$510 Find Cheap Flights from Adelaide to California

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Cheap Flights from Adelaide to California

Cheapest return prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
Los Angeles
Los Angeles1 stop$1,126
San Francisco
San Francisco2 stops$1,117
San Jose
San Jose3 stops$1,593
Los Angeles
Los Angeles1 stop$1,126
San Francisco
San Francisco2 stops$1,117
San Jose
San Jose3 stops$1,593

Book Cheap Adelaide to California Plane Tickets

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for return flights from Adelaide 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 Adelaide to California

Wed, 11 Mar - Mon, 23 Mar
Air Canada Logo
06:10 - 15:35
ADL
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SFO
26h 55m
2 stops
Air Canada Logo
13:20 - 13:55
SFO
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ADL
31h 05m
2 stops
$1,117Air Canada
Mon, 3 Aug - Mon, 17 Aug
Qantas Airways Logo
06:00 - 07:05
ADL
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LAX
17h 35m
1 stop
Qantas Airways Logo
21:50 - 11:15
LAX
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ADL
20h 55m
1 stop
$1,126Qantas Airways
Mon, 3 Aug - Wed, 2 Sep
Qantas Airways Logo
06:00 - 07:05
ADL
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LAX
17h 35m
1 stop
Qantas Airways Logo
21:50 - 09:25
LAX
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ADL
19h 05m
1 stop
$1,128Qantas Airways
Mon, 3 Aug - Mon, 17 Aug
American Airlines Logo
13:25 - 06:00
ADL
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LAX
33h 05m
1 stop
American Airlines Logo
13:48 - 09:25
LAX
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ADL
27h 07m
2 stops
$1,175American Airlines
Mon, 3 Aug - Mon, 17 Aug
American Airlines Logo
13:25 - 06:00
ADL
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LAX
33h 05m
1 stop
American Airlines Logo
13:48 - 09:25
LAX
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ADL
27h 07m
2 stops
$1,178American Airlines
Mon, 9 Mar - Mon, 16 Mar
United Airlines Logo
14:15 - 11:35
ADL
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SFO
14h 50mdirect
United Airlines Logo
23:55 - 09:20
SFO
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ADL
15h 55mdirect
$1,185United Airlines
Mon, 9 Mar - Mon, 16 Mar
Air New Zealand Logo
11:55 - 12:05
ADL
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SFO
17h 40m
1 stop
Air New Zealand Logo
20:50 - 10:55
SFO
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ADL
20h 35m
1 stop
$1,232Air New Zealand
Mon, 9 Mar - Mon, 16 Mar
Air New Zealand Logo
11:55 - 12:05
ADL
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SFO
17h 40m
1 stop
Air New Zealand Logo
20:50 - 10:55
SFO
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ADL
20h 35m
1 stop
$1,240Air New Zealand
Wed, 25 Mar - Wed, 1 Apr
Virgin Australia Logo
14:15 - 18:55
ADL
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LAS
22h 10m
1 stop
Virgin Australia Logo
18:52 - 18:25
LAS
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ADL
30h 03m
2 stops
$1,782Virgin Australia
Wed, 1 Jul - Wed, 9 Dec
United Airlines Logo
06:05 - 12:20
ADL
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ONT
22h 45m
2 stops
United Airlines Logo
18:53 - 13:00
ONT
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ADL
23h 37m
2 stops
$8,115United Airlines
Booking Insights

KAYAK's insights & trends for Adelaide to California flights

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

What is the cheapest Adelaide to California flight route?

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

The cheapest ticket to California from Adelaide found in the last 72 hours was to San Francisco, at $1,318 return. The most popular route is from Adelaide (ADL) to San Francisco (SFO), and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 72 hours was $1,318.

Can I save money by flying with a stopover from Adelaide 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 $1,410, prices are generally cheapest when you fly direct.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Adelaide to California?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Adelaide 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 Adelaide to California is October, when tickets cost $1,231 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and June, when the average cost of return tickets is $1,695 and $1,601 respectively.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Adelaide 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 Adelaide 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 Adelaide to California, you should book around 2 weeks before departure, which saves you about 4% compared to booking last-minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 14 weeks before departure.

Good to know

Low seasonFebruary
Cheapest flight$510
Best time to beat the crowds (15% less expensive on average)
Most popular time to fly (19% more expensive on average)
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FAQs - booking California flights

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Adelaide 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 Adelaide to California.

