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Cheap Flight Deals from San Diego to El Paso (SAN-ELP)

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from San Diego to El Paso 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.

Recent round-trip flight deals from San Diego to El Paso

Recommended round-trip deals departing in the coming months from the most popular airlines that fly from San Diego to El Paso.
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6:25 am - 6:36 pmSAN-ELP
11h 11m1 stop
7:40 pm - 12:20 amELP-SAN
5h 40m1 stop
$130Frontier
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Sat, Mar 1 - Mon, Mar 3
6:25 am - 6:36 pmSAN-ELP
11h 11m1 stop
8:50 pm - 7:18 pmELP-SAN
23h 28m1 stop
$196Frontier
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Thu, Feb 13 - Mon, Feb 17
6:25 am - 6:50 pmSAN-ELP
11h 25m1 stop
7:50 pm - 12:20 amELP-SAN
5h 30m1 stop
$250Frontier
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Sun, Mar 9 - Thu, Mar 13
12:15 pm - 3:00 pmSAN-ELP
1h 45mnonstop
1:15 pm - 2:15 pmELP-SAN
2h 00mnonstop
$277Southwest
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Thu, Feb 13 - Mon, Feb 17
7:30 pm - 11:56 pmSAN-ELP
3h 26m1 stop
12:15 pm - 6:30 pmELP-SAN
7h 15m1 stop
$282American Airlines
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Thu, Feb 27 - Mon, Mar 3
12:15 pm - 3:00 pmSAN-ELP
1h 45mnonstop
8:00 pm - 11:00 pmELP-SAN
4h 00m1 stop
$287Southwest
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Thu, Feb 13 - Mon, Feb 17
1:30 pm - 9:04 pmSAN-ELP
6h 34m1 stop
12:51 pm - 5:46 pmELP-SAN
5h 55m1 stop
$359American Airlines
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Sat, May 24 - Mon, May 26
8:50 am - 10:59 pmSAN-ELP
13h 09m1 stop
6:30 am - 7:53 pmELP-SAN
14h 23m2 stops
$418United Airlines
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Sat, Mar 1 - Mon, Mar 3
10:05 am - 10:59 pmSAN-ELP
11h 54m2 stops
6:30 am - 7:53 pmELP-SAN
14h 23m2 stops
$464United Airlines
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Sat, Mar 1 - Mon, Mar 3
6:15 am - 6:27 pmSAN-ELP
11h 12m2 stops
7:07 pm - 11:16 pmELP-SAN
29h 09m2 stops
$641Alaska Airlines
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Sun, Mar 9 - Thu, Mar 13

Flights from San Diego to El Paso - Travel Insights & Trends

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

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from San Diego to El Paso?

The average price of all round-trip flights from San Diego to El Paso clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.
For San Diego to El Paso, Wednesday is the cheapest day to fly on average and Monday is the most expensive. Flying from El Paso back to San Diego, the best deals are generally found on Tuesday, with Saturday being the most expensive.

What is the cheapest month to fly from San Diego to El Paso?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from San Diego to El Paso, 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 San Diego to El Paso is June, where tickets cost $268 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and March, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is $380 and $369 respectively.

How far in advance should I book a flight from San Diego to El Paso?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from San Diego to El Paso, 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 San Diego to El Paso, you should book around 3 weeks before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 10 weeks before departure.

Good to know

Low season

September

High season

November

Cheapest flight

$55
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 5% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 4% increase in price.
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When to book flights from San Diego to El Paso

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from San Diego to El Paso based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
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KAYAK looks at all historical flight data for each date to provide a predicted price for one-way trips or round-trips with a duration up to 40 days. While we try to provide actual minimum prices for each date, some prices are predictions and actual prices may differ.

FAQs for booking flights from San Diego to El Paso

  • Are there pet relief areas in both airports?

    At San Diego International Airport (SAN), there are seven pet relief areas. You can access these areas throughout the airport. At El Paso airport, there is a pet relief area located next to the Short Term parking lot. However, the airport pet policy says that all pets should remain in their kennels.

