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£42 Find Cheap Flights from San Francisco to Phoenix

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Cheap Flights from San Francisco to Phoenix (SFO-PHX)

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for return flights from San Francisco to Phoenix 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 San Francisco to Phoenix

Wed, 17 Sep - Wed, 17 Sep
Southwest Logo
16:45 - 18:45SFO-PHX
2h 00mdirect
Southwest Logo
19:45 - 21:40PHX-SFO
1h 55mdirect
£88Southwest
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Wed, 10 Sep - Sun, 14 Sep
Southwest Logo
16:45 - 18:45SFO-PHX
2h 00mdirect
Southwest Logo
22:10 - 00:05PHX-SFO
1h 55mdirect
£92Southwest
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Fri, 5 Sep - Sun, 7 Sep
Southwest Logo
05:15 - 07:10SFO-PHX
1h 55mdirect
Southwest Logo
22:10 - 00:05PHX-SFO
1h 55mdirect
£96Southwest
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Wed, 17 Sep - Wed, 17 Sep
Hawaiian Airlines Logo
06:00 - 10:14SFO-PHX
4h 14m1 stop
Hawaiian Airlines Logo
16:30 - 21:43PHX-SFO
5h 13m1 stop
£99Hawaiian Airlines
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Sun, 9 Nov - Wed, 12 Nov
Hawaiian Airlines Logo
16:16 - 19:17SFO-PHX
2h 01mdirect
Hawaiian Airlines Logo
16:15 - 22:01PHX-SFO
6h 46m1 stop
£100Hawaiian Airlines
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Sat, 25 Oct - Tue, 28 Oct
Alaska Airlines Logo
08:41 - 15:17SFO-PHX
6h 36m1 stop
Alaska Airlines Logo
18:59 - 21:09PHX-SFO
2h 10mdirect
£109Alaska Airlines
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Wed, 3 Sep - Thu, 4 Sep
United Airlines Logo
18:50 - 20:54SFO-PHX
2h 04mdirect
United Airlines Logo
16:10 - 21:46PHX-SFO
5h 36m1 stop
£111United Airlines
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Thu, 25 Sep - Sun, 28 Sep
United Airlines Logo
06:00 - 09:50SFO-PHX
3h 50m1 stop
United Airlines Logo
07:10 - 09:16PHX-SFO
2h 06mdirect
£115United Airlines
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Fri, 31 Oct - Tue, 4 Nov
Alaska Airlines Logo
07:00 - 22:16SFO-PHX
15h 16m1 stop
Alaska Airlines Logo
19:59 - 21:09PHX-SFO
2h 10mdirect
£121Alaska Airlines
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Sun, 14 Sep - Sun, 21 Sep
Frontier Logo
23:57 - 11:16SFO-PHX
11h 19m1 stop
Frontier Logo
14:48 - 21:42PHX-SFO
6h 54m1 stop
£139Frontier
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KAYAK's insights & trends for San Francisco to Phoenix flights

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

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from San Francisco to Phoenix?

The average price of all round-trip flights from San Francisco to Phoenix Sky Harbor Intl Airport clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.

If you are looking for a flight deal from San Francisco to Phoenix, look for departures on Mondays and avoid leaving on a Friday, as it's usually the priciest day. When flying back from Phoenix, Thursday is the cheapest day to fly and Wednesday is the most expensive.

What is the cheapest month to fly from San Francisco to Phoenix Sky Harbor Intl Airport?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from San Francisco to Phoenix Sky Harbor Intl Airport, 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 San Francisco to Phoenix Sky Harbor Intl Airport is August, where tickets cost £113 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are November and February, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is £172 and £164 respectively.

How far in advance should I book a flight from San Francisco to Phoenix Sky Harbor Intl Airport?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from San Francisco to Phoenix Sky Harbor Intl Airport, 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 San Francisco to Phoenix Sky Harbor Intl Airport, you should book around 2 weeks before departure, which saves you about 20% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 5 weeks before departure.