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

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight from Adelaide 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 Adelaide 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 Adelaide 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 Adelaide 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 Adelaide 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 5 airlines flying from Adelaide to California

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Adelaide 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 Adelaide 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.
8.0
Fiji AirwaysOverall score based on 225 reviews
7.5Food
7.5Entertainment
8.1Boarding
8.5Crew
8.0Comfort
Airline reviews

Ticketing said dinner for the almost 14 hour flight and we were delayed an hour. However, onboard we were only served a sluce if pizza bread and a cookie. Not at all dinner and insufficient for a long international flight. Breakfast was good.

8.0 ExcellentAnonymous, Jan 2026
DFW - NAN
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Ticketing said dinner for the almost 14 hour flight and we were delayed an hour. However, onboard we were only served a sluce if pizza bread and a cookie. Not at all dinner and insufficient for a long international flight. Breakfast was good.

We have had an absolutely horrific experience so far getting home from Australia on a $18,000 + flight we booked with you. The flight did not deplane in Dallas because there was no available gate or staircase. We sat in the plane for 3 hours waiting to deplane. As a result we missed our connecting flight to New York. American Airlines put us up in a hotel several miles away. We waited 45 minutes for a shuttle and The shuttle driver was horribly rude and unhelpful. They offered us $70 vouchers for food but actually there was no food left when we arrived minus some chicken nuggets and corn dogs. It was awful. Horrible way to end a vacation. There has to be accountability here.

A bit cramped in economy and the people in front wouldn’t put their seats up during meal service, crew did not help with that and I felt they could have done more about it.

The airline is ok, but it needs to improve it schedules.

Again, Fijian hospitality was genuine, very comfortable, only improvement would be the entertainment. Why Do they only have 5 episodes of TV shows and from like season three...

Fiji Airways was amazing, will definately be lfying them again. The "Fijian hospitality" is not a catch phrase, it is genuine. the only things that could be improved is the entertainment. Not a great choice of movies, and the TV shows only have about 5 or so episodes, and often of a random season.

They will look to squeeze every penny they can out of you!! Pick your seat$$...bring luggage$$$$... if they could charge you for the air on the plane they would!!

.very good and as I needed wheelchair assistance all staff excellent.. only suggestion is get rid of those plastic chairs hard to ride in and staff have trouble compared to others. Everything else very good experience. Will use Fiji Air again.

In-flight entertainment options could use a refresh, Consider a tie-up with Spotify for more current music and with IMDB or other service for newer selections/movie ratings.

See previous comments. Didn’t take this flight because my other flight was so delayed. Ending up on two other flights as a result and was more than a day late.

Space between seats on Air New Zealand is generally tight. The crew on this flight was excellent! Very attentive and nice. You get free wine or beer and chips and of course the Air New Zealand candies. 1 hour and 35 min flight approximately.

Air New Zealand over sold our flight and tried to bump us to yesterday. After several calls we got booked to United about 6 hrs before our original flight. No apologies!

Very quick flight so no time for refreshments. We took off. Then landed. The end. Seats were too tight. Very cramped Grateful for the short flight cos moving around wasn’t possible

Please add more Bollywood movies and recent movies to the entertainment.

I was not even on that flight and did not even book a ticket. Kayak did a phenomenal job

The food was not as good as Air New Zealand. The veg pasta was pass-able but the veg cibotta sandwich was dry, hard and not up to par. The coach staff were attentive and accommodating.

Air conditioning was turned to the wrong setting. Way too hot. The entertainment system kept resetting and didn’t work half the flight. Said something to the crew. They didn’t do anything to help. Plane had a mechanical problem that resulted in 2.5 hour delay. Boarded the plane, had to disembark and get back on.

Flight was delayed by 2 hours. Got lucky that i had a long connection, else would have certainly missed my connecting flight. Food is just okay, specially the breakfast is worse . Asked for water 30 mins before landing, the response is that we are landing so everything is packed . I guess traveling in economy that’s what we get. Probably business class passengers would get a different answer. Only good thing is that wifi service is available from auckland to lax for most part Next time will try united or American and then compare.

I was trying to get confirmation on if my luggage was going to be moved to the earlier flight (I requested standby to get home earlier) and was unable to get help from those working at the counter. The request to be moved to an earlier flight was handled smoothly through the app and appreciate the ease of the request.

