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 27 airliners, NetJets, Flexjet, Fiji Airways, Air China, Qantas, Jet Linx Aviation, Frontier, Emirates, Asiana Airlines, Alaska Horizon, Iberia, Swiss, Condor, All Nippon Airways, Qatar Airways, Cathay Pacific, ITA Airways, Copa Airlines, British Airways, Air New Zealand, Lufthansa, Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Southwest 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
Virgin Australia000997106:1519:41VIEW FLIGHTS
United Airlines000997106:1519:41VIEW FLIGHTS
Air Canada000997106:1519:41VIEW FLIGHTS
Southwest Airlines000883007:0520:10VIEW FLIGHTS
American Airlines000666008:0421:27VIEW FLIGHTS
Alaska Airlines000555008:0421:27VIEW FLIGHTS
Lufthansa000444011:0118:27VIEW FLIGHTS
British Airways000334011:0421:27VIEW FLIGHTS
Air New Zealand000333106:1516:09VIEW FLIGHTS
ITA Airways000333009:1111:55VIEW FLIGHTS
Copa Airlines000423013:3919:41VIEW FLIGHTS
Cathay Pacific000332008:0421:27VIEW FLIGHTS
Qatar Airways000043008:0413:30VIEW FLIGHTS
Swiss000222013:3916:09VIEW FLIGHTS
Condor000222010:0411:04VIEW FLIGHTS
All Nippon Airways000222007:1509:11VIEW FLIGHTS
Iberia000202011:0413:30VIEW FLIGHTS
Qantas000030011:0416:14VIEW FLIGHTS
Jet Linx Aviation000111008:0408:04VIEW FLIGHTS
Frontier000111019:3519:35VIEW FLIGHTS
Emirates000111011:4411:55VIEW FLIGHTS
Asiana Airlines000111019:4119:41VIEW FLIGHTS
Alaska Horizon000111016:1416:14VIEW FLIGHTS
NetJets0000010VIEW FLIGHTS
Flexjet000100017:0717:07VIEW FLIGHTS
Fiji Airways000010016:1416:14VIEW FLIGHTS
Air China0000010VIEW FLIGHTS

The greatest amount of direct flights offered from San Diego International Airport to San Francisco International United States are by Virgin Australia with around 26 flights a week. The earliest flight is available at 06:15 and the latest flights at 19:41 with the most popular flight number being VA8433, VA8434, VA8435 and VA8436.

virginaustralia.com.au is available for information regarding booking flights etc with Virgin Australia.

