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$404 Find cheap flights from South Korea to San Diego

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Flights to San Diego - Travel Insights & Trends

Get data-powered insights and trends for flights to San Diego to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

What is the cheapest day to fly to San Diego?

The average price of all flights to San Diego clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.
Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to San Diego is Monday where tickets can be as cheap as $1,031. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Tuesday, where prices are $1,919 on average.

What is the cheapest month to fly to San Diego?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for flights to San Diego, 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 to San Diego is November, where tickets cost $871 on average for one-way flights. On the other hand, the most expensive months are August and July, where the average cost of tickets from South Korea is $2,359 and $1,907 respectively. For return trips, the best month to travel is May with an average price of $1,011.

What is the cheapest time of day to fly to San Diego?

The average price for all flights to San Diego depending on the time of departure, clicked by users on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.
The cheapest time of day to fly to San Diego is generally in the evening, when flights cost $962 on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to San Diego is generally in the afternoon, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $1,331.

How long is the flight to San Diego?

The duration of your flight to San Diego depends on your departure and arrival airports. Obviously any flights that include a layover will also be longer. The most popular routes to San Diego on KAYAK are from Incheon, which takes 15h 47m, Seoul, which takes 19h 45m, and Busan, which takes 23h 42m.

How many direct flights to San Diego are there each day?

There are around 363 direct flights from within South Korea to San Diego every day. Most flights depart in the morning, with 6:00 am the most common departure time and 47% of flights departing in the morning.

How many direct flights to San Diego are there each week?

Each week there are around 2,541 direct flights from within South Korea to San Diego. The most common day for departures is Friday, with 16% of flights taking off on this day.

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Low season

May

High season

February

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Most popular time to fly and prices are also 21% lower on average.
Flight from Incheon to San Diego

FAQs - booking San Diego flights

  • How far is San Diego from central San Diego?

    Central San Diego is 3 miles away from San Diego.

  • What is the name of San Diego’s airport?

    When flying to San Diego, you'll arrive at San Diego (SAN). The airport is also known as Lindbergh Field, San Diego, or San Diego Intl.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights to San Diego?

    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 to San Diego.

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

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to San Diego is likely to change within 7 days, so travelers know whether to wait or book now.

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights to San Diego?

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional round-trip ticket. You could then fly to San Diego 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 to San Diego?

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

  • Which airline offers the most flights to San Diego?

    Of the 12 airlines that fly to San Diego, Southwest offers the most flights, with around 1,003 per week, followed by Alaska Airlines with 463 flights per week.

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Nonstop departures

South Korea to San Diego

Monday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +57 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +58 more

Tuesday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +57 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +58 more

Wednesday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +57 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +58 more

Thursday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +57 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +58 more

Friday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +57 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +58 more

Saturday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +56 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +57 more

Sunday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +57 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +58 more

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Nonstop returns

San Diego to South Korea

Monday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +57 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +58 more

Tuesday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +57 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +58 more

Wednesday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +57 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +58 more

Thursday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +57 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +58 more

Friday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +57 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +58 more

Saturday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +56 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +57 more

Sunday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +57 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +58 more

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Top 4 airlines serving from South Korea to San Diego

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying to San Diego. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline from South Korea to San Diego. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with to San Diego? 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.
8.5
Korean AirOverall score based on 1132 reviews
8.2Food
8.3Comfort
8.8Crew
8.6Boarding
8.2Entertainment
Airline reviews

On time departure and exceptional customer service during the entire flight.

10.0 ExcellentAnonymous, Jun 2024ICN - JFK
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On time departure and exceptional customer service during the entire flight.

The flight crews were extremely professional helpful and courteous. Departure and arrival times were accurate. No delay. Thanks

Not very comfortable seated in the back plane due to turbulence

Everything about Korean air is great, hands down! Will always prefer this airline from other carriers.

Ford not that great the seat not to big for leg room like other airline

Crew was ok, but some passengers were a bit rude. Again, all outlets were not working, only the really slow charging usb plug on the entertainment system. Entertainment system was also bugged, some features just crash, the touch screen wasn't working and when trying to watch a movie the onscreen display kept flashing off and on making it very difficult to watch.

Great crew, decent food Charging plugs were broken on both seats next to me. Only the USB port was available, and that charges, very, very slowly. Seat was also broken, it would not lock into position when reclining.

New plane. Perfect gluten free meal Very flawless procedures from check-in to the landing. Taking off on time and landing even earlier and the luggages are already there after shortest arrival report.

It was ok. Not good and not a bad experience

not too bad but not too great either. Service on all airlines declined ever since covid. Your Delta Stewardess are not that friendly at all. :-(

Seems like crew assumed you're korean. Not impressed by crew

Staff was excellent. Food could use more variety. -More vegetable options. Menu didn't have juice or soda listed. -The croissants were outstanding!

Asian Vegitarian food was test less No Salt or pepper served Need to improve with Chef who can caters for Peaple from India I am sure Chef knows different varieties of food Indian People like

The flight attendant, where kind of rude, there where hiding for almost 3 hours, without doing rounds to see if people needed water or pickup the water cups, the toilets were full of water cups, because they never come back to pick them up.

