Route · LAX → SFO
Flights from Los Angeles to San Francisco
The LAX–SFO corridor is one of the busiest short-haul segments in North America, covering roughly 544 kilometres with a block time that typically lands just over an hour in the air. United Airlines dominates the route with high-frequency departures, often using narrowbody Boeing 737s and Airbus A319s, while Southwest runs a competitive shuttle-style operation and Alaska, American, and Delta fill out the schedule with similar equipment. A practical note worth knowing: at LAX, United operates from Terminal 7 and 8, while Southwest uses Terminal 1, so connecting passengers on multi-carrier itineraries should budget extra transfer time across the sprawling terminal complex. Fare-wise, midweek departures on Tuesdays and Wednesdays tend to be softer in price than Friday or Sunday flights, which carry a predictable business-traveller premium; if you need premium cabin space, last-minute upgrades using miles are often easiest on off-peak morning departures.
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Cheapest dates to fly
Live prices · powered by AviasalesThe calendar below pulls live fares from our search partner for Los Angeles (LAX) → 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
9 carriersThe 9 carriers we currently track on the Los Angeles–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 Los Angeles to San Francisco
Live schedule · powered by AviasalesBelow is the published weekly schedule for nonstop and one-stop services from Los Angeles 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 LAX 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.