San Francisco to San Luis Obispo flight

Flights from San Francisco to San Luis Obispo start at €32.59 and take 4h at their fastest.

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The Flights from San Francisco to San Luis Obispo starts at €32.59 and takes 4h door to door, run by 2 operators over 328 km, with around 8 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.

Checked 20 September 2026Priced for 5 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 4hDoor to door
  • 50mMoving
  • €41.44 to €68.58From
  • 06:10 to 18:53First and last departure
  • 8Per day
  • 68.6 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on 5 October 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€41.44 to €68.58 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 €68.58Mon21
  2. about €54.42Tue22
  3. about €59.73Wed23
  4. about €58.55Thu24
  5. about €57.37Fri25
  6. about €57.96Sat26
  7. about €55.01Sun27
  8. about €41.44Mon28
  9. about €43.80Tue29
  10. about €42.03Wed30
  11. about €52.06Thu1
  12. about €48.52Fri2
  13. about €43.80Sat3
  14. about €42.62Sun4

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

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on 5 October 2026

Cheapest€32.59
  1. United Airlines UA974314:3950m15:29San Francisco International Airport SFOSan Luis County Regional Airport SBP

Door to door 4hCO2 68.6 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
SkyWest€35.54
United Airlines€32.59

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

A hotel room

A room in San Luis Obispo for the night the flight gets in

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Booking window

When to book San Francisco to San Luis Obispo

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

  1. €42.0390 days
  2. €36.7260 days
  3. €31.4145 days
  4. €31.4130 days
  5. €36.1321 days
  6. €42.6214 days
  7. €55.017 days
  8. €59.733 days
  9. €68.581 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €31.41.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 118 percent. The dearest point is €68.58, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 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. €42.62Sun
  2. €41.44Mon
  3. €43.80Tue
  4. €42.03Wed
  5. €52.06Thu
  6. €48.52Fri
  7. €43.80Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

San Francisco

Air
  • SFO

San Luis Obispo

Air
  • SBP
The journey

What the journey looks like

How far it really runs
The route covers 328 km against 319 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 Francisco at 06:10 and the last at 18:53, across 8 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about San Francisco to San Luis Obispo

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 Francisco to San Luis Obispo take?

The Flight from San Francisco to San Luis Obispo takes 4h door to door, of which 50m is spent moving. The route runs 328 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 Francisco to San Luis Obispo cost?

The Flight from San Francisco to San Luis Obispo starts at €32.59 for one passenger, as of 20 September 2026. A typical fare is €38.49. 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 Francisco to San Luis Obispo?

2 operators run the Flight from San Francisco to San Luis Obispo: SkyWest, United Airlines. Between them they file around 8 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 Francisco to San Luis Obispo use?

The Flight from San Francisco to San Luis Obispo leaves from San Francisco International Airport SFO and arrives at San Luis County Regional Airport SBP. 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 Francisco to San Luis Obispo?

Fares for the Flight from San Francisco to San Luis Obispo bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €31.41. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 118 percent, measured on 20 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Flight from San Francisco to San Luis Obispo produce?

The Flight from San Francisco to San Luis Obispo produces about 68.6 kg of CO2 per passenger over 328 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 San Francisco to San Luis Obispo on 20 September 2026: 328 km of route against 319 km in a straight line, 8 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €32.59, and 4h door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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