Good to know - Cheap tickets from San Francisco to Phoenix

Low seasonJune
Cheapest flight£42
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 6% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly (9% more expensive on average)
Flight from San Francisco to Phoenix

When to book flights from San Francisco to Phoenix

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from San Francisco to Phoenix based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
Estimated return price
KAYAK looks at all historical flight data for each date to provide a predicted price for one-way trips or returns with a duration up to 40 days. While we try to provide actual minimum prices for each date, some prices are predictions and actual prices may differ.

FAQs for booking San Francisco to Phoenix flights

  • Where can I park my car long-term at San Francisco Airport?

    Leave your car at San Francisco Airport during your time in Phoenix and choose from one of the long-term parking lots available. There is a garage as well as a lot, and both cost approximately $25 per 24h. Shuttle buses connect the parking lot with the airport and run 24/7.

  • How can I get from Phoenix airport to the city center?

    The PHX Sky Train not only connects the terminals, but also operates between the airport and the 44th Street and Washington Station. From there, the Valley Metro Rail is your quick and convenient connection to Phoenix. A ride on the metro costs approximately $2 per trip and ticket machines are positioned at the station.

  • Where can I sleep to stay close to Phoenix airport?

    There is no onsite hotel possibility at Phoenix airport, but plenty of nearby hotels guarantee a comfy bed after your arrival. A 5m drive from the airport, the Aloft Phoenix Airport offers a free airport shuttle and a 24h front desk. Another option is the equally close Crowne Plaza Phoenix Airport.

  • Where are pet relief stations at Phoenix International Airport?

    Your furry friends may want to stretch their legs too after the flight from San Francisco to Phoenix, so head to the many pet relief areas dotting the Phoenix airport. One pet patch is located east of terminal 2, and another is at terminal 3 on the first floor. Among some others, there is also a pet relief station at terminal 4 on the first floor.

  • What is the cheapest flight from San Francisco to Phoenix Sky Harbor Intl Airport?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from San Francisco to Phoenix Sky Harbor Intl Airport was £56 for a one-way ticket and £117 for a return.

  • Which airports will I be using when flying from San Francisco to Phoenix?

    When flying out of San Francisco you will be using San Francisco. You will be landing at Phoenix, also known as Phoenix Sky Harbor Intl.

  • Which airlines offer Wi-Fi service onboard planes from San Francisco to Phoenix?

    American Airlines, Delta, JetBlue, Alaska Airlines, and Hawaiian Airlines offer inflight Wi-Fi service on the San Francisco to Phoenix flight route.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from San Francisco to Phoenix?

    The Boeing 737-800 is the aircraft model that flies most regularly on the San Francisco to Phoenix flight route.

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from San Francisco to Phoenix?

    oneworld, and Star Alliance are the airline alliances operating flights between San Francisco and Phoenix, with Star Alliance being the most commonly used for this route.

  • On which days can I fly direct from San Francisco to Phoenix?

    There are direct flights from San Francisco to Phoenix on a daily basis.

  • Which is the best airline for flights from San Francisco to Phoenix, Southwest or Frontier?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from San Francisco to Phoenix are Southwest and Frontier. With an average price for the route of £115 and an overall rating of 8.0, Southwest is the most popular choice. Frontier is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of £100 and an overall rating of 5.9.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from San Francisco to Phoenix?

    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 San Francisco to Phoenix.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from San Francisco to Phoenix?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Phoenix from San Francisco 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 San Francisco to Phoenix?

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional return ticket. You could then fly to Phoenix with an airline and back to San Francisco with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from San Francisco to Phoenix?

    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 to Phoenix from San Francisco up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

KAYAK’s top tips for finding a cheap flight from San Francisco to Phoenix Sky Harbor Intl Airport