  • Can I pay for parking using my card at San Diego Airport?

    Yes, the airport's parking lots accept Visa, American Express, Master Card, and Discover. They also accept cash payments but not in foreign currency.

  • Whatare the transport options from ELP?

    El Paso international airport is served with shuttles that offer free pick up and drop from the long term parking lot. The shuttles take around 14 minutes to the city center. Better still, these shuttles come with wheelchair lifts so that they are usable to those with limited mobility. You can rent a stretched limousine, a taxi, or use the airport’s chartered bus services especially if you’re a large group. The nearby hotels also offer shuttle services from the airport.

  • What are the shopping and dining options at El Paso International Airport?

    At concourse A and B, you can get food and beverages from various restaurants. If you need some hot coffee, grab one from starbucks coffee cafe which is located across from gate A2. Also, at concourse A is the El Paso Marketplace for some shopping, snacks, gifts and other travel essentials.

  • What is the cheapest flight from San Diego to El Paso?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from San Diego to El Paso was $55 for a one-way ticket and $130 for a round-trip.

  • Do I need a passport to fly between San Diego and El Paso?

    A passport is not required to fly from San Diego to El Paso.

  • Which airlines offer Wi-Fi service onboard planes from San Diego to El Paso?

    American Airlines, and Alaska Airlines offer inflight Wi-Fi service on the San Diego to El Paso flight route.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from San Diego to El Paso?

    The Boeing 737-700 Passenger/BBJ1 (winglets) is the aircraft model that flies most regularly on the San Diego to El Paso flight route.

  • On which days can I fly direct from San Diego to El Paso?

    You can catch a nonstop flight from San Diego to El Paso on on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.

  • Which is the best airline for flights from San Diego to El Paso, Southwest or American Airlines?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from San Diego to El Paso are Southwest and American Airlines. With an average price for the route of $390 and an overall rating of 8.1, Southwest is the most popular choice. American Airlines is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $376 and an overall rating of 7.2.

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

    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 San Diego to El Paso.

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

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to El Paso from 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 from San Diego to El Paso?

    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 El Paso with an airline and back to San Diego with another airline. Booking your flights between San Diego and ELP can sometimes prove cheaper using this method.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from San Diego to El Paso?

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

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KAYAK’s top tips for finding a cheap flight from San Diego to El Paso

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found flights on this route for $369 or less round-trip.
  • When you flying from San Diego to El Paso, you can fly out of San Diego Airport (SAN), Tijuana International Airport (TIJ), Santa Ana Airport (SNA), Indio/Palm Springs International Airport (PSP) or Ontario/San Bernardino Airport (ONT).The main airport in San Diego is San Diego International Airport (SAN), located just northwest of downtown. It is the busiest single-runway commercial airport in the United States and serves as a focus city for Alaska Airlines and Southwest Airlines.
  • The airlines for this route offer flexible flights according to your travel plans. If you'll be returning to San Diego within a few days or weeks, then a round-trip flight by Alaska Airlines could be the best option. However, if you're not sure when you'll be returning or your plans are subject to change, a one-way flight by one of the airlines may be the better choice.
  • Once at San Diego airport, you have lots of options for parking. For long term parking, terminal 1 and terminal 2 parking lots charge around $32 daily. You will also get a short term parking service at the terminals, starting from around $2.50 for the first 30 minutes.
  • El Paso International Airport (ELP) lounges offers wireless internet facilities, napping and sleeping rooms, working and productivity areas and premium food and drinks among others. Also, the USO lounge located in the airport caters for military members and their families.
  • If you need special service assistance, you can get both services at both airports. Through the help of your airline, the departure airport offers wheelchair and special needs services. You can also head on to the San Diego International Airport website and request assistance through your airline. Also, San Diego International Airport offer parking for travelers with limited mobility throughout all terminals. At El Paso International Airport, the airport partners with Hidden Disabilities Sunflower Network for provision of services to airport customers with disabilities. Also, the airport is fully ADA accessible, served with both escalators and lifts at the main atrium.
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Prefer to fly direct from San Diego to El Paso?

