£350 Find Cheap Flights from London Gatwick Airport to California

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Cheap Flights from Gatwick to California

Cheapest return prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
Los Angeles
Los Angeles1 stop£482
San Francisco
San Francisco2 stops£508
San Diego
San Diego1 stop£603
San Jose
San Jose2 stops£581
Palm Springs
Palm Springs2 stops£852
Redding
Redding2 stops£984
Reno
Reno2 stops£919
Los Angeles
Los Angeles1 stop£482
San Francisco
San Francisco2 stops£508
San Diego
San Diego1 stop£603
San Jose
San Jose2 stops£581
Palm Springs
Palm Springs2 stops£852
Redding
Redding2 stops£984
Reno
Reno2 stops£919

Book Cheap Gatwick to California Plane Tickets

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for return flights from Gatwick to California that are departing in the next months. While these flights were available on KAYAK in the last 72 hours, prices and availability are subject to change and deals may expire.
Discover the best prices for you by selecting your travel dates on KAYAK.

Recent return flight deals from Gatwick to California

Mon, 7 Sep - Tue, 6 Oct
SWISS Logo
18:35 - 16:30
LGW
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LAX
29h 55m
1 stop
SWISS Logo
19:35 - 08:25
LAX
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LGW
28h 50m
1 stop
£482SWISS
Tue, 8 Sep - Tue, 15 Sep
SWISS Logo
09:25 - 16:30
LGW
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LAX
15h 05m
1 stop
SWISS Logo
19:35 - 08:25
LAX
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LGW
28h 50m
1 stop
£482SWISS
Thu, 12 Nov - Mon, 30 Nov
SWISS Logo
18:40 - 16:35
LGW
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LAX
29h 55m
1 stop
SWISS Logo
19:10 - 17:50
LAX
-
LGW
14h 40m
1 stop
£483SWISS
Thu, 17 Sep - Tue, 29 Sep
Virgin Atlantic Logo
10:25 - 22:13
LGW
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SJC
19h 48m
2 stops
Virgin Atlantic Logo
14:42 - 16:00
SJC
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LGW
17h 18m
2 stops
£572Virgin Atlantic
Thu, 8 Oct - Sat, 17 Oct
Air France Logo
10:25 - 22:58
LGW
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SJC
20h 33m
2 stops
Air France Logo
07:15 - 09:20
SJC
-
LGW
18h 05m
2 stops
£575Air France
Tue, 21 Jul - Tue, 4 Aug
Air France Logo
17:00 - 22:53
LGW
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SJC
37h 53m
2 stops
Air France Logo
13:24 - 16:00
SJC
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LGW
18h 36m
2 stops
£593Air France
Fri, 25 Sep - Sat, 3 Oct
Virgin Atlantic Logo
10:25 - 00:18
LGW
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LAS
21h 53m
2 stops
Virgin Atlantic Logo
17:50 - 16:00
LAS
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LGW
14h 10m
1 stop
£661Virgin Atlantic
Tue, 16 Jun - Wed, 22 Jul
Iberia Logo
11:30 - 23:59
LGW
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ONT
20h 29m
2 stops
Iberia Logo
10:25 - 20:00
ONT
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LGW
25h 35m
2 stops
£692Iberia
Mon, 15 Jun - Tue, 21 Jul
Iberia Logo
20:40 - 23:59
LGW
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ONT
35h 19m
2 stops
Iberia Logo
14:15 - 20:00
ONT
-
LGW
21h 45m
2 stops
£700Iberia
Tue, 16 Jun - Thu, 23 Jul
British Airways Logo
11:30 - 23:59
LGW
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ONT
20h 29m
2 stops
British Airways Logo
10:25 - 20:00
ONT
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LGW
25h 35m
2 stops
£711British Airways
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Gatwick to California flights

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Gatwick to California to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

How much is a return flight from London Gatwick Airport to California?

This analysis is based on the cheapest return trip price found on KAYAK in the last 12 months by searching for a flight from London Gatwick Airport to California departing in September.

What is the cheapest London Gatwick Airport to California flight route?

Data is based on round-trip flight searches on KAYAK over the past month.

The cheapest ticket to California from London Gatwick Airport found in the last 72 hours was to Los Angeles, at £512 return. The most popular route is from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Los Angeles (LAX), and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 3 days was £512.

What is the cheapest time of day to fly to California?

The average price for all round-trip flights from London Gatwick Airport to California depending on the time of departure, clicked by users on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.

The cheapest time of day to fly to California is generally in the morning, when retur flights cost £439 on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to California is generally in the morning, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is £439.

Can I save money by flying with a stopover from London Gatwick Airport to California?

The average return price for all direct flights, flights with one stopover, and flights with two stopovers for the route found by users searching on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.

No, with an average price for the route of £587, prices are generally cheapest when you fly direct.

What is the cheapest month to fly from London Gatwick Airport to California?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from London Gatwick Airport to California, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the median of all values for each month.

The cheapest month for flights from London Gatwick Airport to California is September, when tickets cost £113 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and April, when the average cost of return tickets is £408 and £382 respectively.

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from London Gatwick Airport to California?

