Route · JFK → SFO
Flights from New York to San Francisco
The JFK–SFO corridor is one of the busiest transcontinental lanes in the United States, covering roughly 4,150 km with a typical block time just over five hours westbound and closer to four and a half heading east, thanks to prevailing tailwinds. American, Delta, United, JetBlue, and Alaska all compete aggressively here, deploying a mix of narrowbodies — typically A321s and 737s — alongside widebody equipment including A321XLRs and occasionally 767s on premium-heavy rotations. At JFK, note that carriers are split across terminals: Delta operates from Terminal 4, while American uses Terminal 8, so allow extra buffer time if connecting or sharing a booking across airlines. Fares tend to soften in January and February after the holiday surge, and midweek departures — particularly Tuesdays and Wednesdays — often yield the most competitive economy pricing, while premium-cabin award availability is generally strongest on shoulder-season midweek flights.
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Cheapest dates to fly
Live prices · powered by AviasalesThe calendar below pulls live fares from our search partner for New York (JFK) → San Francisco (SFO). Use the… year view to spot the cheapest week to fly, the day-of-week patterns most travellers miss, and any shoulder-season dips worth shifting your trip around. Prices refresh every few hours, so what you see is what your booking page should look like a moment later — click any date to jump straight to the fare on Aviasales.
Airlines on this route
7 carriersThe 7 carriers we currently track on the New York–San Francisco route, from full-service flag carriers to low-cost competitors. Tap any airline for its full… profile, baggage rules, fleet context, and a live fare search pre-filtered to that carrier — useful if you're loyal to a frequent-flyer programme, want to compare onboard product on the same dates, or are weighing a cheaper one-stop against a pricier nonstop.
Flights from New York to San Francisco
Live schedule · powered by AviasalesBelow is the published weekly schedule for nonstop and one-stop services from New York to San Francisco — the actual flight numbers, departure and arrival… times your booking page will pull from. Use it to plan around departure preferences (early morning vs late evening), see which carriers fly on which weekdays, or pick a connection that lets you sleep in your own bed before a long-haul leg. Click any row to load it directly in the search.
Airport guides
Quick links into the airport profiles at both ends of the route. Each guide covers terminal layout, the airlines that base hubs at JFK and… SFO, the other routes those airports serve, and the ground-transit options most travellers wish they'd read about before landing — the practical context you only really need to know once you've booked, but want to skim before you do.