Semper Fidelis All-American West player Peyton Pelluer runs after Marine Corps Recruiting Command's Maj. Kavan Lake during a linebacker drill at Santa Ana Stadium on Dec. 31. Pelluer, who plays for Skyline High School in Sammamish, Wash., will participate in the Semper Fidelis All-American Bowl on Jan. 4, 2013. (US Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Clinton Firstbrook)

Sacramento to Santa Ana

Compare trains, coaches, flights and ferries from Sacramento to Santa Ana. From €34.27, fastest 4h 24m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Sacramento to Santa Ana runs about 3 times a day, with the first departure around 06:36 and the last around 14:49. One passenger pays €58.55, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 4h 24m over 647 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.

Checked 19 September 2026Priced for 5 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €58.55, so there is no spread to show.

Typical fares · Priced for 5 October 2026

€58.55

  • 225%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Sacramento

No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.

  • 06:36First departure
  • 14:49Last departure
  • 3Services per day
  • 67%Run direct

Fares by date

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

Typical fares

  1. about €95.33Sun20
  2. about €67.28Mon21
  3. about €77.18Tue22
  4. about €57.37Wed23
  5. about €68.93Thu24
  6. about €64.53Fri25
  7. about €77.73Sat26
  8. about €46.38Sun27
  9. about €50.78Mon28
  10. about €46.38Tue29
  11. about €46.37Wed30
  12. about €62.33Thu1
  13. about €46.93Fri2
  14. about €52.98Sat3
  15. about €42.53Sun4
  16. about €34.27Mon5
  17. about €37.57Tue6
  18. about €35.93Wed7
  19. about €51.33Thu8
  20. about €38.68Fri9
  21. about €47.48Sat10

Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.

The flight gets you into Santa Ana. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in Santa Ana for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from Santa Ana Regional 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 Sacramento to Santa Ana

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

  1. €42.5390 days
  2. €32.0760 days
  3. €31.5245 days
  4. €29.3230 days
  5. €47.4821 days
  6. €52.9814 days
  7. €77.737 days
  8. €77.183 days
  9. €95.331 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €29.32.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 225 percent. The dearest point is €95.33, 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.
€95.33€29.32137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 30 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Sacramento to Santa Ana and to no other route on the site.

Clocks

Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.

The shape of it

647 km

628 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south-east.

Who lives at each end

524,943310,227

Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.

How we know

0/2

2 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.

The route

SacramentoSacramentoSanta AnaSanta Ana
The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.

Direct or connecting
33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 647 km against 628 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Los Angeles, Valencia, Santa Clarita, Hollywood. The gap between arriving and leaving is 45 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 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.

Who runs this route

The flight gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.

Left luggage lockers

Left luggage near Santa Ana Regional Transportation Center

Most of the points near Santa Ana Regional Transportation Center open before the first train and shut after the last one.

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Questions about Sacramento to Santa Ana

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 it take to get from Sacramento to Santa Ana?

The fastest journey from Sacramento to Santa Ana takes 4h 24m door to door, of which 1h 16m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 4h 29m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.

How much does it cost to travel from Sacramento to Santa Ana?

The cheapest fare from Sacramento to Santa Ana is €34.27, as of 19 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €96.02. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.

What is the cheapest way to get from Sacramento to Santa Ana?

The cheapest way from Sacramento to Santa Ana is by flight, at €58.55 for one passenger on 5 October 2026. That journey takes 4h 26m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.

When should I book Sacramento to Santa Ana?

Fares from Sacramento to Santa Ana bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €29.32. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 225 percent, measured on 19 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Sacramento to Santa Ana?

Wednesday is the cheapest day to depart from Sacramento to Santa Ana, at €46.37. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 19 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Sacramento to Santa Ana?

November is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Sacramento to Santa Ana, at €35.37 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.

Who runs services from Sacramento to Santa Ana?

No operator record names Sacramento to Santa Ana directly. Southwest Airlines publish service areas covering both ends and may serve it, so we list them as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.

Is there a direct service from Sacramento to Santa Ana?

33 percent of the services we sell from Sacramento to Santa Ana are direct. The rest connect at Los Angeles, Valencia, Santa Clarita, Hollywood, with about 45 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.

Which station or terminal do services from Sacramento to Santa Ana use?

Services from Sacramento to Santa Ana by flight leave from Sacramento SMF and arrive at Santa Ana SNA. Allow about 3h 10m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.

Can I change or refund a ticket from Sacramento to Santa Ana?

0 of the 1 operators we sell from Sacramento to Santa Ana allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.

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 No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.

Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.

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

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Sacramento to Santa Ana on 19 September 2026: 647 km of route against 628 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €34.27, and 4h 24m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

The flight is the simple part. What you do once you are in Santa Ana is somebody else's catalogue.

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Day trips out of Santa Ana and across United States

Day trips that leave Santa Ana in the morning and cover a good part of United States by evening.

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The two ends, compared

Sacramento reaches 79 places in 3 countries on services we hold, over distances from 50 to 4,023 km. Santa Ana reaches 61 places in 3 countries, from 41 to 3,918 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Sacramento

  • 79Places you can leave for
  • 3Countries
  • 21Operators

Arriving in Santa Ana

Leaving Santa Ana

  • 61Places you can leave for
  • 3Countries
  • 18Operators

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