The average price of all round-trip flights from London Gatwick Airport to California clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.

For London Gatwick Airport to California, Thursday is the cheapest day to fly on average and Saturday is the most expensive. Flying from California back to London Gatwick Airport, the best deals are generally found on Tuesday, with Saturday being the most expensive.

How far in advance should I book a flight from London Gatwick Airport to California?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from London Gatwick Airport to California, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each week.

To get a below-average price on a flight from London Gatwick Airport to California, you should book around 4 weeks before departure, which saves you about 36% compared to booking last-minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 6 weeks before departure.

Good to know - Cheap tickets from London Gatwick Airport to California

Low seasonJanuary
Cheapest flight£362
Best time to beat the crowds (4% less expensive on average)
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 19% lower on average.
Flight from London Gatwick Airport to Sacramento

FAQs - booking California flights

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from London Gatwick Airport to California?

    KAYAK is a travel search engine. That means we look across the web to find the best prices we can find for our users. With over 2 billion flight queries processed yearly, we are able to display a variety of prices and options on flights from London Gatwick Airport to California.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from London Gatwick Airport to California?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight from London Gatwick Airport to California is likely to change within 7 days, so travellers know whether to wait or book now.

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights from London Gatwick Airport to California?

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional return ticket. You could then fly from London Gatwick Airport to California with an airline and back with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from London Gatwick Airport to California?

    Sometimes travel dates aren't set in stone. If your preferred travel dates have some wiggle room, flexible dates will show you all the options when flying from London Gatwick Airport to California up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

Reviews of the top 4 airlines flying from Gatwick to California

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from London to California. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Gatwick to California? KAYAK airline reviews give an overall score for each airline based on loads of factors, including comfort, boarding, in-flight entertainment and more, to make your decision easier. See airline scores according to verified KAYAK customer reviews.
7.7
FinnairOverall score based on 1399 reviews
7.7Boarding
7.5Comfort
8.2Crew
6.7Food
6.9Entertainment
Airline reviews

The crew was friendly, and the flight landed on time

10.0 ExcellentDarwin, May 2026
HEL - JFK
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The crew was friendly, and the flight landed on time

Rude Iberia security crew at the Madrid terminal. No Iberia officials to be found to redress complaints at the gate. No supervisors. Nothing for processing upgrades at the gate Iberia app did not work to let me upgrade my options to higher classes. No water was offered on a hot day in Madrid. Madrid airport air conditioning was so weak that people were sweating. Never book on any airlines that codeshare with Iberia.

Comfort. Not good very little space after the person in front of you lay back.

Great if not for the boarding by bus at Heathrow terminal 3. Medieval disappointing time-consuming and very hard on handicapped flyers. It was awful

Business seating is soooo uncomfortable. You can sit straight up or lay down. You need pillows behind you because the back doesn’t lay down. Those are need to “prop” you up. The chair has no padding whatsoever. Food was gross. I’ve eaten on Finnair before and the food was exceptional. This time it gave 2 people in our party diarrhea. It was the chicken dish. I took 2 bites and didn’t eat anything more. The flight attendants were nice. You needed an additional lounge in Terminal D at DFW Airport. After waiting 40 minutes to enter, we finally gave up and went to a bar across from the club doors. I’m unsure if I’ll ever book a Finnair flight again.

Very good seat, very comfortable, good food, and good service.

It was a good flight, very comfortable seats for sleeping in business class. Probably the most comfortable business class seat I've ever had (20+ times in business class on various airlines). Service was good, but the only downside is my screen didn't work and it had to be reset multiple times to get it to shut off. I had to block my eyes because the screen was white almost the entire flight and I wore an eye mask when I slept. But when eating and reading in my seat, my eyes hurt because the only way to turn the screen off was reset it and the screen would only be off for a few minutes at a time.

Everything was wonderful! AirBus seats are more comfortable to sleep in as compared to the Boeing planes.

All reviews good because...flight from BWI to London ,economy seats was miserable. I usually book 1,step up from economy but this would have added 1500 bucks 1 way. Bit the bullet and upgraded for retun flight, otherwise all ratings would have been rock bottom.

It was okay. The airplane was a little smaller than a flight from Thailand to Helsinki.

Very unprofessional treatment of customers - boardring on being unethical. Only cares about money and not the customer. If you use the swiss brand, you should deserve it - now swiss air doesn't deserve the swiss brand.

Best service we’ve ever experienced! Special thanks to the crew member who took care of us throughout the journey. It was truly a once-in-a-lifetime experience. We love Swiss Air!

The boarding of this flight was total chaos. For some reason, all passengers had to stand in a lengthy line at the gate to have our passports checked for the FOURTH time. No reason was offered for the necessity of the fourth re-check, and when we got to the end of the line, the check was perfunctory. There was little to no crowd control at the gate and in some cases, tempers were flaring. On the other hand, once we got on board, everything about this flight from start to finish, especially the quality of the food and the service, was probably the best I have ever experienced..