Amazing service and fabulous syaff. Loved the jumbo jet too, comfortable.

The entertainment screens are dated and needs to be changed to new screens. Then when we got home, I found out 2 of our luggage’s were damaged (huge) and some items stolen.

I could not choose my seat prior to check in

I had the most wonderful experience from CEB bag drop through deplaning. The staff, the aircraft, food, and cabin crew were all amazing. I want to give a kudos to Marky from Mactan Cebu's Asiana airport staff for his exceptional customer service and assistance.

JetBlue's check-in was great, but there was an in-flight attendant who was very rude and unkind. I didn't realize that the bathrooms were already locked 30 mins prior to landing and needed to use the restroom. Instead of politely asking me to return, she rudely told me, 'NO, bathrooms are locked! Go back to your seat!' The JetBlue flight was more than an hour delay, which made me almost miss my connecting flight with Asiana. I understand the reasoning, but the action they took to get a hold of maintenance was time consuming. It took them more than 30 mins to get a hold of maintenance and for maintenance to get started. The Asiana flight and crew were wonderful, in general. They waited for us who were delayed from the previous flight before they took off and were very kind to take my checked baggage's info. Seats were a little uncomfortable for such long flight, but service and flight attendants were great! However, my 3 checked baggages are missing! They're lost somewhere in the transition. I'm writing this review 3 days after my arrival to the Philippines, and my 3 checked baggages, where my wedding dress is, are all still missing! I and the CEB airport crew have sent multiple emails to both JetBlue and Asiana, and neither has responded to any of our emails. Although, I was able to get in contact with JetBlue's Interline Department who confirmed that the bags were turned over to Asiana without confirmation details.

Airfare was ok . Food not good , seat ok but not comfortable. Lay over too long , crew was ok Overall just ok

It was good until there was a 3 hour delay because there was not any pilots to fly the plane.

Had to change aircraft due to a faulty door. Surprisingly it only caused about an hour and a half of delay. Delta handled this situation as well as can be expected.

Your crew could maybe answer the call bell at least one of the times I pressed it. I pressed it first time with 2.5 hours left in our flight bc my partner was hungry and wanted a sandwich. We finally got the sandwich with 40 mins left in the flight.

The Flight crew didn’t serve us until about 1.5 hours into the flight because of turbulence but after it ended it was fine to move around. They served us water only and snacks and then NEVER, NOT ONE TIME came through to collect trash until right before landing about 1.5 hours later. There was absolutely no need for that. They crew was just standing around talking and visiting with each other and really never tried to see if we might want something besides water or even try to come pick up trash. This is VERY unusual for a Delta flight but it was not what I would have expected for a 4 hour flight.

There was a loud squeaky sound the whole time we were flying.

Had a broken tray in business class. Crew just shrugged it off.

I didn’t like that I could not select my seat and was assigned a seat when I checked in at LAX

Great experience overall. Check in at Austin was congested as they only have about 6 check in kiosks, one was broken, and there was a lot of Spring Break travelers.

I was sitting at comfort +. One of the Asian male crew was so loud when he delivered service. When he asked questions or what food you need, he was shouting. He must be a prison guard before going Delta.

Bag drop off was slow and annoying. Only 2 agents at the entire delta desk, and no one directing traffic for what line to be in, many confused people slowed down the process. Boarding was fine. Seats in Delta comfort plus were fine. Snacks were great! Definitely a bonus. The entertainment system was awful — old, slow, not responsive, and completely unable to play games due to some kind of error. But on the other hand, thank you to Delta for the free WiFi. That made it better.

Connecting flights were poor,especially in Naples.our Lufthansa air bus was a joke.way too small for that long of a flight.no room at all.couldn’t even get out of the seats to move around or go to the bathrooms.we thought we were getting an actual air bus,double decker.i will never fly that long in a plane like that again.kind of misleading to call it an air bus.we actually had more room on our buses that we used.

Crew was very cooperative and professional. Passenger's first checked in bag should be free.

They have trouble to keep their flights in schedule. Seems not having enough staff to provide appropriate customer service. Lacking real agents on site to help customers. Have to use QR code/web site/call to be able to talk to real person can help you - and you may have to punch though series of options first, then hold until someone assist you. Similar for baggage claim, no real agent onsite helping if you missing luggage, not like other airline next to UA desk having staff there even after midnight to assist customers.

Flight was delayed due to the late arrival of the catering truck, which is quite unacceptable. There was a beverage service, but no pretzel, or cookie, or nuts were served in coach.

Flighty delayed on boarding - then group 1 had to check their carry on bags but groups 3 and beyond could carry bags on - very inconvenient for weekend business trip with no checked baggage. Then delayed on the runway - before take off. No communication from pilot on why or how long. Wifi/Entertainment didn't work for 4+ flight. Upon arrival, attendants announced wrong carousel for baggage claim - everyone was waiting at the wrong place for their checked bags. This was a mess united!