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
Thursday
07:05
AirlineFlightNo
Southwest AirlinesWN4607
07:15
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA2274
Air New ZealandNZ9598
Air CanadaAC4193
All Nippon AirwaysNH7317
Virgin AustraliaVA8437
08:04
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA2830
Air New ZealandNZ9643
Air CanadaAC5312
Alaska AirlinesAS3463
Virgin AustraliaVA8433
American AirlinesAA9336
Cathay PacificCX7945
Jet Linx AviationJL5461
09:11
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA520
Air CanadaAC4162
All Nippon AirwaysNH7301
Virgin AustraliaVA8439
ITA AirwaysAZ4448
09:30
AirlineFlightNo
Southwest AirlinesWN3532
10:04
AirlineFlightNo
Alaska AirlinesAS3205
American AirlinesAA9403
Cathay PacificCX7863
CondorDE5146
11:01
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA2309
Air CanadaAC4450
LufthansaLH9223
Virgin AustraliaVA8434
ITA AirwaysAZ4481
11:04
AirlineFlightNo
Alaska AirlinesAS3347
American AirlinesAA9276
British AirwaysBA6431
IberiaIB7283
CondorDE5144
11:15
AirlineFlightNo
Southwest AirlinesWN1677
11:55
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA2428
Air CanadaAC4097
LufthansaLH8951
Virgin AustraliaVA8522
EmiratesEK6345
ITA AirwaysAZ4486
13:30
AirlineFlightNo
Alaska AirlinesAS3352
Southwest AirlinesWN2272
American AirlinesAA9305
IberiaIB7358
13:39
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA1763
Air CanadaAC5053
Virgin AustraliaVA8436
Copa AirlinesCM2516
SwissLX3237
15:30
AirlineFlightNo
Southwest AirlinesWN4181
16:09
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA2117
Air New ZealandNZ9583
Air CanadaAC4471
LufthansaLH8955
Virgin AustraliaVA8435
Copa AirlinesCM2521
SwissLX3273
16:14
AirlineFlightNo
American AirlinesAA9335
British AirwaysBA6433
Alaska HorizonAS2314
17:07
AirlineFlightNo
FlexjetLXJ399
17:30
AirlineFlightNo
Southwest AirlinesWN3533
18:27
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA1302
Air CanadaAC4535
LufthansaLH9297
Virgin AustraliaVA8438
Copa AirlinesCM2520
19:00
AirlineFlightNo
Southwest AirlinesWN3534
19:35
AirlineFlightNo
FrontierF93383
19:41
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA2278
Air CanadaAC4236
Virgin AustraliaVA8583
Asiana AirlinesOZ6308
Copa AirlinesCM2519
20:10
AirlineFlightNo
Southwest AirlinesWN4772
21:27
AirlineFlightNo
Alaska AirlinesAS291
American AirlinesAA9319
British AirwaysBA6429
Cathay PacificCX7927
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Friday
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
08:04
AirlineFlightNo
Alaska AirlinesAS3463
American AirlinesAA9336
Cathay PacificCX7945
Qatar AirwaysQR3417
Jet Linx AviationJL5461
09:11
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA520
Air CanadaAC4162
All Nippon AirwaysNH7301
Virgin AustraliaVA8439
ITA AirwaysAZ4448
09:30
AirlineFlightNo
Southwest AirlinesWN3532
10:04
AirlineFlightNo
Alaska AirlinesAS3205
American AirlinesAA9403
Cathay PacificCX7863
Qatar AirwaysQR2975
CondorDE5146
11:01
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA2309
Air CanadaAC4450
LufthansaLH9223
Virgin AustraliaVA8434
ITA AirwaysAZ4481
11:04
AirlineFlightNo
Alaska AirlinesAS3347
American AirlinesAA9276
British AirwaysBA6431
Qatar AirwaysQR2182
CondorDE5144
QantasQF3743
11:15
AirlineFlightNo
Southwest AirlinesWN1677
11:44
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA2428
Air CanadaAC4097
LufthansaLH8951
Virgin AustraliaVA8522
EmiratesEK6345
ITA AirwaysAZ4486
13:30
AirlineFlightNo
Alaska AirlinesAS3352
Southwest AirlinesWN2272
American AirlinesAA9305
Qatar AirwaysQR2005
QantasQF3777
13:39
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA1763
Air CanadaAC5053
Virgin AustraliaVA8436
SwissLX3237
15:30
AirlineFlightNo
Southwest AirlinesWN4181
16:09
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA2117
Air New ZealandNZ9583
Air CanadaAC4471
LufthansaLH8955
Virgin AustraliaVA8435
SwissLX3273
16:14
AirlineFlightNo
Fiji AirwaysFJ5837
American AirlinesAA9335
British AirwaysBA6433
QantasQF3798
Alaska HorizonAS2314
17:30
AirlineFlightNo
Southwest AirlinesWN3533
18:27
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA1302
Air CanadaAC4535
