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Tucson to Irvine

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Tucson to Irvine. From €78.61, fastest 4h 50m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Tucson to Irvine runs about 2 times a day, with the first departure around 07:30 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €78.61, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 4h 50m over 763 km, on services run by 3 operators across 1 mode.

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

What one seat costs

Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €78.61, so there is no spread to show.

Typical fares · Priced for October 12, 2026

€78.61

  • 129%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Tucson

Typical first and last departure on this corridor.

  • 07:30First departure
  • 07:30Last departure
  • 2Services per day
  • 0%Run direct

Fares by date

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

Typical fares

  1. about €150.59Wed23
  2. about €211.95Thu24
  3. about €138.20Fri25
  4. about €148.82Sat26
  5. about €124.63Sun27
  6. about €119.32Mon28
  7. about €103.39Tue29
  8. about €92.77Wed30
  9. about €110.47Thu1
  10. about €95.13Fri2
  11. about €111.65Sat3
  12. about €95.72Sun4
  13. about €93.94Mon5
  14. about €82.74Tue6
  15. about €84.51Wed7
  16. about €102.80Thu8
  17. about €90.41Fri9
  18. about €88.64Sat10
  19. about €93.95Sun11
  20. about €78.61Mon12
  21. about €83.33Tue13

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

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 Tucson to Irvine

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

  1. €80.9790 days
  2. €78.6060 days
  3. €65.6345 days
  4. €82.1530 days
  5. €83.3321 days
  6. €82.7414 days
  7. €103.397 days
  8. €138.203 days
  9. €150.591 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €65.63.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 129 percent. The most expensive point is €150.59, 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.
€150.59€65.63137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 45 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Tucson to Irvine 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

763 km

663 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services take. The bearing runs west.

Who lives at each end

542,629256,927

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

The route

United StatesMexicoLos AngelesLos AngelesTijuanaTijuanaPhoenixPhoenixCiudad JuárezCiudad JuárezSan DiegoSan DiegoMexicaliMexicaliAlbuquerqueAlbuquerqueBakersfieldBakersfieldRiversideRiversideNogalesNogalesSanta ClaritaSanta ClaritaDeer ValleyDeer ValleyLancasterLancasterSanta MariaSanta MariaSanta BarbaraSanta BarbaraEnchanted HillsEnchanted HillsTucsonTucsonIrvineIrvineMap data: Natural Earth, GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)Map data: Natural Earth, GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
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
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 763 km against 663 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Los Angeles, San Diego. The gap between arriving and leaving is 59 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 16 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

Baggage storage near Irvine Transportation Center

Most of the points near Irvine Transportation Center open before the first train and close after the last one.

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Questions about Tucson to Irvine

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 it take to get from Tucson to Irvine?

The fastest journey from Tucson to Irvine takes 4h 50m door to door, of which 1h 57m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 5h 23m, 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 Tucson to Irvine?

The cheapest fare from Tucson to Irvine is €78.61, as of September 22, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €106.93. 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 Tucson to Irvine?

The cheapest way from Tucson to Irvine is by flight, at €78.61 for one passenger on October 12, 2026. That journey takes 4h 53m 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 Tucson to Irvine?

Fares from Tucson to Irvine bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €65.63. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 129 percent, measured on September 22, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Tucson to Irvine?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Tucson to Irvine, at €83.33. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 22, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Tucson to Irvine?

February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Tucson to Irvine, at €63.85 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 service from Tucson to Irvine?

3 operators sell services from Tucson to Irvine across 1 mode: Air Canada, Amtrak California, Southwest Airlines. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.

Is there a direct service from Tucson to Irvine?

0 percent of the services we sell from Tucson to Irvine are direct. The rest connect at Los Angeles, San Diego, with about 59 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 Tucson to Irvine use?

Services from Tucson to Irvine by flight leave from Tucson International Airport TUS and arrive at Irvine Transportation Center. Allow about 1h 57m 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 Tucson to Irvine?

1 of the 3 operators we sell from Tucson to Irvine 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.

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 labeled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

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

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Tucson to Irvine on September 22, 2026: 763 km of route against 663 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 3 operators a cheapest fare of €78.61, and 4h 50m 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 Irvine is somebody else's catalog.

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The two ends, compared

Tucson reaches 20 places in 2 countries on services we hold, over distances from 173 to 2,474 km. Irvine reaches 44 places in 3 countries, from 40 to 11,809 km.

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Leaving Tucson

  • 20Places you can leave for
  • 2Countries
  • 11Operators

Arriving in Irvine

Leaving Irvine

  • 44Places you can leave for
  • 3Countries
  • 5Operators

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