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Flights from San Diego - Travel Insights & Trends

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Which are the most popular places to fly to from San Diego?

The domestic destinations KAYAK users have most searched for when searching for flights from San Diego.
Based on KAYAK flight searches, the most popular place to fly from San Diego is New York (15% of total searches). The next most popular destinations are Seattle/Tacoma Intl (9%) and Chicago (5%).

What are the most popular international flights out of San Diego?

The international destinations KAYAK users have most searched for when searching for flights from San Diego.
There are many international destinations you can fly to from San Diego. The most popular international destinations among KAYAK users are Paris, San José del Cabo and Cancún.

What are the most popular countries to fly to from San Diego?

The most popular countries KAYAK users have searched for from San Diego along with the average price for the route clicked by KAYAK users in the last 2 weeks.
Based on KAYAK flight searches, the most countries to fly to from San Diego is United States (89% of total searches). The next most popular destinations are Canada (4%) and United Kingdom (3%).

Which cities can I fly to direct from San Diego?

There are loads of places you can fly direct to from San Diego. The most popular destinations for direct flights among KAYAK users are Jacksonville, Los Angeles, Honolulu, El Paso and Salt Lake City. On average, the cheapest of these destinations on KAYAK over the last 2 weeks for a return flight was El Paso at $48, while the most expensive was Los Angeles, at $303.

Which international cities can I fly to direct from San Diego?

There are many international destinations you can fly to non-stop from San Diego. The most popular international destinations from KAYAK users are Puerto Vallarta, Tokyo, Calgary, Montreal and Toronto. On average, the cheapest of these destinations on KAYAK over the last 2 weeks for a return flight was Toronto at $230, while the most expensive was Tokyo, at $1,578.

What is the longest direct flight from San Diego?

The longest direct flight you can take from San Diego is to Tokyo, with a duration of 11h 40m. The next longest is Munich at 11h 10m, followed by a flight to Paris at 10h 40m.

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FAQs for booking flights out of San Diego

  • What is the quickest way to travel from downtown San Diego to San Diego International Airport?

    One easy and quick way to go from downtown San Diego to San Diego International Airport is by car, as it will normally take you around 7 to 10 minutes in total if there is no additional traffic. Otherwise, you can always choose to take public transportation instead, including bus line 992, an option that will take you approximately 15 minutes.

  • What parking options are available at San Diego International Airport?

    For standard self-parking, San Diego International Airport has the Terminal 2 Parking Plaza, which charges both daily and hourly rates and has covered parking and EV charging. Otherwise, you can opt for curbside valet parking from both Terminals 1 and 2, which means you won’t have to worry about taking a shuttle to and from the parking area.

  • Is there an on-site airport hotel at San Diego International Airport?

    Although there is no on-site hotel at San Diego International Airport, there are several nearby hotels that have a free shuttle service to and from SAN. There are a few that are within a 5-minute drive of the airport and which offer free shuttle services for guests upon request, so make sure to hook this service ahead of time.

  • What services does SAN provide for travelers with limited mobility?

    San Diego International Airport provides a few different services for travelers with disabilities or restricted mobility. For example, a wheelchair service can be provided upon request, with airport employees available to help travelers check-in, go through security, arrive at their gate, and board their plane. Both terminals are also equipped with ramps and elevators. 

  • What is San Diego also known as?

    San Diego Airport’s airport code is SAN. It can also be referred to as Lindbergh Field, San Diego, San Diego Intl.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from San Diego?

    KAYAK is a travel search engine. That means we look across the web to find the best prices we can find for our users. With over 2 billion flight queries processed yearly, we are able to display a variety of prices and options on flights from San Diego.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from San Diego?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight from San Diego is likely to change within 7 days, so travelers know whether to wait or book now.

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights from San Diego?

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional round-trip ticket. You could then fly to your destination with an airline and back to San Diego with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from San Diego?

    Sometimes travel dates aren't set in stone. If your preferred travel dates have some wiggle room, flexible dates will show you all the options when flying from San Diego up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

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Top tips for finding a cheap flight out of San Diego

