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

Flights are available to San Diego International Airport from San Francisco International with a choice of 25 airliners, SpiritJets, Flexjet, Air China, Frontier, Emirates, Jet Linx Aviation, ITA Airways, Qantas, Fiji Airways, Asiana Airlines, Alaska Horizon, Swiss, All Nippon Airways, Cathay Pacific, British Airways, Air New Zealand, Qatar Airways, Copa Airlines, Lufthansa, Alaska Airlines, Southwest Airlines, American Airlines, Virgin Australia, United 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 Airlines016997906:1520:10VIEW FLIGHTS
Air Canada016997906:1521:25VIEW FLIGHTS
Virgin Australia016997806:1521:25VIEW FLIGHTS
American Airlines026776707:1023:59VIEW FLIGHTS
Southwest Airlines026774807:0022:45VIEW FLIGHTS
Alaska Airlines025556507:1021:57VIEW FLIGHTS
Lufthansa013444307:3018:26VIEW FLIGHTS
Qatar Airways003344408:5223:59VIEW FLIGHTS
Copa Airlines014521512:3721:25VIEW FLIGHTS
Cathay Pacific013333307:1018:35VIEW FLIGHTS
British Airways013333312:1518:35VIEW FLIGHTS
Air New Zealand013333306:1518:26VIEW FLIGHTS
All Nippon Airways002222206:1508:05VIEW FLIGHTS
Swiss002222113:3117:45VIEW FLIGHTS
Alaska Horizon001221212:1523:59VIEW FLIGHTS
Qantas002020207:1012:37VIEW FLIGHTS
Fiji Airways002020216:2518:35VIEW FLIGHTS
Asiana Airlines011111118:2621:25VIEW FLIGHTS
Jet Linx Aviation001111107:1008:52VIEW FLIGHTS
ITA Airways000302009:2011:25VIEW FLIGHTS
Emirates000111111:2013:07VIEW FLIGHTS
Frontier000110110:5612:51VIEW FLIGHTS
Air China001001007:3007:30VIEW FLIGHTS
SpiritJets0000010VIEW FLIGHTS
Flexjet0000010VIEW 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 41 flights a week. The earliest flight is available at 06:15 and the latest flights at 20:10 with the most popular flight number being UA1302, UA1763, UA1791 and UA1835.

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
Tuesday
18:26
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA1302
Air New ZealandNZ9583
Air CanadaAC4535
LufthansaLH9297
Virgin AustraliaVA8438
Asiana AirlinesOZ6308
Copa AirlinesCM2518
18:30
AirlineFlightNo
Southwest AirlinesWN375
18:35
AirlineFlightNo
Alaska AirlinesAS503
American AirlinesAA9382
British AirwaysBA6429
Cathay PacificCX7927
20:07
AirlineFlightNo
Alaska AirlinesAS1438
American AirlinesAA9373
21:35
AirlineFlightNo
Southwest AirlinesWN3296
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Wednesday
06:15
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA2322
07:00
AirlineFlightNo
Southwest AirlinesWN3738
07:10
AirlineFlightNo
American AirlinesAA9403
Cathay PacificCX7945
QantasQF3760
Jet Linx AviationJL5461
07:30
AirlineFlightNo
Air ChinaCA7304
Air New ZealandNZ9598
All Nippon AirwaysNH7317
LufthansaLH8951
08:05
AirlineFlightNo
Air New ZealandNZ9643
Air CanadaAC5312
All Nippon AirwaysNH7301
Virgin AustraliaVA8433
08:52
AirlineFlightNo
Alaska AirlinesAS597
09:20
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA2274
Air CanadaAC4193
Virgin AustraliaVA8437
10:48
AirlineFlightNo
American AirlinesAA9276
12:15
AirlineFlightNo
American AirlinesAA9305
British AirwaysBA6435
Alaska HorizonAS2147
12:37
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA1835
Air CanadaAC3797
Alaska AirlinesAS3162
Copa AirlinesCM2517
QantasQF3743
12:50
AirlineFlightNo
Southwest AirlinesWN4955
13:31
AirlineFlightNo
Virgin AustraliaVA8436
Copa AirlinesCM2516
SwissLX3237
14:24
AirlineFlightNo
Virgin AustraliaVA8522
14:30
AirlineFlightNo
Southwest AirlinesWN3466
15:15
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA1763
Air CanadaAC5053
16:01
AirlineFlightNo
Air CanadaAC4471
LufthansaLH8955
Copa AirlinesCM2521
16:25
AirlineFlightNo
Fiji AirwaysFJ5837
American AirlinesAA9328
British AirwaysBA6431
Cathay PacificCX7931
16:30
