£185 Find Cheap Flights from London Gatwick Airport to California

This is the cheapest one-way flight price found by a KAYAK user in the last 72 hours by searching for a flight from Gatwick to California departing on 12/9. Fares are subject to change and may not be available on all flights or dates of travel. Click the price to replicate the search for this deal.
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Best California Flight Deals from Gatwick

Cheapest return prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
Los Angeles
Los Angelesdirect£296
San Francisco
San Francisco1 stop£353
San Diego
San Diego2 stops£423
Palm Springs
Palm Springs2 stops£656
San Jose
San Jose1 stop£400
Reno
Reno1 stop£394
Los Angeles
Los Angelesdirect£296
San Francisco
San Francisco1 stop£353
San Diego
San Diego2 stops£423
Palm Springs
Palm Springs2 stops£656
San Jose
San Jose1 stop£400
Reno
Reno1 stop£394

Cheap Flights from Gatwick to California

 
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.
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Recent return flight deals from Gatwick to California

Sun, 21 Sep - Sun, 5 Oct
Norse Atlantic UK Logo
10:55 - 14:10LGW-LAX
11h 15mdirect
Norse Atlantic UK Logo
16:30 - 10:55LAX-LGW
10h 25mdirect
£296Norse Atlantic UK
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Sun, 21 Sep - Sun, 5 Oct
Norse Atlantic UK Logo
10:55 - 14:10LGW-LAX
11h 15mdirect
Norse Atlantic UK Logo
16:30 - 10:55LAX-LGW
10h 25mdirect
£298Norse Atlantic UK
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Tue, 4 Nov - Sat, 8 Nov
SWISS Logo
18:40 - 16:25LGW-SFO
29h 45m1 stop
SWISS Logo
19:25 - 17:50SFO-LGW
14h 25m1 stop
£393SWISS
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Sun, 14 Sep - Sun, 21 Sep
SWISS Logo
18:40 - 16:45LGW-SFO
54h 05m2 stops
SWISS Logo
21:00 - 17:50SFO-LGW
36h 50m2 stops
£397SWISS
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Fri, 19 Sep - Fri, 26 Sep
British Airways Logo
11:35 - 23:59LGW-SFO
20h 24m2 stops
British Airways Logo
10:22 - 08:10SFO-LGW
13h 48m1 stop
£403British Airways
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Wed, 27 Aug - Wed, 3 Sep
British Airways Logo
15:05 - 23:46LGW-SFO
16h 41m1 stop
British Airways Logo
06:10 - 08:10SFO-LGW
18h 00m1 stop
£414British Airways
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Wed, 27 Aug - Wed, 3 Sep
Virgin Atlantic Logo
12:00 - 12:51LGW-SFO
32h 51m2 stops
Virgin Atlantic Logo
13:20 - 10:00SFO-LGW
36h 40m2 stops
£423Virgin Atlantic
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Thu, 28 Aug - Thu, 4 Sep
Finnair Logo
14:30 - 21:04LGW-SJC
38h 34m2 stops
Finnair Logo
06:00 - 08:10SJC-LGW
18h 10m2 stops
£435Finnair
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Sat, 6 Sep - Mon, 15 Sep
Finnair Logo
12:20 - 23:25LGW-SFO
19h 05m2 stops
Finnair Logo
07:00 - 10:10SFO-LGW
19h 10m2 stops
£438Finnair
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Mon, 18 Aug - Mon, 25 Aug
Virgin Atlantic Logo
12:00 - 23:21LGW-SAN
19h 21m2 stops
Virgin Atlantic Logo
06:25 - 10:00SAN-LGW
19h 35m2 stops
£505Virgin Atlantic
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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.

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

The cheapest price for flight routes found by users searching on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks for round-trip flights from London Gatwick Airport to California.

The cheapest ticket to California from London Gatwick Airport found in the last 72 hours was to Los Angeles, at £284 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 72 hours was £284.

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 £794, 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 £375 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are July and December, when the average cost of return tickets is £616 and £578 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, Tuesday 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 the flight from London Gatwick Airport to California, you should book around 3 weeks before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 11 weeks before departure.


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

Low seasonJanuary
High seasonAugust
Cheapest flight£185
Best time to beat the crowds (20% less expensive on average)
Most popular time to fly (26% more expensive on average)
Flight from London Gatwick Airport to Los Angeles

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.

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

    The cheapest time of day to fly to California is generally in the evening, when retur flights cost £650 on average. Morning departures are around 9% more expensive than evening flights, 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 £709.

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.
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7.5
SWISSOverall score based on 1657 reviews
7.6Boarding
6.8Entertainment
8.2Crew
7.4Comfort
7.1Food
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The crew was very friendly and nice! Very smooth flight.

10.0 ExcellentAnonymous, Jun 2025ZRH - JFK
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The crew was very friendly and nice! Very smooth flight.

The meal was wonderful and strawberry ice cream was a plus.

Absolutely amazing! Best airline i have flown with, huge difference to United!

