return flight from San Diego SAN to San Francisco SFO is £38.23 ($51 €44.25)
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Flight Info FAQ - San Diego (SAN) to San Francisco (SFO)

Who flies from San Diego to San Francisco?
The following airlines fly from San Diego (SAN) to San Francisco (SFO): Air Canada, Air China, Air New Zealand, Alaska Airlines, Alaska Horizon, All Nippon Airways, American Airlines, Asiana Airlines, British Airways, Cathay Pacific, Condor, Copa Airlines, Emirates, Fiji Airways, Frontier, Iberia, ITA Airways, Jet Linx Aviation, Lufthansa, NetJets, Qantas, Southwest Airlines, Swiss, United Airlines, Virgin Australia.
How far is the flight from San Diego to San Francisco?
The flight from San Diego to San Francisco is 719KM or 447 miles.
How long does the flight from San Diego to San Francisco to take?
The flight from San Diego to San Francisco takes 1 Hour 39 Minutes.

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