Boarding was very chaotic, we had to stand in two different lines that were not clearly marked, and the announcements were not understandable from the microphones, and we speak both German and English. We paid Kayak $120+ for seat assignments when we purchased our tickets but when we printed our boarding passes, suddenly we had been changed to 16 rows further back than our assigned seats we paid for. The seats we were assigned to on our boarding passes had no usable overhead bins and so we had to sit with our carry on backpacks underneath our feet in an already crowded space. One video/entertainment screen kept crashing and thus was useless for viewing anything. It was not an enjoyable flight.

The seat and leg room is small on the 2 seated row. Otherwise, very good crew and service.

Entertainment sounds were not good. Otherwise everything else was good.

Great flight. I didn't watch the entertainment. I used my iPad the whole flight. But, staff was great, smooth flight, comfortable seat (business seat 7A) and food was really good (I'm a vegetarian).

The flight was very nice but the food selection for the people in the last rows was limited to vegetarian meals only. I think vegetarian meal should not be offered as a main selection.

Best international flight I have had in a while! Far superior accommodation, services, food and general experience compared to U.S. airline companies.

0lane 2qs on tim3. Very bad food. No free wifi, only for texts. Entertainment poor and hard to access.

The entertainment could have been better, better choice / better headphones, but overall very satisfied

The friendly staff. They kept time. Was suprised to get some drinks.

We did not even get on this flight as the plane never left London. I missed the email that was sent mid morning USA time, so we were not aware the flight was cancelled. There was absolutely no help from the staff at the Norse check in gates, we were told to take a picture of the board they were holding up, to try and claim our money back. We were told to book our own flights to London which ended up costing $10000 due to the last minute. And now we have to return to Miami in 2 weeks. I am not holding my breath about getting on board for that flight either.

Great experience. The flight was smooth with very little turbulence. We were in premium classic, so lots of leg room.

Didn’t know you had to pay for earbuds and food on flight. Sounds awesome and better way to not waste food or items. Comfort of flight is was amazing other than that

Unexpectedly was surprised with the space on flight in economy and the price.

I was not expecting having to pay for headphones, water and basic food in a 9 hours flight. Price for this flight was as high as any other, still I had to pay 4 lbs for a can of sprite. On top of that flight attendance gave a bothered look when I asked her for some ice for my soda. She reluctantly when to get it, brought me literally 3 cubes and walked away without looking at me to avoid another request. I couldn’t believe it. She was soooo rude. I will never book on Norse again and I will let everyone I know about this. Unforgivable, very bad customer service.

Great crew. Customer support is pretty much non existent. I had 2 tickets that were not used, the flight was overbooked. I think I should have been reimbursed for the unused tickets.

The movies were super old. The crew did not offer WATER???? 5 hours os flight and did not get WATER? Norse is the worst company I ever used and never will use again.

Why call us to board if we’re going to be made to stand in the tunnel for 20 minutes. Really hard for people with little children. Plus it took me ages to check in because my seat in Premium was overbooked so I didn’t actually have a seat. I did end up receiving my seat in Premium but there was a lot of stress and confusion beforehand. Hope is it possible to overbook seats? Especially in Premium!

Los Angeles to London. 25th of April 2026. Business class. I was flying backwards with a complete stranger snoring next to me. In Business class. Males and females, strangers lying next to each other. Seats were backwards. I paid for comfort. I got dizziness and stress.

The crew has always been great on BA. They are very friendly and accommodating. I like that they have vegetarian options already in the menu. And the free wine is a nice perk.) I noticed (both directions of my trip) minor upgrades/ replacements needed on the plane itself (touch screen didn't work with touch; bathroom light didn't go on). However, this is one of my favorite airlines.

BA code for a Vueling flight. All god but the temperature in the plane (too hot when engine not running but otherwise ok)

There was a delay for the San Francisco-London flight, but we were all informed via text and email. The staff was very friendly and nice and the food was good. I do recommend that the airline offer something without eggs or something vegan for the vegetarian meal option. A lot of Indians are lacto-vegetarian, while some could be allergic to eggs/dairy.

Crew were nice, food was good. Boarding was horrendous. We were driven around the airport in a bus forced to climb a long flight of very steep stairs with no adequate handrails to board the plane . In many many years of flying to the US I have never been required to do this . There was no assistance for those needing help getting up the stairs to the plane. A fellow passenger helped me. No idea how other elderly, physically limited passengers or those with young children managed . It was a full flight with crowds trying to get up the stairs. It was an accident waiting to happen.

Food options limited and quality wasn’t very good. I was I was in premium economy and the people in front of me pushed their seats back to fully reclined position which made it difficult for me. My seat wouldn’t recline at all. I suggest that BA restrict the recliner more. Also, the audio in my headset didn’t work unless I held it in all the time. Entertainment choices were good. Customer services is excellent. Thank you to BA team.

Horrible, the plane is just old and junky...Filthy restroom, seat was as hard as rock. The food, mystery side dish, inedible..geez..just Horrible. Never flying BA again

the service on Business class should be improved to be at par with industry leaders like Cathay Pacific and Singapore AIrlines. A lot of room for improvement.

It’s the old style plane with the old Ying Yang seats doesn’t compare to other airlines with newer planes.

Entertainment devices on A380 need to be fixed, the seats might do with updates.

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