Great except paying $240 usd for 2 pounds over on a checked luggage. Outrageous.

Flight was late, food and drink an extra charge, my carry on is five rows behind me, and the seats are too narrow. Don’t ask me to be happy about it

I bought flights in August and there wasn’t a flight in the system

Our 6.30am flight was boarded then cancelled to fly at 10.55am . We were flying to Brisbane to attend a funeral at 12 noon an hour away . This means missing the funeral due to unreliability of Virgin . Unimpressed !!

It was with Link Airways and the Saab 340 jet was noisy and little comfort.

They didn’t sent my luggage I got it 24 hours later

Plane was late and they wouldn’t check our bags through to Tokyo

Overall experience was good but what really impressed me the most was the care the flight attendants took of a sick passenger who was sitting in front of me. The flight attendants would come and check on her quite regularly providing her support and comfort. Brilliant service!

Only answered OK and poor as there was no entertainment and I didnt have any food

4.5 hr international flight. We got a glass of water. Ranks up there with Ryan Air, Easy Jet, Spirit and Frontier. Expected better.

Gluten free options less explicit on business class, but great service

Flight arrived late with no one to help over 30 people rebook. I slept at the airport.

Business seats not as comfortable or private as most competitors (e.g. Qantas was outstanding), and movie selection was much more limited than Qantas or United has been recently

Hard to move and get out of my seat when the passenger in front is in recline position.

It was a good flight and no complaints. It just wasn't anything that was better than any other flight.

The crew were wonderful - if only the customers were as well behaved as the attendants!! Ha ha! If you could just talk to God and ask for less turbulence next time.... Juuuuust kidding....

Flight was canceled. I was not alerted. It was only kayak that alerted me

Flight was 2.5 hours late leaving. We spent 50 minutes of that sitting on the plane with no explanation. They did reduce the time in the air so we arrived a little less late which was something. The cheese and crackers were okay but the wine was terrible.

Excellent as always, I won't fly to Australia, and back to the US on any other airline. The flight crew is always top notch, and have a way to make one feel extra special. Thank you for your service, I would rate Qantas Airways a 10+.

Basic airline, aircraft and service. AA gets you from point A to B. My flight was delayed by 2 hours too.

No internet on flight, which makes log travels really hard.

The power at the seat didn't work and the seat itself was difficult to adjust - this was a business class seat. Flight attendant gave me miles to compensate. The attendant was very professional and on top of his game the entire flight.

the whole trip was smooth, and as comfortable as flying is these days. flight crew was friendly and very courteous and helpful.

Very poor. The flight was delayed from Toronto because some forget to do there job . I got to my connecting gate in San Francisco 10 minutes before the departure.but this didn’t let me board even though the flight was still there for an other 30 minutes. The the gentleman at the unite airline desk told me that they usually wait for passengers but air Canada called and told them not to we I been rerouted to Manila instead of Hong Kong . In San Francisco they mad me check in my carryon bag . I was told the it will directly go yo ho chi minn cuyt but I was told that by the Vietnams airline desk that’s not there I’m 10 hours behind my scheduled flight and looks like I I’m going without baggage. I don’t have a chance of catching ..

First class ticket gets you a choice of chips or nuts. . Just like economy Southwest. Also no screen in the seats. This is first class???!

Flight arrived 30 min early and bag was waiting at the baggage pickup. United Club HNL was one of the nicest in the system

Mean flight attendant. I wanted to reuse my plastic cup, but he (Matthew) said he can't for safety. I then said "I don't want water then" and he poured me a glass. I hope Matthew gets herpes and spends the rest of his life poor, lonely, and homeless.

Yet another flight in which beverage and snack service was skipped. Other that that, firmly mediocre. Landed early, to gate late due to congestion at the gates. Airline's fault or airports fault: unknown.

Both flights delayed. 2nd flight over 3 hours late mechanical issues

Flight was delayed 45 minutes because originating flight was coming from Newark. No complimentary snacks were offered on this 5+ hour flight. No screens for the flight, but movies offered if you had already downloaded the United app (which I hadn't on my ipad). No USB ports, only a flimsy plug-in port near the bottom of the seat that was hard to see and kept coming unplugged.

It was good but only meal served is very less. Meantime good to add rice and chicken in one of meal

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