Seattle to Irvine flight

Flights from Seattle to Irvine start at €142.91 and take 6h 25m at their fastest.

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The Flights from Seattle to Irvine starts at €142.91 and takes 6h 25m door to door, run by 3 operators over 1,656 km, with around 2 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked 22 September 2026Priced for 12 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 6h 25mDoor to door
  • 2h 57mMoving
  • €174.18 to €409.01From
  • 07:30 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 2Per day
  • 335.8 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on 12 October 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€174.18 to €409.01 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 €270.36Wed23
  2. about €409.01Thu24
  3. about €301.63Fri25
  4. about €301.63Sat26
  5. about €306.35Sun27
  6. about €209.00Mon28
  7. about €192.47Tue29
  8. about €209.58Wed30
  9. about €213.13Thu1
  10. about €265.64Fri2
  11. about €199.56Sat3
  12. about €180.09Sun4
  13. about €207.22Mon5
  14. about €174.18Tue6

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

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on 12 October 2026

Cheapest€142.91
  1. Alaska Airlines AA471807:302h 28m09:58Seattle-Tacoma International Airport SEAOntario International Airport ONT
  2. Amtrak California AC321511:2929m11:58East OntarioIrvine Transportation Center

Changes at Ontario, with 91 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.

Door to door 6h 25mCO2 336.6 kgChanges 1Fixed, no changes

Lowest CO2€148.22
  1. American Airlines AA204207:302h 36m10:06Seattle-Tacoma International Airport SEALos Angeles International Airport LAX
  2. Amtrak California AC499711:2732m11:59Los Angeles Union StationIrvine Transportation Center

Changes at Los Angeles, with 81 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.

Door to door 6h 26mCO2 334.9 kgChanges 1Fixed, 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.
OperatorTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
Alaska Airlines740 km/hFixed fareNot published
Amtrak California140 km/hRefundablePower sockets, Wi-Fi
American Airlines740 km/hFixed fareNot published
  • Alaska Airlines
  • Amtrak California
  • American Airlines

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

A hotel room

A room in Irvine for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from Irvine Transportation Center and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Seattle to Irvine

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

  1. €148.2290 days
  2. €143.5060 days
  3. €154.1245 days
  4. €177.1330 days
  5. €149.9921 days
  6. €174.1814 days
  7. €192.477 days
  8. €301.633 days
  9. €270.361 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €143.50.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 110 percent. The dearest point is €301.63, 3 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 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. €180.09Sun
  2. €207.22Mon
  3. €174.18Tue
  4. €209.58Wed
  5. €213.13Thu
  6. €265.64Fri
  7. €203.69Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Seattle

Air
  • SEA
  • BFI
The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting
0% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 100% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 1,656 km against 1,595 km in a straight line, a detour of 4 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Los Angeles, Ontario. The gap between arriving and leaving is 81 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 12 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Seattle at 07:30 and the last at 07:30, across 2 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Seattle to Irvine

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 Seattle to Irvine take?

The Flight from Seattle to Irvine takes 6h 25m door to door, of which 2h 57m is spent moving. The route runs 1,656 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 Seattle to Irvine cost?

The Flight from Seattle to Irvine starts at €142.91 for one passenger, as of 22 September 2026. A typical fare is €145.57. 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 Seattle to Irvine?

3 operators run the Flight from Seattle to Irvine: Alaska Airlines, Amtrak California, American Airlines. Between them they file around 2 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 Seattle to Irvine use?

The Flight from Seattle to Irvine leaves from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport SEA and arrives at Irvine Transportation Center. Allow about 1h 57m 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 Seattle to Irvine?

Fares for the Flight from Seattle to Irvine bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €143.50. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 110 percent, measured on 22 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Flight from Seattle to Irvine produce?

The Flight from Seattle to Irvine produces about 335.8 kg of CO2 per passenger over 1656 km, which works out at roughly 203 grams per passenger kilometre. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveller, not for the vehicle.

What is provided on board the Flight from Seattle to Irvine?

Operators on the Flight from Seattle to Irvine publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 3 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 6h 25m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.

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 Seattle to Irvine on 22 September 2026: 1656 km of route against 1595 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 3 operators a cheapest fare of €142.91, and 6h 25m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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