New York to San Diego flight

Flights from New York to San Diego start at €287.47 and take 8h 37m at their fastest.

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The Flights from New York to San Diego starts at €287.47 and takes 8h 37m door to door, run by 5 operators over 4,025 km, with around 35 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.

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

  • 8h 37mDoor to door
  • 5h 27mMoving
  • €347.06 to €624.36From
  • 06:06 to 20:35First and last departure
  • 35Per day
  • 595.7 kgCO2

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

€347.06 to €624.36 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. 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 €578.34Mon21
  2. about €567.72Tue22
  3. about €499.28Wed23
  4. about €624.36Thu24
  5. about €574.80Fri25
  6. about €590.14Sat26
  7. about €439.69Sun27
  8. about €380.10Mon28
  9. about €370.07Tue29
  10. about €401.34Wed30
  11. about €460.93Thu1
  12. about €431.43Fri2
  13. about €437.33Sat3
  14. about €347.06Sun4

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.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on October 6, 2026

Cheapest€287.47
  1. United Airlines UA417620:126h 13m23:25New York City JFKSan Diego SAN

Door to door 9h 23mCO2 595.7 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes

Fastest€306.94
  1. American Airlines AA492815:425h 27m18:09New York City JFKSan Diego SAN

Door to door 8h 37mCO2 595.7 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.
OperatorFromFastest
American Airlines€290.428h 37m
Alaska Airlines€292.198h 37m
JetBlue Airways€296.328h 37m
Delta Air Lines€294.558h 37m
United Airlines€287.478h 38m

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

A hotel room

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

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Booking window

When to book New York to San Diego

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. €347.0614 days
  7. €439.697 days
  8. €499.283 days
  9. €578.341 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €248.53.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 133 percent. The most expensive point is €578.34, 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. €347.06Sun
  2. €380.10Mon
  3. €370.07Tue
  4. €401.34Wed
  5. €460.93Thu
  6. €431.43Fri
  7. €437.33Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

New York City

Air
  • JFK
  • EWR
  • LGA
  • ISP

San Diego

Air
  • SAN
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 New York at 06:06 and the last at 20:35, across 35 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about New York to San Diego

The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 New York to San Diego take?

The Flight from New York to San Diego takes 8h 37m door to door, of which 5h 27m 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 New York to San Diego cost?

The Flight from New York to San Diego starts at €287.47 for one passenger, as of September 20, 2026. A typical fare is €338.80. 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 New York to San Diego?

5 operators run the Flight from New York to San Diego: American Airlines, Alaska Airlines, JetBlue Airways, Delta Air Lines, United Airlines. Between them they file around 35 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 New York to San Diego use?

The Flight from New York to San Diego leaves from New York City JFK and arrives at San Diego 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 New York to San Diego?

Fares for the Flight from New York to San Diego bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €248.53. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 133 percent, measured on September 20, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

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

The Flight from New York to San Diego produces about 595.7 kg of CO2 per passenger over 4025 km, which works out at roughly 148 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, 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 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

On this page
Every figure above was computed for New York to San Diego on September 20, 2026: 4025 km of route against 3907 km in a straight line, 35 services a day, 5 operators a cheapest fare of €287.47, and 8h 37m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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