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Fiji Airways
29 May
SYD
16h 50m
1 stop
LAX
10 June
LAX
29h 15m
1 stop
SYD
$1,049
Fiji Airways
29 May
SYD
16h 50m
1 stop
LAX
5 June
LAX
18h 55m
1 stop
SYD
$1,051
Fiji Airways
2 June
SYD
16h 50m
1 stop
LAX
11 June
LAX
18h 55m
1 stop
SYD
$1,054
Fiji Airways
3 June
SYD
16h 45m
1 stop
LAX
27 July
LAX
18h 55m
1 stop
SYD
$1,056
Fiji Airways
30 July
SYD
16h 50m
1 stop
LAX
16 Aug
LAX
18h 55m
1 stop
SYD
$1,057
Fiji Airways
15 May
SYD
16h 50m
1 stop
LAX
22 May
LAX
18h 55m
1 stop
SYD
$1,058
Fiji Airways
16 May
SYD
24h 05m
1 stop
LAX
23 May
LAX
29h 15m
1 stop
SYD
$1,060
Fiji Airways
2 Aug
SYD
24h 05m
1 stop
LAX
16 Aug
LAX
29h 15m
1 stop
SYD
$1,061
Fiji Airways
14 May
SYD
16h 50m
1 stop
LAX
14 Aug
LAX
18h 55m
1 stop
SYD
$1,062
Fiji Airways
28 May
MEL
16h 35m
1 stop
LAX
10 June
LAX
19h 05m
1 stop
MEL
$1,064
Fiji Airways
17 May
SYD
16h 50m
1 stop
LAX
14 Aug
LAX
18h 55m
1 stop
SYD
$1,064
Fiji Airways
28 May
MEL
16h 35m
1 stop
LAX
11 June
LAX
19h 05m
1 stop
MEL
$1,065
Fiji Airways
17 Oct
SYD
25h 40m
1 stop
SFO
23 Oct
SFO
19h 10m
1 stop
SYD
$1,204
Fiji Airways
26 Aug
SYD
17h 25m
1 stop
SFO
12 Sept
SFO
30h 00m
1 stop
SYD
$1,214
Fiji Airways
11 Sept
SYD
17h 25m
1 stop
SFO
18 Sept
SFO
19h 25m
1 stop
SYD
$1,226
Fiji Airways
7 Oct
SYD
17h 25m
1 stop
SFO
4 Nov
SFO
19h 45m
1 stop
SYD
$1,228
Fiji Airways
10 Oct
SYD
17h 25m
1 stop
SFO
18 Oct
SFO
29h 00m
1 stop
SYD
$1,229
Fiji Airways
7 Oct
SYD
25h 40m
1 stop
SFO
4 Nov
SFO
19h 45m
1 stop
SYD
$1,230
Fiji Airways
11 Sept
SYD
24h 40m
1 stop
SFO
18 Sept
SFO
19h 25m
1 stop
SYD
$1,233
Fiji Airways
10 Oct
SYD
17h 25m
1 stop
SFO
21 Oct
SFO
19h 25m
1 stop
SYD
$1,234
Fiji Airways
14 Oct
SYD
25h 55m
1 stop
SFO
21 Oct
SFO
19h 25m
1 stop
SYD
$1,248
Multiple Airlines
4 June
SYD
23h 21m
2 stops
SFO
10 June
SFO
27h 39m
2 stops
SYD
$1,251
Fiji Airways
2 Aug
SYD
16h 30m
1 stop
SFO
7 Aug
SFO
28h 45m
1 stop
SYD
$1,264
Fiji Airways
16 Oct
SYD
17h 40m
1 stop
SFO
21 Oct
SFO
19h 25m
1 stop
SYD
$1,266
Delta
28 Oct
BNE
