$544 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 Angeles2 stops$1,075
San Francisco
San Francisco2 stops$1,286
San Diego
San Diego1 stop$2,374
San Jose
San Jose2 stops$2,050
Los Angeles
Los Angeles2 stops$1,075
San Francisco
San Francisco2 stops$1,286
San Diego
San Diego1 stop$2,374
San Jose
San Jose2 stops$2,050

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, 27 Apr - Thu, 30 Apr
Air Canada Logo
21:20 - 11:44ADL-LAX
30h 54m2 stops
Air Canada Logo
18:10 - 15:55LAX-ADL
29h 15m2 stops
$1,075Air Canada
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Mon, 27 Apr - Mon, 18 May
American Airlines Logo
12:40 - 06:16ADL-LAX
34h 06m2 stops
American Airlines Logo
21:45 - 09:25LAX-ADL
19h 10m1 stop
$1,202American Airlines
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Tue, 18 Nov - Thu, 4 Dec
Qantas Airways Logo
06:05 - 07:25ADL-LAX
19h 50m1 stop
Qantas Airways Logo
22:50 - 17:45LAX-ADL
24h 25m1 stop
$1,216Qantas Airways
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Sun, 8 Mar - Thu, 9 Apr
Qantas Airways Logo
19:00 - 14:30ADL-LAX
38h 00m1 stop
Qantas Airways Logo
21:45 - 09:25LAX-ADL
19h 10m1 stop
$1,225Qantas Airways
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Mon, 27 Apr - Mon, 27 Apr
Air New Zealand Logo
11:55 - 13:20ADL-LAX
17h 55m1 stop
Air New Zealand Logo
22:10 - 10:55LAX-ADL
20h 15m1 stop
$1,233Air New Zealand
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Mon, 27 Apr - Mon, 27 Apr
Air New Zealand Logo
07:50 - 13:20ADL-LAX
22h 00m2 stops
Air New Zealand Logo
22:10 - 10:55LAX-ADL
20h 15m1 stop
$1,362Air New Zealand
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Wed, 12 Nov - Mon, 19 Jan
United Airlines Logo
07:15 - 17:46ADL-LAX
29h 01m2 stops
United Airlines Logo
18:35 - 09:30LAX-ADL
20h 25m1 stop
$1,459United Airlines
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Tue, 18 Nov - Thu, 11 Dec
Virgin Australia Logo
07:15 - 14:56ADL-LAX
26h 11m2 stops
Virgin Australia Logo
17:20 - 14:10LAX-ADL
26h 20m2 stops
$1,563Virgin Australia
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Thu, 12 Mar - Tue, 24 Mar
United Airlines Logo
06:10 - 12:17ADL-ONT
23h 37m2 stops
United Airlines Logo
19:15 - 14:10ONT-ADL
25h 25m2 stops
$1,624United Airlines
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Sat, 17 Jan - Fri, 30 Jan
Virgin Australia Logo
06:10 - 08:25ADL-SFO
20h 45m1 stop
Virgin Australia Logo
23:10 - 16:20SFO-ADL
22h 40m1 stop
$1,643Virgin Australia
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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 $1,229 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 $1,229.

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.

Yes, flying with a stopover may cost you more time, but you can also save money on the route, with a 1 stop stopover the cheapest option at $1,536 on average.

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 $1,359 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and June, when the average cost of return tickets is $1,868 and $1,738 respectively.

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from Adelaide to California?

The average price of all round-trip flights from Adelaide to California clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.

Your flight ticket price will generally be cheaper if you fly to California on a Thursday and more expensive on a Friday. On your return trip to Adelaide, you should consider flying back on a Sunday, and avoid Fridays for better deals.

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 4 weeks before departure, which saves you about 20% 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$544
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 2% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly (26% 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.

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

    The cheapest time of day to fly to California is generally in the afternoon, when retur flights cost $1,521 on average. Morning departures are around 2% 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 $1,643.

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.
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Fiji AirwaysOverall score based on 208 reviews
8.0Comfort
7.5Entertainment
8.5Crew
7.5Food
8.1Boarding
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The airline is ok, but it needs to improve it schedules.

6.0 GoodHon, Oct 2025NAN - SFO
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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.

6 hour delay and they didnt try to make up any time during an over 10 hour flight

Very good; seat made ready for bed after meal, a plus since one airline covered the seat at the start.

Entertainment was not good. Seems like liquor should’ve been advertised only beer and wine was even though I saw others getting liquor didn’t realize I could. And the food to me could’ve been a little bit.

Like: Aircraft was better than others I've flown in. Crew was great, food was very good. Air New Zealand is now my favorite airline. On our long flight from AKL to YVR there was enough room for those of us in Economy to stretch a bit. My sister is disabled and they took very good care of her and me. Best entertainment offering of all the other airlines. Not so much; Flight from AKL to YRV was delayed BUT they recovered really well so no complaints here. Pretty petty point to complain about. Only negative I have. I will recommend to friends.

Great entertainment options on the screen. uSB A and C chargers. Free WiFi! Crew were excellent.

Service was excellent and they’re very helpful and nice

Check in crew member was very helpful, nice and excellent service👍

Aircon set too high so VERY warm and VERY uncomfortable.

Not a comfortable trip, the seats are not good, and they look old.

Lost my luggage and brought someone else luggage to my airport.

Not entirely positive. It’s frustrating that everything is done through the united app. One of our flight attendants on our trip from San Francisco to MSP continually had trouble hearing people so she flipped her hair into people’s faces

Our original flight was cancelled from SFO to AKL on 6/16/25. So we had to stay overnight at a hotel after a 12-hour layover plus 3-hour delay before the cancellation. Then had to fly to LA and then to AKL the following day losing an entire day of our vacation in NZ, that we can never get back.