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found tickets from San Diego to the following destinations at these prices or less: Denver $104 one-way - $155 round-trip; Dallas $157 one-way - $333 round-trip; San Francisco $94 one-way - $163 round-trip
  • Morning departure is around 11% cheaper than an evening flight, on average*.
  • San Diego International Airport (SAN) is known for being one of the primary travel centers in the state of California and is also a focus city for a few different airlines, including Alaska Airlines, Pacific Southwest Airlines, Southwest Airlines, and West Air. Due to this, you will find many flights out of this airport are operated by one of these companies.
  • While waiting for your flight to take off from San Diego International Airport, you may want to relax in one of the lounges that are available for travelers. There is the United Club in Terminal 1, as well as the Airspace Lounge, which can be found in Terminal 2. You can also find the ​​Delta Sky Club in Terminal 2.
  • If you’re looking to grab a bite to eat before your flight leaves from San Diego International Airport, you have a few different options. There are several sit-down restaurants and to-go options that can easily be found in Terminal 1 and Terminal 2.
  • Rest a bit before a long day of traveling by treating yourself to a service at the Be Relax Spa, which has two locations near Gates 26 and 36 in San Diego International Airport. You can choose from a variety of massages, facials, and salon treatments, such as haircuts.
  • If you will be traveling for work, you may want to get your shoes shined before you board your plane at San Diego International Airport. There are four shoe-shining services in total, with two being found in Terminal 1 and two in Terminal 2.
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Top 5 airlines serving from San Diego to Anywhere

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We landed in San Diego from Fresno 10 min late and our gate was occupied. We waited OVER AN HOUR to get to the gate and didnt get any updates about what was happening until I asked. Then we were told it would be another 5 minutes....which turned into 25. My wife was waiting in cell phone lot over an hour and finally had to leave. It cost me $40 cab ride and a fight with my wife. THanks for nothing Alaska Air.

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We landed in San Diego from Fresno 10 min late and our gate was occupied. We waited OVER AN HOUR to get to the gate and didnt get any updates about what was happening until I asked. Then we were told it would be another 5 minutes....which turned into 25. My wife was waiting in cell phone lot over an hour and finally had to leave. It cost me $40 cab ride and a fight with my wife. THanks for nothing Alaska Air.

I had a middle seat in between two large men. It was a redeye so needless to say I didn’t get a minute of sleep. One guy was pouring over into my seat the other kept falling onto my shoulder

It was ok. Alaska was adequate. Efficient and what I paid for it was fair. The boarding area at the gate was a joke. By the time they get past the C boarding group people all line up impatiently and then it’s chaos. We were boarding early then we sat on the tarmac for 30 minutes. I would of rather sat in the airport.

Pilot warned us it was going to be bumpy, which I usually like when it is, but it wasn't, so I spent most of the flight unnecessarily wondering when it was going to get rough. Just can't win sometimes. Ha!

Flight itself was great! Snacks are never really good; in this case, the "butter braids" and Biscotti cookie were both hard. The attendants' were good. We felt we found a good deal on the cost. The check-in process was very smooth: Alaskan Airlines always does a good job. Boarding was pretty timely, too. We fly Alaskan whenever possible and will continue to do so.

The space for legs in coach is better than other Airlines you can even cross your legs!!

Comfortable seat, plenty of leg room which is so rare, overhead bin comfortably accommodated my carry-on bag. Deli box was tasty, service was good, bathrooms were clean. Uneventful flight, which I appreciate. Departed on time and landed early.

Honestly, there was not much they could do. Due to wind, the flight was delayed for several hours because we had to be diverted to San Jose where we needed to refuel before departing to Hawaii. Wish they had offered some snacks during the delays/diversion because we had to wait such a long time to finally get our food served during the flight after leaving California.

I really like Alaska airline, it's my favorite airline❤️

Alaska Airlines was fantastic. Kayak on the other hand was extremely poor. I got tickets through Kayak for a flight to a funeral. The date got changed less than 12 hours after I made my reservations. When I attempted to change my flights through Kayak, I was unable to use either the website or the phone system. The phone matrix did not give an option to cancel or change. The website said Kayak could not find any record of me making airline reservations through Kayak and even through I never left the Kayak website when making the reservations to my knowledge. After more than a half hour of frustration on the phone and computer ( on top of dealing with the death of a member of my family) I finally contacted Alaska Airline directly and they cancelled my flight and refunded the cost very quickly and efficiently. Alaska Airlines gets 10 stars. Kayak gets zero stars and has permanently lost a customer. I will never use Kayak again.

There was plenty of overhead room but half of the passengers were told they had to check their carryon bags. My partner and I checked in as early as possible and our seats were split across the aisle.

Flew first class so everything was great. But maybe because the flights were red eye, no meals were served, just chips. I flew Alaska Air 1st class at 9PM (2 hour flight) and they served beef short rib sliders!

There was a loud squeaky sound the whole time we were flying.

I didn’t not like that I could not select my seat and ended up with the worse seat.

The landing was bad and the hostess came two times and i was sleeping but when she served the person that nexts to me I woke up and she didn’t even asked me if I need any drink or snacks two times!!!!

Plane was late because of a mechanical malfunction and the food listed as available was not. Flight attendants seem over worked and under paid. They just done seem happy. And that can be seen in their faces.