  • Looking for a cheap flight from Phoenix to San Francisco? 25% of our users found flights on this route for Phoenix or less round-trip.
  • Various airlines offer nonstop flights from San Francisco to Phoenix, among them United Airlines, Delta, and American Airlines. All three airlines also provide lounges at San Francisco International Airport (SFO), and with a valid boarding pass for your respective airline you can purchase entry passes for approximately $60 at the front desk of your lounge (subject to availability).
  • There are few airports which combine art and aviation as well as San Francisco Airport. Apart from temporary and permanent exhibits throughout the terminals, there is also the Aviation Museum & Library where information-hungry travelers can learn more about the history of aviation. The exhibit is situated in the international main terminal hall and is free to enter between 10:30 am and 4:30 pm.
  • Keep your eyes peeled for the Wag Brigade to sweeten up your time at San Francisco Airport. Apart from the usual human crew, a bunch of tail-wagging dogs (and one pig) roam the terminal halls to bring joy to young and old. You can recognize Wag Brigade members by their blue "Pet Me" vests.
  • Traveling with children becomes a stress-free experience at San Francisco Airport with the many activities for children on offer. Kick off your airport experience in the pre-security area of the international terminal with a visit to the Museum Video Art Program to watch short movies. Head then to one of the many kid-friendly restaurants like the Manufactory Food Hall (international terminal, post-security) or Napa Farms (T2 or International Terminal, post-security).
  • Upon your arrival at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX), you may want to rent a car from the onsite car rental facilities. The airports boasts its own car rental center, situated a short walk from Terminal 2 on Sky Harbor Circle South. Companies represented there include Alamo, Enterprise, and Hertz.

Prefer to fly direct from San Francisco to Phoenix?

 
Direct data is based off flight results for the next 60 days. Find direct flights from all airlines flying direct from San Francisco to Phoenix Sky Harbor Intl.
Find which airlines fly direct from San Francisco Airport to Phoenix Sky Harbor Intl Airport, which days they fly and book direct flights.

Direct departures

San Francisco to Phoenix Sky Harbor Intl

Monday

ANA, Air Canada, Air New Zealand, +12 more

ANA, Air Canada, +13 more

Tuesday

ANA, Air Canada, Air New Zealand, +11 more

ANA, Air Canada, +12 more

Wednesday

ANA, Air Canada, Air China, +13 more

ANA, Air Canada, +14 more

Thursday

ANA, Air Canada, Air New Zealand, +12 more

ANA, Air Canada, +13 more

Friday

ANA, Air Canada, Air New Zealand, +13 more

ANA, Air Canada, +14 more

Saturday

ANA, Air Canada, Air China, +13 more

ANA, Air Canada, +14 more

Sunday

ANA, Air Canada, Air New Zealand, +12 more

ANA, Air Canada, +13 more

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Direct returns

Phoenix Sky Harbor Intl to San Francisco

Monday

ANA, Air Canada, Air New Zealand, +14 more

ANA, Air Canada, +15 more

Tuesday

ANA, Air Canada, Air New Zealand, +15 more

ANA, Air Canada, +16 more

Wednesday

ANA, Air Canada, Air China, +14 more

ANA, Air Canada, +15 more

Thursday

ANA, Air Canada, Air New Zealand, +16 more

ANA, Air Canada, +17 more

Friday

ANA, Air Canada, Air New Zealand, +14 more

ANA, Air Canada, +15 more

Saturday

ANA, Air Canada, Air China, +16 more

ANA, Air Canada, +17 more

Sunday

ANA, Air Canada, Air New Zealand, +15 more

ANA, Air Canada, +16 more

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Reviews of the top airlines flying from San Francisco to Phoenix

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from San Francisco to Phoenix. 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 San Francisco to Phoenix? 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.
8.0
SouthwestOverall score based on 4246 reviews
7.0Food
7.5Entertainment
8.1Boarding
8.6Crew
8.0Comfort
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Delayed flight. Nicest crew member was a SW pilot flying seated next to me who kindly move to seat the final passenger. Flight extra delayed. My cup of refreshment of ginger ale was so packed with ice it was literally 2 sips.

4.0 OkayTraci, Jun 2025OAK - SEA
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Delayed flight. Nicest crew member was a SW pilot flying seated next to me who kindly move to seat the final passenger. Flight extra delayed. My cup of refreshment of ginger ale was so packed with ice it was literally 2 sips.

No trays in our seats, we sat in first row, purchased a business class fare. Had to hold our drinks and snack in our hands. No plugs for our cell phones. Had to pay for it a drink cocktail each. Seats so uncomfortable.