AirlineFlightNo
Southwest AirlinesWN4954
17:45
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA2117
Virgin AustraliaVA8435
SwissLX3273
18:06
AirlineFlightNo
Alaska AirlinesAS1435
Qatar AirwaysQR4284
18:26
AirlineFlightNo
Air New ZealandNZ9583
Air CanadaAC4535
LufthansaLH9297
Virgin AustraliaVA8438
Asiana AirlinesOZ6308
Copa AirlinesCM2518
18:30
AirlineFlightNo
Southwest AirlinesWN375
18:35
AirlineFlightNo
Fiji AirwaysFJ5839
Alaska AirlinesAS503
American AirlinesAA9382
British AirwaysBA6429
Cathay PacificCX7927
Qatar AirwaysQR4281
20:10
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA1302
21:35
AirlineFlightNo
Southwest AirlinesWN3296
21:52
AirlineFlightNo
Alaska AirlinesAS1438
American AirlinesAA9373
Qatar AirwaysQR2048
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Thursday
06:15
AirlineFlightNo
Air New ZealandNZ9643
All Nippon AirwaysNH7301
Virgin AustraliaVA8433
07:10
AirlineFlightNo
Alaska AirlinesAS597
07:30
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA2274
Air New ZealandNZ9598
All Nippon AirwaysNH7317
08:05
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA2322
Air CanadaAC5312
08:52
AirlineFlightNo
American AirlinesAA9403
Cathay PacificCX7945
Qatar AirwaysQR3417
Jet Linx AviationJL5461
09:15
AirlineFlightNo
Southwest AirlinesWN3738
09:20
AirlineFlightNo
Air CanadaAC4193
Virgin AustraliaVA8437
ITA AirwaysAZ4510
09:38
AirlineFlightNo
LufthansaLH8951
Virgin AustraliaVA8583
10:48
AirlineFlightNo
American AirlinesAA9276
11:20
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA2309
Air CanadaAC4450
EmiratesEK6345
ITA AirwaysAZ4481
11:25
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA1791
Air CanadaAC3742
Southwest AirlinesWN4307
ITA AirwaysAZ4448
12:15
AirlineFlightNo
Qatar AirwaysQR3349
12:37
AirlineFlightNo
Air CanadaAC3797
Alaska AirlinesAS3162
Virgin AustraliaVA8522
Copa AirlinesCM2517
Qatar AirwaysQR2182
12:51
AirlineFlightNo
FrontierF93381
13:07
AirlineFlightNo
LufthansaLH9223
Virgin AustraliaVA8434
13:25
AirlineFlightNo
Southwest AirlinesWN2808
13:31
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA1763
Air CanadaAC5053
Copa AirlinesCM2516
13:56
AirlineFlightNo
American AirlinesAA9305
British AirwaysBA6435
Alaska HorizonAS2147
14:24
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA1835
15:15
AirlineFlightNo
Virgin AustraliaVA8436
SwissLX3237
16:01
AirlineFlightNo
LufthansaLH8955
Virgin AustraliaVA8435
Copa AirlinesCM2521
16:50
AirlineFlightNo
Southwest AirlinesWN3466
17:25
AirlineFlightNo
Southwest AirlinesWN4954
17:45
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA2117
Air CanadaAC4471
SwissLX3273
18:06
AirlineFlightNo
Alaska AirlinesAS1435
American AirlinesAA9328
British AirwaysBA6431
Cathay PacificCX7931
18:26
AirlineFlightNo
Air New ZealandNZ9583
Air CanadaAC4535
LufthansaLH9297
Virgin AustraliaVA8438
Copa AirlinesCM2518
18:35
AirlineFlightNo
Alaska AirlinesAS503
Southwest AirlinesWN3284
American AirlinesAA9382
British AirwaysBA6429
Cathay PacificCX7927
19:41
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA2278
Air CanadaAC4236
Virgin AustraliaVA8439
Asiana AirlinesOZ6308
Copa AirlinesCM2519
20:10
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA1302
20:12
AirlineFlightNo
American AirlinesAA9373
20:55
AirlineFlightNo
Southwest AirlinesWN3296
21:57
AirlineFlightNo
Alaska AirlinesAS1438
23:59
AirlineFlightNo
American AirlinesAA9407
Alaska HorizonAS2453
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Friday
06:15
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA2322
Air New ZealandNZ9643
Virgin AustraliaVA8433
07:10
AirlineFlightNo
Alaska AirlinesAS597
American AirlinesAA9403
Jet Linx AviationJL5461
07:30
AirlineFlightNo
Air New ZealandNZ9598
Air CanadaAC4193
All Nippon AirwaysNH7317