All the flight to USA were arranged to E terminal whereas from Dubrovnik arriving on Zurich is on A80, have to walk all the way from A to E, even need transfer bus , for short transfer time like in an hour, we have to work fast, as soon as arrived at E, it is about time to boarding, pretty tight schedule, I hope Zurich airport can make some rearrangement so that transfer people do not have to walk long way. For short transfer time people, such as 50 min, this is even impossible if still like this.

...as stated previously, red tape should be shorted by Swiss in terms of generating refunds...

When I needed to get my bag off of the plane so that I could take a train because the connection was 4 hours later, they took 2 hours to take my bag off making me take the train and miss my flight simultaneously. The seat size on the plane is too small for an average aged woman let alone a middle-aged man. It's unacceptable and I will not fly Boeing again.

The flight was generally good but was delayed departure meant a very late arrival for a connecting flight.

Delayed 30 mins Forced to check in my carry on luggage

I slept the whole flight so I can't tell you about the food and there was no entertainment offered. Crew was very nice, seats were comfortable in business, and boarding was easy.

I haven't flown Swiss in a long time. I was disappointed that after paying $14,907 for 3 business class seats, we still had to pay another $200 for a single business class seat. All the window seats used to be single seats. Now it's every other one and if you want a single seat it's extra. Also, The double seats do not have pods or any privacy. We landed in Chicago after a long 10 hour flight and our connecting flight was on United. Because we do not have status on Swiss, we were not allowed to use the United lounge, even with business class seats. My father is on crutches and we had a 4 hour layover. No lounge was also disappointing. All of my status is on British Airways so I will go back to flying BA. We flew Swiss because my father did not want to go through Heathrow. On a positive, the crew were super nice and accommodating for my father who had recently had hip replacement surgery. Food was okay. I"m not a good person to critique the food, I never like airplane food.

Great crew - old style upper class seats on the older fleet now feels dated

Premium economy more comfortable than economy, but not by much. Did was awful, do not try the omelette. Flight crew were helpful. Flight was delayed by over an hour. Overall but bad, arrived safely and thank God.

Food was excellent. Service was very good. Staff was very helpful to all passengers.

The crew was excellent as ever on Virgin. The special meal was poor unfortunately. More significantly when we arrived at Manchester Airport there was no air bridge provided and we had to exit the plane down a rickety stair case. This is unacceptable for a transatlantic flight. Whilst I understand that this is the airport’s fault at the end of the day the airline is responsible for our transportation and needs to do something.

Super friendly and helpful staff, from check-in desk to cabin crew.

Following a paid seat upgrade for enhanced comfort, I encountered an unacceptable odor in my assigned area. It took three hours for the crew to relocate me, and the replacement seat was unacceptably close to the lavatory, offering no improvement.

Good overall. Cannot fault the airlines. I have had better entertainment systems before ie ice in Emirates but it was not too bad. Food was decent and staff were friendly.

I did not fly by vergin atlantic from bangalore to vasco da gama

Your flight delayed at Heathrow n I almost missed my mother funeral.you idiots. I had to waste 10 hours in different airports. Thank your stars I'm not suing you.

Miami airport needs more thorough signage. It was a long walk from my transport point to the check in desk,

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!

We flew one way from Gatwick, London to JFK NY For 2 people $1200 and no food offered not even water. You had to buy food. Norse advertises as a low fare transatlantic airline, they may want rethink that. Crew, flight was fine. Ironically we flew American from JFK to Heathrow for $1000 (2people) and included food and drinks.

Longest check in line I have ever seen- brutal and airline personnel hustled me about the size of my bag even though I showed them that it measured exactly to the measurements posted on their site. Just super annoying- I get it - it’s a budget airline and you get what you pay for. Most of the flight were young people who seemed to have never experienced international travel. It’s worth paying for a seat otherwise you will be uncomfortable.

We flew premium on the way TO London but went back to economy for this flight. The differences I note here may be colored by changing service. The crew was professional and polite but cold on this flight and class of service. They seemed to want to have as little to do with us as possible, beyond providing the basic services in economy. The aircraft was still good though, and the pitch was about as tight as expected - manageable but no extra personal space to spare. Overall I would certainly fly Norse Atlantic again, given the opportunity.

The crew were good. The flight was on time. The entertainment choice was ok. But the food was bad, tasted and texture were awful.

The food was very good and it came multiple times

Flight from LGW to JFK delayed by 4 hrs No explanation given until the pilot said the delay due to planned maintenance on the aircraft

All service prior to the flight was terrible: online check-in not working, no customer service tel,, multiple airport scanners not working, A huge mess.

The first class seats were unusable, mine at the end of the flight, my husband's in the middle of the flight, and the one next to me was unusable either, they had to move the person to another seat.

I couldn't get a vegan meal because I booked via kayak but everything else was lovely

Flight was okay however bags were left in London even though we had a 7 hour layover. Bags are yet to be confirmed to reach final destination. Horrible work.

The airplane was old. Some things didn’t work out of middle seat was broken. The rest was OK.

Business class area too small and chair and equipment not comfortable .

The flight was okay, but legroom was tight for me and I’m only average height, although at 30” legroom is comparable with most other airlines. Not much room in the aisle either making the trek to and from the toilet difficult with passengers standing in the aisle. On the whole, it’s probably on a par with budget airlines and the ticket process extremely competitive.

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