Everything was great except for one thing. I was sitting in seat 1L with plenty of windows. Because we couldn’t sit next to each other, my husband was in 2L with only one window that he had to almost turnhis neck around to look out. Therefore, the window position with 1/2 of the “window” seats in business class is not optimal

I was not expecting much as i was not in a premium cabin. I was pleasantly surprised that the seat in economy plus was spacious and food was ample. Party of 5 with 2 parents and 3 kids.

Outstanding in all respects. Early boarding left early arrived early. We were in business class, so was perfectly fine.

Dinner was okay but the breakfast was not eatable on the flight San Francisco to Zurich.

I really do not like the basic in basic economy.

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Recent round-trip flight deals

 
These are the cheapest round-trip flights to San Diego found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
9/7Sat
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
30h 55mICN-SAN
9/22Sun
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
28h 52mSAN-ICN
$729
9/7Sat
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
30h 55mICN-SAN
9/22Sun
1 stopAmerican Airlines
31h 44mSAN-ICN
$736
11/12Tue
1 stopAir Canada
19h 42mICN-SAN
11/17Sun
1 stopAir Canada
34h 20mSAN-ICN
$920
9/18Wed
1 stopAir Canada
33h 56mICN-SAN
9/30Mon
1 stopAir Canada
31h 10mSAN-ICN
$923
6/27Thu
2 stopsUnited Airlines
26h 55mICN-SAN
7/26Fri
2 stopsUnited Airlines
29h 45mSAN-ICN
$1,057
9/11Wed
1 stopAsiana Airlines
16h 44mICN-SAN
9/25Wed
1 stopAsiana Airlines
25h 25mSAN-ICN
$1,063
9/11Wed
2 stopsKorean Air
17h 55mPUS-SAN
9/25Wed
2 stopsKorean Air
22h 45mSAN-PUS
$1,204
9/2Mon
1 stopAsiana Airlines
16h 44mICN-SAN
10/7Mon
1 stopAsiana Airlines
16h 37mSAN-ICN
$1,211
8/13Tue
1 stopUnited Airlines
23h 05mICN-SAN
8/23Fri
1 stopUnited Airlines
22h 49mSAN-ICN
$1,348
6/25Tue
1 stopKorean Air
15h 05mICN-SAN
8/24Sat
1 stopKorean Air
16h 56mSAN-ICN
$1,717

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Recent one-way flight deals

 
Only flying one-way? Below are some of the best deals for one-way flights to San Diego found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
10/16Wed
1 stopAmerican Airlines
30h 42mICN-SAN
$404
10/15Tue
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
30h 13mICN-SAN
$406
11/1Fri
1 stopUnited Airlines
14h 22mICN-SAN
$492
10/18Fri
1 stopDelta
30h 47mICN-SAN
$634
9/25Wed
1 stopKorean Air
17h 45mICN-SAN
$659
10/14Mon
2 stopsDelta
23h 17mICN-SAN
$671
11/25Mon
2 stopsKorean Air
27h 52mPUS-SAN
$715
7/19Fri
1 stopAsiana Airlines
19h 12mICN-SAN
$1,010
7/16Tue
1 stopAsiana Airlines
19h 09mICN-SAN
$1,042
10/14Mon
3 stopsUnited Airlines
30h 59mICN-SAN
$3,313

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Last minute flights to San Diego

Last minute flight, train and bus deals

 
These last-minute flight deals are the cheapest flights found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours for flights to San Diego that are departing in the next 10 days.
6/17Mon
multi-stop
26h 34mICN-SAN
6/20Thu
multi-stop
33h 01mSAN-ICN
$1,254
6/17Mon
multi-stop
54h 58mICN-SAN
6/22Sat
multi-stop
36h 02mSAN-ICN
$1,342
6/17Mon
multi-stop
17h 57mICN-SAN
6/20Thu
multi-stop
33h 01mSAN-ICN
$1,360
6/17Mon
multi-stop
40h 47mICN-SAN
6/22Sat
multi-stop
36h 02mSAN-ICN
$1,392
6/17Mon
multi-stopJapan Airlines
42h 46mGMP-SAN
6/22Sat
multi-stopJapan Airlines
34h 29mSAN-GMP
$1,503
6/17Mon
multi-stop
26h 13mICN-SAN
6/22Sat
multi-stop
30h 05mSAN-ICN
$1,630
6/16Sun
multi-stopQatar Airways
34h 17mICN-SAN
6/22Sat
multi-stopQatar Airways
33h 57mSAN-ICN
$2,539
6/16Sun
multi-stopQatar Airways
34h 17mICN-SAN
6/20Thu
multi-stopQatar Airways
35h 08mSAN-ICN
$2,882
6/15Sat
multi-stopUnited Airlines
17h 24mICN-SAN
6/17Mon
multi-stopUnited Airlines
25h 45mSAN-ICN
$3,758
6/15Sat
multi-stopUnited Airlines
17h 24mICN-SAN
6/17Mon
multi-stopUnited Airlines
27h 35mSAN-ICN
$3,762

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Flights to San Diego

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San Diego (SAN)United States

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