Virgin AustraliaVA8437
08:05
AirlineFlightNo
Air CanadaAC5312
All Nippon AirwaysNH7301
08:52
AirlineFlightNo
Cathay PacificCX7945
QantasQF3760
09:15
AirlineFlightNo
Southwest AirlinesWN3738
09:20
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA2274
09:40
AirlineFlightNo
Southwest AirlinesWN4307
10:48
AirlineFlightNo
Alaska AirlinesAS3162
American AirlinesAA9276
QantasQF3743
10:56
AirlineFlightNo
FrontierF93381
11:25
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA1791
Air CanadaAC3742
LufthansaLH8951
Virgin AustraliaVA8583
12:15
AirlineFlightNo
American AirlinesAA9305
British AirwaysBA6435
Alaska HorizonAS2147
12:37
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA1835
13:07
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA2309
Air CanadaAC4450
LufthansaLH9223
Virgin AustraliaVA8434
EmiratesEK6345
13:31
AirlineFlightNo
Virgin AustraliaVA8436
SwissLX3237
14:24
AirlineFlightNo
Air CanadaAC3797
Virgin AustraliaVA8522
15:05
AirlineFlightNo
Southwest AirlinesWN3466
15:10
AirlineFlightNo
Southwest AirlinesWN2808
15:15
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA1763
Air CanadaAC5053
16:01
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA2117
16:25
AirlineFlightNo
Fiji AirwaysFJ5837
British AirwaysBA6431
Qatar AirwaysQR4284
17:45
AirlineFlightNo
Air CanadaAC4471
LufthansaLH8955
Virgin AustraliaVA8435
SwissLX3273
18:06
AirlineFlightNo
Alaska AirlinesAS1435
American AirlinesAA9328
Cathay PacificCX7931
18:26
AirlineFlightNo
Air New ZealandNZ9583
Air CanadaAC4535
LufthansaLH9297
Virgin AustraliaVA8438
Copa AirlinesCM2518
18:35
AirlineFlightNo
Fiji AirwaysFJ5839
Alaska AirlinesAS503
Southwest AirlinesWN3284
American AirlinesAA9382
British AirwaysBA6429
Cathay PacificCX7927
Qatar AirwaysQR4281
19:05
AirlineFlightNo
Southwest AirlinesWN4954
19:41
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA2278
20:10
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA1302
20:12
AirlineFlightNo
Qatar AirwaysQR2048
21:25
AirlineFlightNo
Air CanadaAC4236
Virgin AustraliaVA8439
Asiana AirlinesOZ6308
Copa AirlinesCM2519
21:57
AirlineFlightNo
Alaska AirlinesAS1438
American AirlinesAA9373
22:45
AirlineFlightNo
Southwest AirlinesWN3296
23:59
AirlineFlightNo
American AirlinesAA9407
Qatar AirwaysQR2983
Alaska HorizonAS2453
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Saturday
06:15
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA2322
Air New ZealandNZ9643
Air CanadaAC5312
All Nippon AirwaysNH7301
07:10
AirlineFlightNo
American AirlinesAA9403
Qatar AirwaysQR3417
07:30
AirlineFlightNo
Air ChinaCA7304
Air New ZealandNZ9598
All Nippon AirwaysNH7317
LufthansaLH8951
08:05
AirlineFlightNo
Virgin AustraliaVA8433
SpiritJetsSJJ431
08:52
AirlineFlightNo
Alaska AirlinesAS597
Cathay PacificCX7945
Jet Linx AviationJL5461
08:55
AirlineFlightNo
Southwest AirlinesWN4955
09:20
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA2274
Air CanadaAC4193
Virgin AustraliaVA8437
ITA AirwaysAZ4402
09:30
AirlineFlightNo
FlexjetLXJ618
10:48
AirlineFlightNo
American AirlinesAA9276
Qatar AirwaysQR2182
11:20
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA2309
LufthansaLH9223
Virgin AustraliaVA8434
EmiratesEK6345
ITA AirwaysAZ4481
12:15
AirlineFlightNo
American AirlinesAA9305
British AirwaysBA6435
Qatar AirwaysQR3349
12:25
AirlineFlightNo
Southwest AirlinesWN1465
12:37
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA1835
Alaska AirlinesAS3162
Virgin AustraliaVA8522
13:07
AirlineFlightNo
Air CanadaAC4450
13:56
AirlineFlightNo
Alaska HorizonAS2147
14:05
AirlineFlightNo
Southwest AirlinesWN2808
14:17
AirlineFlightNo
Alaska AirlinesAS9824
14:24
AirlineFlightNo
Air CanadaAC4097
15:15
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA1763
Air CanadaAC5053
