$784 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$1,538
San Francisco
San Francisco2 stops$2,088
San Diego
San Diego2 stops$2,266
San Jose
San Jose2 stops$2,287
Los Angeles
Los Angeles1 stop$1,538
San Francisco
San Francisco2 stops$2,088
San Diego
San Diego2 stops$2,266
San Jose
San Jose2 stops$2,287

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

Mon, 3 Aug - Wed, 2 Sep
Qantas Airways Logo
08:50 - 14:30
ADL
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LAX
22h 10m
1 stop
Qantas Airways Logo
23:10 - 11:05
LAX
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ADL
19h 25m
1 stop
$1,538Qantas Airways
Mon, 3 Aug - Wed, 2 Sep
Qantas Airways Logo
11:50 - 14:30
ADL
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LAX
19h 10m
1 stop
Qantas Airways Logo
23:10 - 16:25
LAX
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ADL
24h 45m
1 stop
$1,540Qantas Airways
Wed, 10 Jun - Wed, 24 Jun
Multiple Airlines Logo
17:15 - 06:00
ADL
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LAX
29h 15m
1 stop
Multiple Airlines Logo
23:05 - 14:20
LAX
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ADL
22h 45m
1 stop
$1,559Multiple Airlines
Fri, 7 Aug - Tue, 11 Aug
United Airlines Logo
06:05 - 14:34
ADL
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LAS
24h 59m
2 stops
United Airlines Logo
13:34 - 11:05
LAS
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ADL
29h 01m
2 stops
$1,747United Airlines
Wed, 10 Jun - Wed, 17 Jun
Virgin Australia Logo
06:05 - 12:28
ADL
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LAS
22h 53m
2 stops
Virgin Australia Logo
18:20 - 11:05
LAS
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ADL
24h 15m
2 stops
$1,772Virgin Australia
Mon, 1 Jun - Wed, 24 Jun
United Airlines Logo
06:05 - 12:12
ADL
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ONT
22h 37m
2 stops
United Airlines Logo
18:39 - 10:55
ONT
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ADL
23h 46m
2 stops
$1,800United Airlines
Fri, 5 Jun - Tue, 9 Jun
Air Canada Logo
20:00 - 00:03
ADL
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LAS
44h 33m
2 stops
Air Canada Logo
18:00 - 13:55
LAS
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ADL
27h 25m
2 stops
$2,172Air Canada
Fri, 5 Jun - Tue, 9 Jun
Air Canada Logo
20:00 - 00:03
ADL
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LAS
44h 33m
2 stops
Air Canada Logo
18:00 - 11:50
LAS
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ADL
25h 20m
2 stops
$2,193Air Canada
Fri, 7 Aug - Tue, 11 Aug
Singapore Airlines Logo
17:35 - 10:56
ADL
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RNO
57h 51m
2 stops
Singapore Airlines Logo
18:41 - 07:25
RNO
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ADL
68h 14m
3 stops
$3,338Singapore Airlines
Fri, 7 Aug - Tue, 11 Aug
Singapore Airlines Logo
17:35 - 17:46
ADL
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RNO
64h 41m
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Singapore Airlines Logo
18:41 - 16:20
RNO
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ADL
53h 09m
3 stops
$3,368Singapore 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.

How much is a return flight from Adelaide 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 Adelaide to California departing in August.

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 $2,423 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 $2,423.

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 $1,348, 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 August, when tickets cost $544 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are September and April, when the average cost of return tickets is $1,018 and $1,010 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 the flight from Adelaide to California, you should book around 1 week before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 14 weeks before departure.

Good to know

Low seasonFebruary
Cheapest flight$784
Best time to beat the crowds (18% less expensive on average)
Most popular time to fly (19% more expensive on average)
Flight from Adelaide to Los Angeles

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.
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Fiji AirwaysOverall score based on 240 reviews
8.1Comfort
7.5Food
8.6Crew
7.5Entertainment
8.2Boarding
Airline reviews

I thought Fiji and Fiji Airways was great. Looking forward to the next trip. Baggage claim at the end went to sh...t

8.0 ExcellentJoseph, Apr 2026
NAN - HNL
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I thought Fiji and Fiji Airways was great. Looking forward to the next trip. Baggage claim at the end went to sh...t

Fiji Airways always goes above and beyond. If anything I'd say the food was less enjoyable than in the past. But that in no way lessened the experience with the cabin crew or the excellent attentiveness and service they provided throughout the entire trip!

Left on time , arrived on time. Staff was awesome!!!!! Great flight!!!!

Great food, wonderful staff made a long flight seem short

Everything was great . Arrived on time was smooth plane was clean. Crew/Staff was friendly and helpful.

Everything from the staff to the comfort of business class was excellent. This is one of my new favorite airlines.

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.

Boarded on time, smooth flight and "gentle" landing in Palmerston North. Ahead of time due to a tailwind

Time to upgrade those planes so you can provide first class.

