Salt Lake City to San Diego flight

Flights from Salt Lake City to San Diego start at €82.74 and take 4h 53m at their fastest.

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The Flights from Salt Lake City to San Diego starts at €82.74 and takes 4h 53m door to door, run by 4 operators over 1,040 km, with around 24 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.

Checked 20 September 2026Priced for 6 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 4h 53mDoor to door
  • 1h 43mMoving
  • €102.80 to €184.81From
  • 06:23 to 20:00First and last departure
  • 24Per day
  • 217.4 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on 6 October 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€102.80 to €184.81 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Typical for this corridor. The operator sets the price on the day.

Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €184.81Mon21
  2. about €152.95Tue22
  3. about €168.88Wed23
  4. about €168.88Thu24
  5. about €156.49Fri25
  6. about €161.80Sat26
  7. about €151.77Sun27
  8. about €105.16Mon28
  9. about €102.80Tue29
  10. about €108.70Wed30
  11. about €126.40Thu1
  12. about €116.96Fri2
  13. about €122.27Sat3
  14. about €112.83Sun4

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on 6 October 2026

Cheapest€82.74
  1. Delta Air Lines DA674617:031h 52m17:55Salt Lake City International Airport SLCSan Diego International Airport SAN

Door to door 5h 2mCO2 217.4 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes

Fastest€85.69
  1. Delta Air Lines DA732914:121h 43m14:55Salt Lake City International Airport SLCSan Diego International Airport SAN

Door to door 4h 53mCO2 217.4 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes

Carriers

Airlines

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFrom
Delta Air Lines€82.74
SkyWest€83.92
Southwest Airlines€86.87
Frontier Airlines€82.74
  • Delta Air Lines
  • SkyWest
  • Southwest Airlines
  • Frontier Airlines

The flight gets you into San Diego. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in San Diego for the night the flight gets in

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Booking window

When to book Salt Lake City to San Diego

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €104.5790 days
  2. €87.4660 days
  3. €75.6645 days
  4. €70.3530 days
  5. €95.1321 days
  6. €112.8314 days
  7. €151.777 days
  8. €168.883 days
  9. €184.811 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €70.35.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 163 percent. The dearest point is €184.81, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €112.83Sun
  2. €105.16Mon
  3. €102.80Tue
  4. €108.70Wed
  5. €126.40Thu
  6. €116.96Fri
  7. €122.27Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Salt Lake City

Air
  • SLC

San Diego

Air
  • SAN
The journey

What the journey looks like

How far it really runs
The route covers 1,040 km against 1,010 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Salt Lake City at 06:23 and the last at 20:00, across 24 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Salt Lake City to San Diego

The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.

How long does the Flight from Salt Lake City to San Diego take?

The Flight from Salt Lake City to San Diego takes 4h 53m door to door, of which 1h 43m is spent moving. The route runs 1,040 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.

How much does the Flight from Salt Lake City to San Diego cost?

The Flight from Salt Lake City to San Diego starts at €82.74 for one passenger, as of 20 September 2026. A typical fare is €97.20. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.

Who runs the Flight from Salt Lake City to San Diego?

4 operators run the Flight from Salt Lake City to San Diego: Delta Air Lines, SkyWest, Southwest Airlines, Frontier Airlines. Between them they file around 24 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.

Which terminal does the Flight from Salt Lake City to San Diego use?

The Flight from Salt Lake City to San Diego leaves from Salt Lake City International Airport SLC and arrives at San Diego International Airport SAN. Allow about 3h 10m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.

When should I book the Flight from Salt Lake City to San Diego?

Fares for the Flight from Salt Lake City to San Diego bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €70.35. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 163 percent, measured on 20 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Flight from Salt Lake City to San Diego produce?

The Flight from Salt Lake City to San Diego produces about 217.4 kg of CO2 per passenger over 1040 km, which works out at roughly 209 grams per passenger kilometre. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveller, not for the vehicle.

Where these numbers come from

Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.

Observed service A carrier record names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.

Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labelled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Salt Lake City to San Diego on 20 September 2026: 1040 km of route against 1010 km in a straight line, 24 services a day, 4 operators a cheapest fare of €82.74, and 4h 53m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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