Virgin AustraliaVA8436
SwissLX3237
15:45
AirlineFlightNo
Alaska AirlinesAS3069
16:01
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA2117
LufthansaLH8955
Virgin AustraliaVA8435
SwissLX3273
17:30
AirlineFlightNo
American AirlinesAA9328
British AirwaysBA6431
Cathay PacificCX7931
17:45
AirlineFlightNo
Air CanadaAC4471
18:26
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA1302
Air New ZealandNZ9583
Air CanadaAC4535
LufthansaLH9297
Virgin AustraliaVA8438
Asiana AirlinesOZ6308
Copa AirlinesCM2518
18:30
AirlineFlightNo
Southwest AirlinesWN3284
18:35
AirlineFlightNo
Alaska AirlinesAS503
American AirlinesAA9382
British AirwaysBA6429
Cathay PacificCX7927
21:57
AirlineFlightNo
Alaska AirlinesAS1438
American AirlinesAA9373
Qatar AirwaysQR2048
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Sunday
06:15
AirlineFlightNo
Air New ZealandNZ9643
Air CanadaAC5312
All Nippon AirwaysNH7301
Virgin AustraliaVA8433
07:10
AirlineFlightNo
Alaska AirlinesAS597
American AirlinesAA9403
Cathay PacificCX7945
QantasQF3760
Jet Linx AviationJL5461
07:30
AirlineFlightNo
Air New ZealandNZ9598
Air CanadaAC4193
All Nippon AirwaysNH7317
Virgin AustraliaVA8437
08:05
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA2322
09:15
AirlineFlightNo
Southwest AirlinesWN3738
09:20
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA2274
09:38
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA1791
Air CanadaAC3742
LufthansaLH8951
Virgin AustraliaVA8583
09:40
AirlineFlightNo
Southwest AirlinesWN4307
10:48
AirlineFlightNo
American AirlinesAA9276
QantasQF3743
10:56
AirlineFlightNo
FrontierF93381
11:20
AirlineFlightNo
Air CanadaAC4450
LufthansaLH9223
Southwest AirlinesWN4955
Virgin AustraliaVA8434
EmiratesEK6345
12:15
AirlineFlightNo
American AirlinesAA9305
British AirwaysBA6435
Alaska HorizonAS2147
12:37
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA1835
Air CanadaAC3797
Alaska AirlinesAS3162
Virgin AustraliaVA8522
Copa AirlinesCM2517
13:07
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA2309
13:25
AirlineFlightNo
Southwest AirlinesWN2808
13:31
AirlineFlightNo
Air CanadaAC5053
Virgin AustraliaVA8436
Copa AirlinesCM2516
SwissLX3237
15:15
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA1763
16:01
AirlineFlightNo
Air CanadaAC4471
Copa AirlinesCM2521
16:25
AirlineFlightNo
Fiji AirwaysFJ5837
Alaska AirlinesAS1435
American AirlinesAA9328
British AirwaysBA6433
Cathay PacificCX7931
Qatar AirwaysQR4284
16:50
AirlineFlightNo
Southwest AirlinesWN3466
17:25
AirlineFlightNo
Southwest AirlinesWN4954
17:45
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA2117
18:26
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA1302
Air New ZealandNZ9583
Air CanadaAC4535
LufthansaLH9297
Virgin AustraliaVA8438
Copa AirlinesCM2518
18:30
AirlineFlightNo
Southwest AirlinesWN3284
18:35
AirlineFlightNo
Fiji AirwaysFJ5839
Alaska AirlinesAS503
American AirlinesAA9382
British AirwaysBA6429
Cathay PacificCX7927
Qatar AirwaysQR4281
19:41
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA2278
Air CanadaAC4236
Virgin AustraliaVA8439
Asiana AirlinesOZ6308
Copa AirlinesCM2519
20:12
AirlineFlightNo
Alaska AirlinesAS1438
American AirlinesAA9373
Qatar AirwaysQR2048
20:55
AirlineFlightNo
Southwest AirlinesWN3296
22:10
AirlineFlightNo
American AirlinesAA9407
Qatar AirwaysQR2983
Alaska HorizonAS2453
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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 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, Copa Airlines, Emirates, Fiji Airways, Flexjet, Frontier, ITA Airways, Jet Linx Aviation, Lufthansa, Qantas, Qatar Airways, Southwest Airlines, SpiritJets, 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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