LufthansaLH9297
Virgin AustraliaVA8438
Copa AirlinesCM2518
19:00
AirlineFlightNo
Southwest AirlinesWN3534
19:35
AirlineFlightNo
FrontierF93383
19:41
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA2278
Air CanadaAC4236
Virgin AustraliaVA8583
Asiana AirlinesOZ6308
Copa AirlinesCM2519
20:10
AirlineFlightNo
Southwest AirlinesWN4772
21:27
AirlineFlightNo
Alaska AirlinesAS291
American AirlinesAA9319
British AirwaysBA6429
Cathay PacificCX7927
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Saturday
07:15
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA2274
Air New ZealandNZ9598
Air CanadaAC4193
All Nippon AirwaysNH7317
Southwest AirlinesWN4607
Virgin AustraliaVA8437
09:05
AirlineFlightNo
Air ChinaCA7304
United AirlinesUA520
Air CanadaAC4162
All Nippon AirwaysNH7301
Virgin AustraliaVA8439
ITA AirwaysAZ4490
10:04
AirlineFlightNo
Alaska AirlinesAS3205
American AirlinesAA9403
Cathay PacificCX7863
Qatar AirwaysQR2975
CondorDE5146
Jet Linx AviationJL5461
11:01
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA2309
Air CanadaAC4450
LufthansaLH8951
Virgin AustraliaVA8434
ITA AirwaysAZ4481
11:04
AirlineFlightNo
Alaska AirlinesAS3347
American AirlinesAA9276
British AirwaysBA6431
IberiaIB7283
Qatar AirwaysQR2182
CondorDE5144
11:44
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA2428
Air CanadaAC4097
LufthansaLH9223
Virgin AustraliaVA8522
EmiratesEK6345
ITA AirwaysAZ4486
13:30
AirlineFlightNo
Alaska AirlinesAS3352
Southwest AirlinesWN914
American AirlinesAA9305
IberiaIB7358
Qatar AirwaysQR2066
13:39
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA1763
Air CanadaAC5053
Virgin AustraliaVA8436
Copa AirlinesCM2516
SwissLX3237
16:09
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA2117
Air New ZealandNZ9583
Air CanadaAC4471
LufthansaLH8955
Virgin AustraliaVA8435
Copa AirlinesCM2521
SwissLX3273
16:14
AirlineFlightNo
American AirlinesAA9335
British AirwaysBA6433
Alaska HorizonAS2314
18:27
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA1302
Air New ZealandNZ9643
Air CanadaAC4535
LufthansaLH9297
Virgin AustraliaVA8438
Asiana AirlinesOZ6308
Copa AirlinesCM2518
18:31
AirlineFlightNo
Alaska AirlinesAS3232
American AirlinesAA9382
British AirwaysBA6435
19:35
AirlineFlightNo
FrontierF93383
20:15
AirlineFlightNo
Southwest AirlinesWN4772
21:27
AirlineFlightNo
Alaska AirlinesAS291
American AirlinesAA9319
British AirwaysBA6429
Cathay PacificCX7927
23:00
AirlineFlightNo
NetJetsEJA401
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Sunday
06:15
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA2830
Air New ZealandNZ9643
Air CanadaAC5312
Virgin AustraliaVA8433
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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 Francisco0525 km (326 miles)1 Hour 26 Minutes
Carlsbad Mc Clellan Palomar to San Francisco0680 km (423 miles)1 Hour 37 Minutes
Hawthorne to San Francisco0549 km (341 miles)1 Hour 27 Minutes
Los Angeles to San Francisco0543 km (337 miles)1 Hour 27 Minutes
Ontario to San Francisco0585 km (363 miles)1 Hour 30 Minutes
Palm Springs Municipal to San Francisco0677 km (420 miles)1 Hour 36 Minutes
San Bernardino Norton Afb to San Francisco0606 km (377 miles)1 Hour 32 Minutes
San Diego Brown Field Municipal to San Francisco0745 km (463 miles)1 Hour 41 Minutes
Santa Ana John Wayne to San Francisco0598 km (372 miles)1 Hour 31 Minutes
Torrance to San Francisco0559 km (347 miles)1 Hour 28 Minutes
Los Angeles Van Nuys to San Francisco0516 km (320 miles)1 Hour 25 Minutes

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

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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 £20.88 ($28 €24.19)
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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 £38.03 ($51 €44.06)
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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, Flexjet, Frontier, Iberia, ITA Airways, Jet Linx Aviation, Lufthansa, NetJets, Qantas, Qatar Airways, 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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