My experience with Underpricer was not great. The representative assigned to me did not tell me beforehand that selecting seats, which i could not do through ANZ, WOULD ADD SIGNIFICANT cost to my ticket (all flight segments were reg economy seats. The seat selections for the ticket, MCI-AKL, AKL-PER, PER-MCI, cost $284 USD. I WAS NOT TOLD AHEAD OF SELECTING SEATS chosen by the rep OF THE COSTS and never received an itemized invoice of the seat selections.). The costs of seat selection, an option solicited as a service, with no mention of costs, should have been disclosed to me prior to seat selection and certaily should have been itemized. For all I know, the $284 was not referred from the airline but made up and taken directly by Underpricer. Next, when i checked in, united couldnt find my ticket. This is probably why i didnt get a seat selection on that flight and couldnt check in online, despite Underpricer prompts to do so a week before departure, or at the kiosk at the airport. I had to wait for special help at the counter, then was told that because the flight segment, MCI-IAH, operated by United Airlines via the ANZ. ticket, had changed schedule slightly since I BOOKED MY FLIGHT, the MCI-IAH segment had been decoupled from the rest of the ticket because the IAH layover was now 12.5 hrs AND DID NOT QUALIFY AS A THROUGH FLIGHT TO AKL.. This meant my checked bag could not be checked through to AKL and id have to pick it up at IAH, THEN WAIT MOST OF the long layover WITH the large checked bag until ANZ counter in IAH OPENED for checkING just prior to the flight. Apparently, although underpricer had notified me of schedule changes, they did not update the ANZ TICKET, leading to this problem. Finallly, although I RECHECKED TH BAG IN At IAH 3.5-4 hours before the scheduled departure and the IAH-AKL segment was a direct flight, ANZ LOST MY bag and it took 4 days to find it and get it to me. Not fun.

The flight was smooth and on time. Entertainment options were lacking and there was no food, other than some very boring snacks.

A better selection of entertainment would have been nice. I found nothing that appealed to me as a middle-aged traveler. The flight attendants were gracious, helpful, and attentive. It also would have been nice to have more bathrooms as the flight was full and the plane was big.

This flight was the second leg of a trip that began in Auckland, New Zealand. I was unable to find a way to select seats in advance. The boarding passes we were given in Auckland did not have seat assignments for the second flight. There was no way to check on it until personnel showed up at the gate in Los Angeles, immediately before boarding time. The flight was overbooked by one, and since I was traveling with my sister, we needed two seats. We waited in considerable anxiety for everyone else to board and when one person did not show up, we had to take whatever was left. At least we finally got on the flight although we were the very last to board. We were not able to sit together, of course.

The Premium Economy seats were very comfortable and the food was quite tasty. I did not use the entertainment system, but I was able to charge my phone and tablet with the seatback connection.

We had difficulty checking in as United didn’t recognize the confirmation number and the agent was not helpful. We went to the United Assistance desk where the agent was able to process our reservation. We also weren’t allowed to choose seats in advance.

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!

There were no food or entertainment on this short flight. Friendly staff even before getting on the flight. The seats were snug but it was quick flight

Good flight. On time. No problems. Plane was clean. Service was as you would expect. However nothing special, just a good flight.

Very friendly staff. No food service and no entertainment. Only 1hr 20min flight

High fees for excess checked baggage and somehow ridiculous rules for carry on bags.

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

I never flew with alliance. Kayak is a joke and none of the flights or times were correct. Won’t ever use kayak again

I missed my flight due to unforeseen circumstances It was, however , an excellent price !

Loved the food and beverages available, spacious economy class, excellent entertainment

Very good overall. Highly recommend for all flying to Australia

Helpful staff when I felt unwell. Qantas need to have an audio/music channel so you can listen to various music/.artists

We had bulkhead seats in a A380 in the upper deck in seats 31 D and E. Storage was very limited other than in overhead bin - which is not within reach when in seat. Yet paying same price as others in premium economy who have a lot more storage within arm’s reach. Seems very unfair.

On the Qantas flight, I could barely hear some of the announcements. It was better when I could read them on the screen.

Good check in and helpful staff. Delayed for 1 hour. Took about 45 Mins to get baggage’s at DFW . Food was average ( Hindu meal ) . Overall it was good experience

Our boarding and flight was very good. However when we landed and pulled in to the gate it took 55 minutes for the jet bridge to be positioned next to the aircraft. That caused us to miss our ground transportation and it caused us unnecessary last minute transit planning and expense. Our flight was AA1733 on March 17, 2026

We booked with Qantas instead of Delta and we instead flew on American Airlines. American is not our favorite to go on. No leg room and the width of seats are a joke. Your are packed like sardines on American flights.

Seats were not super comfortable and food was not good at all. If I had a chance I would definitely fly a different airline. Of course they are better than any budget airline, but not by much.

Flew steerage class. Short on leg room unless you pay more. No window unless you pay more. Etc. United is trying to squeeze every cent from you. It doesn’t make for any loyalty.

Outstanding service, efficient & friendly crew, flight was safe, comfortable & on time

Outstanding service, great food, friendly & efficient crew, safe & comfortable flight

Staff were not attentive, wifi did not work, cut my head in the bathroom due to the position of the soap on the sink, had blood running down my face, told staff, they had no expression no sympathy, didn't even say "sorry", they said "oh we will have a look at that" about 10 mins later the purser brought me a bandaid, still no sorry.... Shocking

The crew was great. Very friendly and responsive. The plane was old, small and tight. We ran out of overhead space and I had to check. Middle seat was particularly tight.

The flight was delayed from take off because only one runway was operational in San Francisco.

Several missed and almost missed connections. It felt like everything was being patched together last minute without enough resources and it ended up being an extremely stressful experience that basically ruined our weekend on the west coast. What a waste.

Dinner was good, but the breakfast served in the morning was horrible.

Packed in plane small uncomfortable seats elbow to elbow nobody wants to be in that situation for the money they paid

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