Find which airlines fly direct from San Diego Airport to El Paso Airport, which days they fly and book direct flights.

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San Diego to El Paso

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El Paso to San Diego

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Top 3 airlines serving from San Diego to El Paso

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from San Diego to El Paso. 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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SouthwestOverall score based on 4652 reviews
7.7Entertainment
8.2Boarding
8.7Crew
7.2Food
8.1Comfort
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Multiple delays and gate changes. Arrived at final destination 6 hours late. All rental cars had been taken.

2.0 MediocreAnonymous, Dec 2024MCI - DAL
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Multiple delays and gate changes. Arrived at final destination 6 hours late. All rental cars had been taken.

The movies using Southwest WiFi kept pausing and I had to restart multiple times.

First, my flight was a usual flight nothing exceptional or unexpected. Over all it was a normal, good flight! Second, your questionaire is wholly lacking in the proper options to which one can answer a question. Often on short flights, there is no food let alone entertainment so why isn't that reflected in your questionaire? A simple "not applicable" would cover that issue appropriately but no, your form arbitrarily enters an answer based on the initial assessment which normally isn't factual. Until you provide an accurate means of assessing flights, I'll no longer be completing of these unimpressive and misleading assessements. Thank you!

Easy to book and to get check in and get on and off.

It seems as though the provisions are even less. Although SWA used to be an economy Airline, that isn't really the case anymore. I paid over $700. for a round trip to Denver and I could have flown just about any airline for the price. The drinks are now in a 6-ounce cup and with ice I'm sure a can would fill more than 2 cups. However, I am very proud of SWA for using paper rather than continuing to contribute to the millions of plastic cups being used each day. I've thought of this fr many years and am so glad to see it come to fruition, if not by only SWA so far.

Service was great, boarding and exiting went smoothly, and the flight was very pleasant.

Everything worked well. Crew was as entertaining as is possible on a plane flight. Southwest still has good legroom:

Crew was great - friendly and helpful with boarding - letting folks know where overhead space was available thus getting us out of the gate on time.

What’s best is they have free 2 check in bags. Unlike budget airlines that knocks you off with fees just for you hand carried bags

Chairs are not reclinable. Not ear phones for sale. Seats should be assigned to avoid confrontations. Flight attendants were AMAZING.

I paid for what I got which was cheap, I brought my own entertainment. I knew what to expect, so I could be prepared. If you’re flying economy, check in early like me. I have no problems with my flight, was on time, staff were friendly, and overall good experience.

Small plane, so no entertainment. Hour delay! Nobody explained wht the delay was all about.

I wasn’t happy with the hour delay from Dallas to McAllen, but that is the nature of travel. I don’t like to fly in general because of all of the problems all the time.

It went up and down at the right time and place. I’m happy with that outcome.

Most of the delay was due to weather which is not what was at issue here. One delay was due to a missing flashlight and in the end the flashlight was actually found on the plane. The entertainment system is very limited. Live TV options offer only a few channels that are not very appealing. Boarding and deplaning are always difficult. It just takes too much time to get on and off the plane. On the plus side, I missed my connecting flight, but was easily able to book a later flight from the app while enroute.

After several delays and being rebooked onto a layer flight, I had to speak to three AA agents for baggage claim to get an attendant. All were in foul mode and reluctant to assist or offer any assistance.

AA had a nationwide tech glitch today and after two connections snd hours of delay, I arrived 7 hours late to my destination

Was supposedly in main extra (row 10), but the seat spacing appeared to be regular economy (the head rest was blue, as well - same as economy, the seats in front of us had red head rests). Otherwise the flight was good and got in well ahead of schedule.