Full flight. Flight attendants were harried. Otherwise, fine for the typical cramped seating conditions in coach.

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

Very good… seems the virgin staff particularly in the lounge and in flight exceeded expectations.

I liked everything about the experience but would have liked some free snacks!

Crew was great but flight was delayed almost three hours due to a technical issue and we had to go back to the terminal and wait for another one.

Being told why we delayed three hours and not even given an apology by someone. Not a word. Not my airline of choice ever.

Checked Baggage line up was long but moved quickly, rest of the process, boarding, crew was excellent

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.

Not great. The inflight entertainment was all on an app, and I did not want to watch a film on my phone. Also, the range of options of films was limited.

My flight from Dallas to Sydney was cancelled. My entire trip was rerouted to include the following: Hartford to Washington DC Washington DC to JFK JFK to Auckland Auckland to Christchurch I paid for an aisle seat on the flight to Auckland and was asked if I would take a window seat to accommodate a family. The agent at the podium failed to mention that the family had a 3 month old baby and that a bassinet would be used during the 16 hour flight. The only way I could get out of my seat was to crawl under the bassinet of the sleeping baby. I think it is wrong that I was no given the choice to sit in another seat, that the agent knew what she was doing and chose to not properly disclose my seating arrangement. Terrible treatment.

they ran out of fruit for breakfast and so I just had a yogurt instead. other than that the flight was good

by the time they got to our row, they were out of some of the food options. games and movies were great but maybe more game options like tetris or pac man would be great

A few more inches of legroom is all i ask

Great as usual, some delays but well communicated and made up for in the air

Poor! This flight was delayed 14 hours. There was no assistance in helping customers find other routes to their destination, nor any other kind of support. It was a chaotic experience. I'm not likely to fly with AA going forward.

Business class points redemption - good value for points paid, dubious value if out of your own pocket, domestic class business product okay for this length of flight. The flight left and arrived on time, crew were good, aircraft was a bit old and tired, but still miles ahead of their competitors in Virgin and Jetstar.

7 hours delayed due to operational issues on United’s end. Basically laziness.

Flight from Rome to SFO was excellent compared To our flight to Europe from SFO. The food was much tastier. You can see how UNITED is skimping, though. Instead of getting something mid flight you had to ask for it. It was not automatically served. There was a cookie at the end of the arrival meal, for example that tasted like it just came out of a box. They used to serve a little container of nuts, now … a tiny container of nuts, mixed with pretzels. This was business class that you really have to pay for! But this is minor complaints compared to the overall. My major complaint is the position of the even numbered seats by the windows. You have to turn around to see your window & the positioning as some other controls are harder to get at. This is compared to the odd number seat that are perfectly aligned.

The food quality sucks. One must starve if they do not eat flesh Or wheat based products Some variety would be expected. The trivial amount of snacks and or food is inhumane

Flight was timely, relatively comfortable, with decent entertainment and food served. Only problem encountered was with the free messaging which I highly appreciate, but it did not work from iphone to non-iphones.

The internet service I paid for didn’t work at all and the flight crew was not very friendly.

Subject: Formal Complaint: Discriminatory and Unprofessional Conduct – Request for Immediate Action & Compensation Dear [Airline Customer Relations Team], I am writing to file a formal complaint regarding my recent travel experience with [Airline], which was by far the worst I have ever encountered. What occurred was not only unprofessional, but in several instances discriminatory, unsafe, and unacceptable. On the first leg of my trip, I arrived only four minutes past check-in. Instead of making any attempt to resolve the matter, your representative flatly denied me boarding and made me wait while she attended to passengers who arrived after me. By the time a manager intervened, it was too late to board, costing me time, money, and unnecessary frustration. The second leg of my trip (Chicago–San Francisco) raised even more serious concerns. From the outset, it was apparent that the staff—particularly two attendants—prioritized Caucasian passengers while dismissing African American and minority passengers. • When a Caucasian passenger in the exit row refused to comply with federal safety requirements, I, as a first responder, immediately offered to switch seats and assume the responsibility. My offer was blatantly ignored, and instead, a Caucasian passenger seated further up was chosen. This was discriminatory and deeply insulting, especially as I was actively de-escalating the situation that could have delayed the flight further. • During a lengthy tarmac delay of over 90 minutes, passengers were given conflicting and unreasonable instructions that created unnecessary distress and tension. • Throughout the flight, a visibly intoxicated passenger directly in front of me was disruptive, rude to others, failed to comply with seatbelt and electronic device rules, and yet faced no enforcement from the crew. In stark contrast, I was singled out for repeated compliance checks even though I was following every rule. This unequal treatment was so obvious that multiple passengers around me spoke up in my defense. This pattern of behavior demonstrated a clear lack of professionalism, disregard for passenger safety, and discriminatory treatment. I expect far better from an airline of your stature. As a paying customer subjected to this unacceptable treatment, I am formally requesting: 1. A full investigation into the conduct of the staff on both flights. 2. A written apology acknowledging the discriminatory and unprofessional behavior I endured. 3. Appropriate compensation for the distress, inconvenience, and mishandling of my travel. If this matter is not addressed promptly and thoroughly, I will have no choice but to escalate my complaint further, including filing with the U.S. Department of Transportation and sharing my experience through other channels. I trust [Airline] will take this complaint seriously and provide a timely resolution.

Check in was quick and easy during early hours. Flight was on time, and customer services was a plus.

I understand that the food on the airplane wouldn’t be fantastic. However, it wasn’t good at all. 😭

The flight was comfortable with the exit row and great service

Plane was crowded and even when we hit altitude, the plane was hot, not enough air flow.

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