26h 06m
2 stops
SAN
9 Nov
SAN
22h 21m
1 stop
BNE
$1,474
American Airlines
14 June
MEL
22h 42m
2 stops
SAN
21 June
SAN
41h 15m
1 stop
MEL
$1,484
Multiple Airlines
1 June
SYD
40h 05m
2 stops
SAN
6 July
SAN
30h 05m
1 stop
SYD
$1,512
American Airlines
8 June
SYD
23h 33m
2 stops
SAN
15 June
SAN
21h 42m
2 stops
SYD
$1,522
American Airlines
8 June
SYD
23h 33m
2 stops
SAN
15 June
SAN
21h 22m
1 stop
SYD
$1,554
Multiple Airlines
1 June
SYD
40h 05m
2 stops
SAN
6 June
SAN
21h 25m
1 stop
SYD
$1,560
Lufthansa
1 June
SYD
25h 19m
1 stop
SAN
6 July
SAN
18h 14m
1 stop
SYD
$1,567
Air Canada
21 May
SYD
30h 25m
2 stops
SAN
25 May
SAN
30h 10m
1 stop
SYD
$1,569
Air Canada
21 May
SYD
30h 55m
2 stops
SAN
25 May
SAN
30h 10m
1 stop
SYD
$1,572
Air Canada
21 May
SYD
28h 35m
1 stop
SAN
25 May
SAN
30h 10m
1 stop
SYD
$1,605
American Airlines
4 June
SYD
23h 17m
2 stops
SAN
11 June
SAN
25h 19m
2 stops
SYD
$1,608
American Airlines
7 June
SYD
23h 17m
2 stops
SAN
21 June
SAN
25h 19m
2 stops
SYD
$1,615
Alaska Airlines
29 Oct
SYD
16h 35m
1 stop
SJC
13 Nov
SJC
17h 45m
1 stop
SYD
$1,630
Alaska Airlines
11 Sept
SYD
16h 52m
1 stop
SJC
17 Sept
SJC
18h 50m
1 stop
SYD
$1,684
Alaska Airlines
4 Sept
SYD
16h 52m
1 stop
SJC
25 Sept
SJC
18h 50m
1 stop
SYD
$1,705
Multiple Airlines
12 June
SYD
16h 55m
1 stop
SJC
19 June
SJC
17h 35m
1 stop
SYD
$1,762
Alaska Airlines
6 Sept
SYD
16h 52m
1 stop
SJC
26 Sept
SJC
18h 50m
1 stop
SYD
$1,885
Multiple Airlines
13 Oct
SYD
17h 30m
1 stop
SJC
20 Oct
SJC
28h 55m
2 stops
SYD
$1,888
Multiple Airlines
2 Aug
SYD
16h 55m
1 stop
SJC
7 Aug
SJC
17h 35m
1 stop
SYD
$1,922
Multiple Airlines
19 July
SYD
16h 55m
1 stop
SJC
10 Aug
SJC
17h 35m
1 stop
SYD
$1,942
Multiple Airlines
14 June
BNE
41h 10m
1 stop
SJC
21 June
SJC
45h 40m
2 stops
BNE
$1,984
Multiple Airlines
19 July
SYD
16h 55m
1 stop
SJC
10 Aug
SJC
18h 50m
2 stops
SYD
$2,018
Multiple Airlines
9 June
SYD
17h 05m
1 stop
SJC
17 June
SJC
17h 35m
1 stop
SYD
$2,021
Multiple Airlines
14 June
BNE
41h 10m
1 stop
SJC
21 June
SJC
39h 35m
1 stop
BNE
$2,083