Flight wasn’t even full, but too many carry-ons caused us to run out of bin space. New bag fee has folks who would usually check their bags carrying on. Watching Southwest morph into Spirit/Frontier is so sad to watch

Southwest is Southwest. No frills. If you're luck enough to get a happy crew (we did), then it makes for a nicer flight.

It was a perfect flight in all aspects! Both legs!

Only one drink pass through the cabin for a 4 hour flight. Quite rough and bumpy landing.

Great flight, 47 passengers on a 180 seat plane. Stewardess was pleasant and cheerful.

I liked the crew member who gave flight instructions on "in case of a problem:. The seats are so small that only a young teenager could sit in middle seat.

Great flight staff. Ease of boarding. Overall, very uneventful and easy trip.

Employees were kind and funny, as always! Flight was late but no announcements were made for people with tight connections to help them transition quickly. No service due to turbulence.

Flight was delayed one hour. Notification to the crowd waiting near the gate was terrible…announcements were unclear and very hard to hear and therefore understand. Frontier does NOT send texts to notify, only email. The reader board over the gate itself was NEVER updated to indicate the gate had been changed. It’s like a bunch of children are running things.

We’ve all seen the YouTube vids of out of control passengers. But this was an instance of a highly aggressive, bully flight attendant. Yelling in the face of a vet with PTSD who was texting their family. And no , we had not yet been instructed to put our phones in airplane mode. My suggestion is that you should pay whatever difference there is in order to avoid Frontier airlines. Additionally, after 3hrs trying to get customer service frontier offered a $25 voucher. I declined. This experience was so traumatic. To be verbally assaulted and abused by a flight attendant that has the power to say “boo” and I miss my flight ( which was to a family member’s funeral ). Frontier is unsafe and I cannot impress enough how much I discourage anyone ( esp those with any kind of disability like PTSD ) flying on Frontier.

We had to wait in line over an hour just to check our bags. It's a good thing we were so early to the airport. Only one clerk was working and the line was around the corner and down the hall. No good. I felt bad for her. Not sure how she kept her sanity with all the upset people. Then we get to our gate and there is no seating. Everyone was standing. Then I realize it is not a gate at all, we still have to be shuttled to our airplane. Ugh. Then we were late taking off and missed a window of opportunity before the airport runways were shut down for some reason. (not frontier's fault the runway shut down.) The seats on the airline are crammed and there is no cushion. Never had a tighter seating arrangement while flying. My 6' 4" husband was absolutely miserable the whole time with knees digging in to the seat in front of him. You think you are getting a good deal on a ticket, and then wham! I had to pay 75 dollars for our checked bags and 75 dollars for a carry on. No other airline does that!!! And also, there is a 40 pound weight limit on checked bags... Would have been cheaper flying with another airline, and I would have at least gotten a snack and drink. Was thankful for the tiny cup of water at least.

Cancelled flight after I arrived at airport after 75 min drive and parking. Next flight was 4 days in the future. Had to scramble and buy a much more expensive flight on another carrier.

I liked the turn-style feature at gate 209B at LAX. Very efficient process. The gate staff also made several, clearly directed announcements so I felt very informed.

The seats were awful, hard plastic covered in sheet vinyl. The airline tries to scam you into paying extra to get seat together when the flight wasn’t full. They were going to separate a family with young children but my wife who had a row to herself gave up her seat so the young mom could be with her young boys. I’m never giving this airline my money again.

It was a short flight so no food or entertainment….

i was denied boarding, even though i had an assigned seat, checked in on line and was at airport early. Then they refused to fully refund the the fair and replacement fair because they claimed it was "no show/denied boarding". I will never fly this airline again

Frontier had yet another flight cancellation. Have never made a complete round trip with this airline without at least one leg getting cancelled. Miserable flights - dirty, uncomfortable planes that apparently always have issues since I've had multiple delays and cancellations with them.

Flight was delayed 3 times, would have been nice to have received text message instead of email notifications. Frontier app wasn’t even updated accordingly, no gate number disclosed. No agent at front desk of gate to inform of delay. Very confused and left if the dark

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