Waited 3 hours on a plane to de-ice due to manpower issues. Waited another hour and a half once we landed because of a gate issue. Missed my connections. Created. A total of 13 hours of delay.

Great, on time departure, friendly and accommodating crew, great leg room, Smith flight

Plane was turned around due to fog half way into the flight, Delta did not properly direct passengers to stay on same flight and instead failed to properly rebook on Alaska

Honestly, I didn’t expect that I will experience this long time wait during the check in. There was only one person who was taking care of the passengers for the economy class and it took us to wait about one hour to do our check i. As a result we barely get to the airplane as the gate was at the end of the airport. That is totally not professional where one crue is working at the registration desk with economy and 3-4 crues are helping for the business class.

Why does it have to be painful to fly long distances?

Horrible, the flights kept delaying, so it is obvious that we won't be able to make it to the next connection. No easier/real agent on site to help you figure this out. UA agent on other counters refuse to assist you and direct us to use the QR code/call customer service. So inefficient and poor. While technology seems convenient, but it's not the best interest/experience for customers need help while there is active issue need assistance.

Food is very bad and entertint not too many options ... flight attendet service is not good

Everything was pretty good except for food. They need to improve on it compared to other airlines.

Flight was delayed due to the late arrival of the catering truck, which is quite unacceptable. There was a beverage service, but no pretzel, or cookie, or nuts were served in coach.

I had a great flight. Everything went smoothly and the flight arrived early.

Aisle chair was good and liked the foot bar preventing you from putting your foot in the isle, The breakfast on this international flight to Zurich was horrible (Europeans, specially, used to good food) may make this a dealbreaker for booking with United Airlines again. I agreed with my Spanish fellow passenger.

On time take off…US cabins look tired and need of refresh!

Backpack should NOT allowed put in the flight bin , only put it under the seat. I can't find space put my carry on luggage!!! and I pay for it ! that was very bad experience

I paid $380 for my one-way ticket from California to Minnesota. The fair did not include online check-in. I received instructions from their app to check in at a kiosk. At the kiosk, the boarding pass would not print until an actual person came to verify that I had a personal item and not a carry-on item, On the plane, the person next to me was drunk and allowed to continue to order alcohol. United is garbage I’d rather fly spirit.

The flight was delayed several times without explanation. The seats were terribly uncomfortable and wifi isn’t included. All these make for a less than ideal flight.

Internet service was erratic. Crew service was poor and slow. My luggage on this non-stop flight was lost and not recovered

Flight was 1/2 hour delayed leaving Phoenix. Otherwise it was an average flight. Flight crew on this trip was very nice.

Horrible - they lied to me about baggage & boarding, even though I specifically spoke to their agents the day before my flight about my issue. When I showed up they did not let me board and stranded me at my airport until I bought a new flight with money I did not have to spend.

Not sure why JAL partnered with American Airlines because their service is no where near similar. Flight attendants were not friendly and didn’t smile. Food was horrible…

The experience was great and much better than the flight going out. of course I was in first class but the service was excellent

Comfort of seats, ease of boarding. Food selection could be better

Food options were limited which is absolutely embarrassing for a Flight of this size The staff did not come around as much and I am not accustomed to such poor service from American Airlines Drinks I believe were limited to soda and water

Crew were attentive and friendly. Flight was smooth and early! I enjoyed the less crowded plane. Thank you!

We are gluten free, there were not any available complimentary gluten free options.

8 hr delay. had to buy another ticket with another airline

Four and a half hour delay in total. What frustrates me most is the poor communication and disorganization.

I appreciated the upgrade to free cary-on bag and seat selection at no charge

FRONTIER SUCKS! The agent downstairs tricked me into booking, just to get to the gate. At the gate, they told me they couldn't help. I then called Customer Service. They and the gate attendants kept blaming each other. Neither side was willing to help the customer.

The agent at check-in was strident, unwelcoming, and condescending to customers ahead of me.

Flight was delay 9hrs and nothing was provided at airport, had to go and get a room to sleep in, paid for Uber back and fort with no offers until we landed back home a 1hr later for a $75 voucher for a future flight.

Didn't like anything..entire crew was very rude to everyone on the flight. Plane old and the trays fall down on you the while time you're flying. Charged more for a carry on bag than for the plane ticket itself. Did make it from point a to point b, but worth the extra money to fly with another airline

9 hours of delay!! Was not able to check my luggage that I paid for!!!

It was delayed 9 hours for operational reasons, despite the plane arriving to the airport on time.

I am very disappointed with Frontier Airlines. They cancelled our flight because they couldn't find a crew member, and then didn't get us to our connecting flight. We had to cancel our whole vacation. We were promised flight and hotel vouchers, but they never sent them.

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