San Diego to New York flight

Flights from San Diego to New York start at €287.47 and take 8h 39m at their fastest.

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The Flights from San Diego to New York starts at €287.47 and takes 8h 39m door to door, run by 5 operators over 4,025 km, with around 40 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.

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

  • 8h 39mDoor to door
  • 5h 29mMoving
  • €370.07 to €670.97From
  • 06:06 to 20:42First and last departure
  • 40Per day
  • 1179.3 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.

€370.07 to €670.97 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 €670.97Mon21
  2. about €567.72Tue22
  3. about €607.25Wed23
  4. about €624.36Thu24
  5. about €574.80Fri25
  6. about €590.14Sat26
  7. about €547.07Sun27
  8. about €378.33Mon28
  9. about €370.07Tue29
  10. about €397.80Wed30
  11. about €460.93Thu1
  12. about €424.35Fri2
  13. about €437.33Sat3
  14. about €414.91Sun4

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€287.47
  1. United Airlines UA628310:326h 11m19:43San Diego International Airport SANJohn F. Kennedy International Airport JFK

Door to door 9h 21mCO2 1179.3 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes

Fastest€296.91
  1. American Airlines AA310516:465h 29m01:15San Diego International Airport SANJohn F. Kennedy International Airport JFK

Door to door 8h 39mCO2 1179.3 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
American Airlines€290.42
Alaska Airlines€292.19
JetBlue Airways€296.32
Delta Air Lines€303.40
United Airlines€287.47

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A hotel room

A room in New York for the night the flight gets in

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Booking window

When to book San Diego to New York

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

  1. €381.2890 days
  2. €311.6660 days
  3. €249.7145 days
  4. €248.5330 days
  5. €342.3421 days
  6. €414.9114 days
  7. €547.077 days
  8. €607.253 days
  9. €670.971 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €248.53.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 170 percent. The dearest point is €670.97, 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. €414.91Sun
  2. €378.33Mon
  3. €370.07Tue
  4. €397.80Wed
  5. €460.93Thu
  6. €424.35Fri
  7. €437.33Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

San Diego

Air
  • SAN

New York City

Air
  • JFK
  • EWR
  • LGA
  • ISP
  • TEB
The journey

What the journey looks like

How far it really runs
The route covers 4,025 km against 3,907 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 San Diego at 06:06 and the last at 20:42, across 40 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about San Diego to New York

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 San Diego to New York take?

The Flight from San Diego to New York takes 8h 39m door to door, of which 5h 29m is spent moving. The route runs 4,025 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 San Diego to New York cost?

The Flight from San Diego to New York starts at €287.47 for one passenger, as of 20 September 2026. A typical fare is €368.30. 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 San Diego to New York?

5 operators run the Flight from San Diego to New York: American Airlines, Alaska Airlines, JetBlue Airways, Delta Air Lines, United Airlines. Between them they file around 40 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 San Diego to New York use?

The Flight from San Diego to New York leaves from San Diego International Airport SAN and arrives at John F. Kennedy International Airport JFK. 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 San Diego to New York?

Fares for the Flight from San Diego to New York bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €248.53. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 170 percent, measured on 20 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Flight from San Diego to New York produce?

The Flight from San Diego to New York produces about 1179.3 kg of CO2 per passenger over 4025 km, which works out at roughly 293 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.

Derived from service area The operators listed publish a service area covering both places. That evidences the corridor rather than a named service.

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 San Diego to New York on 20 September 2026: 4025 km of route against 3907 km in a straight line, 40 services a day, 5 operators a cheapest fare of €287.47, and 8h 39m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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