San Diego to Los Angeles flight
Flights from San Diego to Los Angeles start at €31.41 and take 3h 49m at their fastest.
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The Flights from San Diego to Los Angeles starts at €31.41 and takes 3h 49m door to door, run by 3 operators over 185 km, with around 18 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.
- 3h 49mDoor to door
- 39mMoving
- €31.41 to €39.67From
- 06:00 to 20:10First and last departure
- 18Per day
- 45.5 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 5, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€31.41 to €39.67 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
- about €39.67Sun20
- about €36.13Mon21
- about €31.41Tue22
- about €32.00Wed23
- about €38.49Thu24
- about €36.13Fri25
- about €31.41Sat26
- about €31.41Sun27
- about €31.41Mon28
- about €31.41Tue29
- about €31.41Wed30
- about €31.41Thu1
- about €31.41Fri2
- about €31.41Sat3
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 cheapest and the fastest on October 5, 2026
No bookable itinerary on the day this page prices, so none is shown.
Airlines
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When to book San Diego to Los Angeles
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €23.9990 days
- €16.2960 days
- €15.1945 days
- €16.8430 days
- €23.4421 days
- €23.9914 days
- €30.597 days
- €28.943 days
- €39.671 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €15.19.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 161 percent. The most expensive point is €39.67, 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.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €31.14Sun
- €23.99Mon
- €23.99Tue
- €25.09Wed
- €30.04Thu
- €27.29Fri
- €23.99Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
San Diego
- SAN
Los Angeles
- LAX
What the journey looks like
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 185 km against 179 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves San Diego at 06:00 and the last at 20:10, across 18 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Flights against the other ways to make this journey
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 2h 2m | 1h 18m | 44m | €19.04 | 5.9 kg | 18 |
| Flight | 3h 49m | 39m | 3h 10m | €31.41 | 45.5 kg | 18 |
Questions about San Diego to Los Angeles
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 San Diego to Los Angeles take?
The Flight from San Diego to Los Angeles takes 3h 49m door to door, of which 39m is spent moving. The route runs 185 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 Los Angeles cost?
The Flight from San Diego to Los Angeles starts at €31.41 for one passenger, as of September 19, 2026. A typical fare is €31.41. 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 Los Angeles?
3 operators run the Flight from San Diego to Los Angeles: American Eagle Airlines, SkyWest, United Airlines. Between them they file around 18 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 Los Angeles use?
The Flight from San Diego to Los Angeles leaves from San Diego SAN and arrives at Los Angeles LAX. 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.
Is the Flight the best way from San Diego to Los Angeles?
Traveling from San Diego to Los Angeles by Train costs €19.04 and takes 2h 2m door to door, against 3h 49m by Flight. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.
When should I book the Flight from San Diego to Los Angeles?
Fares for the Flight from San Diego to Los Angeles bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €15.19. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 161 percent, measured on September 19, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Flight from San Diego to Los Angeles produce?
The Flight from San Diego to Los Angeles produces about 45.5 kg of CO2 per passenger over 185 km, which works out at roughly 246 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 San Diego to Los Angeles on September 19, 2026: 185 km of route against 179 km in a straight line, 18 services a day, 3 operators a cheapest fare of €31.41, and 3h 49m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.