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13:15 - 13:05
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LAX
16h 50m
1 stop
Fiji Airways Logo
23:55 - 22:10
LAX
-
SYD
29h 15m
1 stop
$1,049Fiji Airways
Fri, 29 May - Wed, 10 Jun
Fiji Airways Logo
13:15 - 13:05
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LAX
16h 50m
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Fiji Airways Logo
23:55 - 11:50
LAX
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SYD
18h 55m
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$1,051Fiji Airways
Fri, 29 May - Fri, 5 Jun
Qantas Airways Logo
09:10 - 09:53
SYD
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LAS
17h 43m
1 stop
Qantas Airways Logo
16:24 - 07:05
LAS
-
SYD
21h 41m
1 stop
$1,319Qantas Airways
Wed, 3 Jun - Wed, 10 Jun
American Airlines Logo
09:10 - 14:48
SYD
-
LAS
22h 38m
2 stops
American Airlines Logo
16:34 - 07:05
LAS
-
SYD
21h 31m
2 stops
$1,325American Airlines
Wed, 3 Jun - Wed, 10 Jun
American Airlines Logo
09:10 - 15:52
SYD
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LAS
23h 42m
1 stop
American Airlines Logo
18:03 - 07:05
LAS
-
SYD
20h 02m
1 stop
$1,327American Airlines
Mon, 1 Jun - Tue, 28 Jul
Qantas Airways Logo
09:10 - 13:53
SYD
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LAS
21h 43m
1 stop
Qantas Airways Logo
10:23 - 07:05
LAS
-
SYD
27h 42m
1 stop
$1,333Qantas Airways
Mon, 1 Jun - Mon, 8 Jun
Delta Logo
09:40 - 06:10
BNE
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LAX
13h 30mdirect
Delta Logo
23:40 - 08:20
LAX
-
BNE
14h 40mdirect
$1,358Delta
Fri, 30 Oct - Wed, 18 Nov
Delta Logo
09:15 - 16:00
SYD
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LAS
23h 45m
2 stops
Delta Logo
06:00 - 06:50
LAS
-
SYD
31h 50m
2 stops
$1,359Delta
Tue, 2 Jun - Tue, 9 Jun
United Airlines Logo
10:55 - 22:59
MEL
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ONT
29h 04m
1 stop
United Airlines Logo
05:00 - 08:15
ONT
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MEL
58h 15m
2 stops
$1,400United Airlines
Fri, 15 May - Sat, 23 May
United Airlines Logo
10:55 - 12:12
MEL
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ONT
18h 17m
1 stop
United Airlines Logo
05:00 - 08:15
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MEL
34h 15m
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$1,402United Airlines
Fri, 14 Aug - Wed, 16 Sep