This was a horrible American Airlines experience, and it discourages me from flying with them again. It may have stemmed from a mechanical delay, but it appeared that the team was unprepared to respond to the delay. After boarding, we waited an hour before finally taking off. After landing at our destination, we waited an additional hour on the tarmac waiting for a gate (at 8:00pm) to be assigned and cleared. The flight crew did their best, but they were clearly tired and also ready to be done for the day. Because of the delay, I missed a connecting flight. It was a very poor experience.

When my flight was delayed due to weather, I was rebooked to another flight since it showed that I would miss my connection. It was a lot of work to get back onto my originally connecting flight which was also delayed. That part caused a lot of stress and frustration. The ticketing agent at the desk was not very helpful.

My experience with the phoenix airport was terrible, the personnel lay the ticket counter charged me for a carry on that fit in the carry on size box, and the two women I spoke with were terribly rude and not willing to help.,,, there was one lady “candy” on the flight crew that was amazing and is the only reason I stayed on the flight at all, because the other stewards helping people to get seated on the plane were terrible

I loked walking out on the tarmac to board and no first class. I didn't like that they have no snacks or onboard wifi to bide your time.

It was a redeye flight, so every passenger just wanted to sleep, but through the entire flight, the flight crew made announcements over the loudspeaker at maximum volume every few minutes making sleep impossible. For example: it’s 2am, and the crew decides to give an extremely detailed announcement about snacks and beverages for sale. And 3am is the perfect time to wake up everyone with a lengthy announcement about how to get a coffee refill and how to take advantage of new offer from frontier for a credit card.

Overall experience good. There was no food and seats were not terribly comfortable.

The takeoff was the smoothest I've ever experienced on any airline and this is the first time I've flown on frontier so this was an extremely pleasant surprise!

A lady asked to stop the flight after the tunnel pulled away and we began to depart a flight that was already hours late. The attendance respectfully stopped the the plane and had the tunnel return. After the tunnel returned the passenger claimed to have changed her mind . The tunnel was then put in reverse and the passenger remained on the plane .. They should have sent the sick passenger off the plane like initially replaced. They existed a couple off the plane prior to that situation.. So.. all and all.. it was a long and flight.. .

With frontier you get what you pay for. The flight was two hours late. It’s a tight fit for the number of people they bring but you get to where you’re going cheap. Sometimes that’s more important than a nifty drink and cool TV..

Charges unexpected. For seat that didnt recline. Please reverse extra seat and carryon charge. Bad business that is a bait and switch.

We had an awful experience getting our bags checked in. Frontier’s check in on the app manipulated us into buying the business package because that was the only option available for a checked bag which included two checked bags per person which we did not need. Upon arriving to the airport, we stood in line for what seemed like forever at the baggage check in and there was no one available at the counter. We were first in line and we were afraid we were going to miss our flight due to the baggage attendant being late. After realizing there were a lot of other people waiting at the baggage check in and no one available. I reached out to Frontier and could not get any customer service so I had to call the airport to page the baggage attendant to send someone to the counter to check in our bags before we were able to go through security , I finally spoke to the attendant at the counter and explained to her that we had to pay for two checked bags person a total of six bags when we only had a total of three bags between three people she said to reach out to Frontier and they would issue a refund for the three bags that we paid for and did not need. I reached out to Frontier which I was not able to reach anybody by phone so I had to go through their automated chat feature, which sent me around in circles until I finally reached a representative to assist me. I explained to them what happened and they explained that they were not able to assist me. I continued to push the issue with them as this was very frustrating and they finally put in a customer service ticket where we were issued a flight credit and we were so disappointed because after this experience, we NEVER want to fly Frontier again, and we do not want a credit that we will not use. Frontier charged us almost $500 for us to check three bags which is absolutely absurd! The customer service agents were not able to offer anything else other than a flight credit and I do not feel like my frustrations were truly heard , we will never use Frontier Airlines again ! Truly Theft by Manipulation! They should be ashamed!

I couldn’t check in because the app didn’t work. It took 3 Frontier employees at the counter to get me checked in. Flight left 3 hours after departure time

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