San Diego to San Francisco Flights (SAN-SFO)

🇺🇸 SAN

San Diego

866 mi

SFO 🇺🇸

San Francisco

San Diego International Airport San Francisco International Airport 7 airlines

The San Diego to San Francisco route connects San Diego International Airport (SAN) in US with San Francisco International Airport (SFO) in US. This short-haul flight covers approximately 866 miles (1394 km) with a typical flight time of 1h 15m. This route is served by 7 airlines: United, SkyWest, Southwest and others. AirportRoutes has tracked 56 unique flight numbers on this route.

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Departure Airport

San Diego International Airport

ICAO Code:: KSAN
IATA Code:: SAN
City:: 🇺🇸 San Diego
Country:: US
Elevation:: 17 ft

Destination Airport

San Francisco International Airport

ICAO Code:: KSFO
IATA Code:: SFO
City:: 🇺🇸 San Francisco
Country:: US
Elevation:: 13 ft

Operators

Tracked Flights

866

Miles

1h 15m

Flight Duration

Route Map

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Operating Airlines

Airline	ICAO	IATA
United	`UAL`	`UA`
SkyWest	`SKW`	`OO`
Southwest	`SWA`	`WN`
Horizon	`QXE`	`QX`
Alaska Airlines	`ASA`	`AS`
Frontier	`FFT`	`F9`
PenAir	`NLA`	`-`

Flight Schedule Pattern

Day	Flights Observed	Frequency
Monday	44	12%
Tuesday	49	13%
Wednesday	57	16%
Thursday	62	17%
Friday	55	15%
Saturday	43	12%
Sunday	54	15%

Pattern Analysis

56 Tracked Flights:

Data Points: 364
API observations used to build this analysis

Weekdays: 267 flights
Weekend: 97 flights

Business Route More active on weekdays

All Flight Routes

7 Routes

Note: This table shows aggregated route data by airline. Each airline may operate multiple daily flights at different times. See the "Spotted Departure Times" section below for all observed departure times.

Airline	Aircraft Type	Typical Time	Days Active	Last Seen	Status
Alaska Airlines `ASA` / `AS`	B739	20:35 8:35 PM (Representative)	M T W T F S S	Jul 28, 2026	Active
Frontier `FFT` / `F9`	A20N	19:15 7:15 PM (Representative)	M T W T F S S	Jul 28, 2026	Active
Horizon `QXE` / `QX`	E75L	10:13 10:13 AM (Representative)	M T W T F S S	Jul 28, 2026	Active
PenAir `NLA`	E75L	20:59 8:59 PM (Representative)	M T W T F S S	Mar 2, 2026	Active
SkyWest `SKW` / `OO`	E75L	07:43 7:43 AM (Representative)	M T W T F S S	Jul 28, 2026	Active
Southwest `SWA` / `WN`	B38M	06:30 6:30 AM (Representative)	M T W T F S S	Jul 28, 2026	Active
United `UAL` / `UA`	E75L	13:30 1:30 PM (Representative)	M T W T F S S	Aug 17, 2026	Active

Total Routes: 7

Active Routes: 7

Unique Airlines: 7

Aircraft Types: 7

Spotted Departure Times

Departure Time	Operator	ICAO	IATA
06:30 6:30 AM	Southwest	`SWA`	`WN`
07:43 7:43 AM	SkyWest	`SKW`	`OO`
10:13 10:13 AM	Horizon	`QXE`	`QX`
13:30 1:30 PM	United	`UAL`	`UA`
19:15 7:15 PM	Frontier	`FFT`	`F9`
20:35 8:35 PM	Alaska Airlines	`ASA`	`AS`
20:59 8:59 PM	PenAir	`NLA`	`-`

Time Information

Times are shown in the departure airport's local timezone (KSAN - America/Los_Angeles).

Total Departure Times: 7

Time Range:
06:30 - 20:59

These are typical departure times observed from actual flights. Times may vary by season and schedule changes.

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