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Locate flights to California that fit your budget, with regularly updated fares and availability. In the last 7 days, momondo users made a total of 78,305 searches and data was last updated on 4 May 2026.
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Depart

Return

Price

Cheapest return flight

SydneyLos Angeles

SYD - LAX

SYDLAX

Sydney Kingsford Smith

Fri 29/5

13:15-13:05

1 stop16h 50m

Los Angeles

Wed 10/6

23:55-22:10

1 stop29h 15m

$1,049

SydneyLos Angeles

SYD - LAX

SYDLAX

Sydney Kingsford Smith

Fri 29/5

13:15-13:05

1 stop16h 50m

Los Angeles

Fri 5/6

23:55-11:50

1 stop18h 55m

$1,051

SydneyLas Vegas

SYD - LAS

SYDLAS

Sydney Kingsford Smith

Wed 3/6

09:10-09:53

1 stop17h 43m

Las Vegas Harry Reid Intl

Wed 10/6

16:24-07:05

1 stop21h 41m

$1,319

SydneyLas Vegas

SYD - LAS

SYDLAS

Sydney Kingsford Smith

Wed 3/6

09:10-14:48

2 stops22h 38m

Las Vegas Harry Reid Intl

Wed 10/6

16:34-07:05

2 stops21h 31m

$1,325

SydneyLas Vegas

SYD - LAS

SYDLAS

Sydney Kingsford Smith

Mon 1/6

09:10-15:52

1 stop23h 42m

Las Vegas Harry Reid Intl

Tue 28/7

18:03-07:05

1 stop20h 02m

$1,327

SydneyLas Vegas

SYD - LAS

SYDLAS

Sydney Kingsford Smith

Mon 1/6

09:10-13:53

1 stop21h 43m

Las Vegas Harry Reid Intl

Mon 8/6

10:23-07:05

1 stop27h 42m

$1,333
Fastest return journey

BrisbaneLos Angeles

BNE - LAX

BNELAX

Brisbane

Fri 30/10

09:40-06:10

Nonstop13h 30m

Los Angeles

Wed 18/11

23:40-08:20

Nonstop14h 40m

$1,358

SydneyLas Vegas

SYD - LAS

SYDLAS

Sydney Kingsford Smith

Tue 2/6

09:15-16:00

2 stops23h 45m

Las Vegas Harry Reid Intl

Tue 9/6

06:00-06:50

2 stops31h 50m

$1,359

MelbourneOntario

MEL - ONT

MELONT

Melbourne

Fri 15/5

10:55-22:59

1 stop29h 04m

Ontario

Sat 23/5

05:00-08:15

2 stops58h 15m

$1,400

MelbourneOntario

MEL - ONT

MELONT

Melbourne

Fri 14/8

10:55-12:12

1 stop18h 17m

Ontario

Wed 16/9

05:00-08:15

2 stops34h 15m

$1,402

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What is the cheapest flight I can find to California?

The average flight to California costs $1,710/per person and the cheapest flight to California is $54/per person. This price varies based on a multitude of factors such as departure airport, airline, time of booking and when you plan on travelling.

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What is the cheapest day to depart on your flight to California?

On average, the least expensive day to fly to California from Australia is on a Tuesday. momondo users have found tickets for Tuesday departures for as low as $1,501. However, this price may fluctuate depending on the airline, the season, and holidays. Flights from Australia to California on a Saturday will generally be more expensive and average around $1,639. Keep in mind that these prices on both days could fluctuate depending on the season and the demand.

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Cheap California flight deals and tips

Summary info about California flight prices, duration and airlines

Best One-Way Price

$657

Best Round-Trip Price

$1,049

Fastest flight time

13h 50m

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The best one-way flight price to California from Australia in the last 72 hours is $657 (Melbourne to San Francisco).
The best round-trip flight price to California from Australia in the last 72 hours is $1,049 (Sydney Kingsford Smith to Los Angeles).
The fastest flight to California from Australia takes 13h 50m (Sydney Kingsford Smith to Los Angeles).
December has the highest demand for flights to California, with a 4% price increase on average.

Frequently asked questions about flying to California

What is the best airport to fly into to visit Los Angeles?

I plan on visiting Venice Beach. Which airport is the quickest drive?

The closest airport to Venice Beach is Los Angeles Airport, and would make for the quickest drive. For those interested in a secondary airport to fly into, consider looking at flights heading to Santa Ana, California Airport.

What are the most popular landmarks in California?

What is the weather like in California?

The temperatures in California range from 14 °C to 23 °C depending on the time of year. The warmest month in California is July, and the coldest month in California is January. Those looking for a drier month during their visit should travel during the months of July, August, or June, when rain is least likely compared to the rest of the year.

Which airlines fly to California?

How much are flights to California?

Flights to California can be found for as cheap as $751 per ticket. However our users tend to find airfares to California for around $4,709 on average. If you’re looking to find a good deal on your flight to California, then you should consider booking if you find anything for $4,218 or less.

What is the best day of the week to fly to California?

Consider booking a flight to California on a Tuesday, which is the cheapest day of the week. You will also find that flying out on a Thursday is another low-cost option. Try to avoid booking your flight to California on Saturday, which tends to be the most expensive day of the week.

Where is it cheapest to fly into California?

To save money on airfare when visiting California, consider Los Angeles airport in Los Angeles, which has the cheapest flights with an average airfare of $751. You may also consider flying to San Francisco airport in San Francisco for the second cheapest option with an average airfare of $784.

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How old do you have to be to fly to California?

The minimum age for a child to fly alone is five, but airlines that offer an unaccompanied minor (UNMR) service may have their own age limitations. Flight duration, scheduling, and stopovers are among the considerations that may influence age limits. We recommend that you double-check with the airline you are booking with for travel to California.

What documentation or ID do you need to fly to California?

The travel and health documents required for your trip to California can vary based on your itinerary and personal situation. As a rule, consider having multiple documents such as a national ID card or driver’s licence, and a passport valid for six-months after you plan to arrive at California. We always recommend checking with your airline or a trusted third party such as IATA to get advice.

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