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Cheap Flight Deals from Tucson to San Francisco (TUS-SFO)

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Tucson to San Francisco 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 Tucson to San Francisco

Recommended round-trip deals departing in the coming months from the most popular airlines that fly from Tucson to San Francisco.
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7:49 pm - 1:33 pmTUS-SFO
18h 44m1 stop
7:46 pm - 11:59 amSFO-TUS
15h 13m1 stop
$118Frontier
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Mon, Mar 3 - Tue, Mar 4
9:41 am - 12:30 pmTUS-SFO
3h 49m1 stop
4:18 pm - 11:58 pmSFO-TUS
6h 40m1 stop
$193American Airlines
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Thu, Jan 23 - Thu, Jan 23
6:40 am - 12:42 pmTUS-SFO
7h 02m1 stop
10:55 am - 5:27 pmSFO-TUS
5h 32m1 stop
$198Delta
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Thu, Jan 16 - Thu, Jan 23
12:30 pm - 3:48 pmTUS-SFO
4h 18m1 stop
2:07 pm - 1:37 pmSFO-TUS
22h 30m2 stops
$215Alaska Airlines
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Tue, Jan 28 - Fri, Jan 31
12:42 pm - 5:33 pmTUS-SFO
5h 51m1 stop
10:55 am - 5:27 pmSFO-TUS
5h 32m1 stop
$226Delta
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Sun, Jan 19 - Tue, Jan 21
12:30 pm - 3:48 pmTUS-SFO
4h 18m1 stop
9:15 am - 10:57 pmSFO-TUS
12h 42m1 stop
$230Alaska Airlines
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Tue, Jan 28 - Fri, Jan 31
8:10 am - 9:44 amTUS-SFO
2h 34mnonstop
1:19 pm - 4:28 pmSFO-TUS
2h 09mnonstop
$279United Airlines
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Thu, Jan 23 - Mon, Jan 27
5:26 pm - 6:50 pmTUS-SFO
2h 24mnonstop
6:38 am - 1:33 pmSFO-TUS
5h 55m1 stop
$289United Airlines
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Thu, Jan 23 - Mon, Jan 27
1:00 pm - 10:15 pmTUS-SFO
10h 15m2 stops
6:35 am - 5:10 pmSFO-TUS
9h 35m2 stops
$327Southwest
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Tue, Feb 4 - Wed, Feb 12
7:20 am - 2:30 pmTUS-SFO
8h 10m2 stops
5:55 am - 12:20 pmSFO-TUS
5h 25m1 stop
$357Southwest
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Thu, Jan 9 - Sun, Jan 12

Flights from Tucson to San Francisco - Travel Insights & Trends

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Tucson to San Francisco 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 Tucson to San Francisco?

The average price of all round-trip flights from Tucson to San Francisco clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.
When flying from Tucson to San Francisco, you should consider leaving on a Thursday and avoid Sundays if you are looking for the best rates. For your return to Tucson, you’ll find the best rates on Saturdays and the most expensive ones on Thursdays.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Tucson to San Francisco?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Tucson to San Francisco, 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 Tucson to San Francisco is January, where tickets cost $295 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are November and June, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is $472 and $421 respectively.

Can I save money by flying with a layover from Tucson to San Francisco?

The average round-trip price for all non-stop flights, flights with one layover, and flights with two layovers for the route found by users searching on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.
Yes, flying with a layover may cost you more time, but you can also save money on the route, with a 2 stops layover the cheapest option at $244 on average.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Tucson to San Francisco?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from Tucson to San Francisco, 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 Tucson to San Francisco, you should book around 4 weeks before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 20 weeks before departure.

Good to know

Low season

August

High season

December

Cheapest flight

$118
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 9% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 3% lower on average.
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When to book flights from Tucson to San Francisco

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from Tucson to San Francisco based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
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FAQs for booking flights from Tucson to San Francisco

  • Can my pet relief itself at TUS?

    If you are traveling with your fur baby, then TUS has got your back. There are four areas designated for pets to stretch, play, hydrate and do their potty breaks. The pet relief areas are located at Landside, main terminal, outside baggage claim area and Airside, inside the restrooms at concourse A and B.

  • Are there nearby hotels at TUS?

    Suppose you have an early morning flight and want a good night’s sleep before traveling to SFO, there are nice hotels near TUS. They include the Four points by Sheraton Tucson Airport, Hampton Inn, La Quinta Inn & Suites by Wyndam Tucson Airport and Double Tree Suites by Hilton Hotel Tuscon Airport. The hotels are within walking distance if you feel energetic enough to walk, or you could opt for the free airport shuttles provided by the airport.

  • Is it true that there is a USO lounge at SFO?

    There is a USO lounge at SFO, located on the Mezzanine Level of Terminal 1. You can access it via the elevators located behind the Delta Airlines ticket counter. The lounge offers free access to active members of the U.S. military and their family.

  • Are there fun activities at SFO?

    If you want to hang around the airport after your arrival, there are a bunch of fun activities that you can take part in. You could visit the Aviation Museum at the International Terminal, landside to learn more about the airport. Still at the International Terminal, you could also go to the outdoor terrace to watch planes take off and land. Alternatively, you could participate in a self-guided tour, whereby children can compete the route and win prizes from the info desk.

  • What is the cheapest flight from Tucson to San Francisco?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from Tucson to San Francisco was $149 for a one-way ticket and $118 for a round-trip.

  • Do I need a passport to fly between Tucson and San Francisco?

    Even though you are not required to have a passport, keep in mind that an official ID is needed to board the airplane.

  • Which airlines offer Wi-Fi service onboard planes from Tucson to San Francisco?

    Delta, American Airlines, and Alaska Airlines offer inflight Wi-Fi service on the Tucson to San Francisco flight route.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from Tucson to San Francisco?

    The Embraer 175 (Enhanced Winglets) is the aircraft model that flies most regularly on the Tucson to San Francisco flight route.

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from Tucson to San Francisco?

    Star Alliance is the only airline alliance operating flights between Tucson and San Francisco.

  • On which days can I fly direct from Tucson to San Francisco?

    There are nonstop flights from Tucson to San Francisco on a daily basis.

  • Which is the best airline for flights from Tucson to San Francisco, Southwest or Delta?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from Tucson to San Francisco are Southwest and Delta. With an average price for the route of $397 and an overall rating of 8.1, Southwest is the most popular choice. Delta is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $286 and an overall rating of 8.0.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Tucson to San Francisco?

    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 Tucson to San Francisco.

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

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

    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 Francisco with an airline and back to Tucson with another airline. Booking your flights between Tucson and SFO 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 Tucson to San Francisco?

    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 Francisco from Tucson 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 Tucson to San Francisco

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found flights on this route for $252 or less one-way and $349 or less round-trip.
  • For your flight from Tucson Airport (TUS) to San Francisco Airport (SFO), try to arrive at the airport at least 2 hours before your scheduled departure. You will have ample time to check your bags, get through security, and maybe even some extra time - enjoy a stroll in the airport checking out art exhibitions at the TIA Gallery, located at the baggage level and the Center Gallery at the ticketing level.
  • If you need help with your luggage around TUS, you would be delighted to learn that there are luggage carts at various terminals of the airport. The service is also pretty affordable.
  • If you need to put in a few minutes of work before your flight at TUS, the airport provides work stations where you can set up an office. Located on the air side at the concourses, the work stations are free and come with desks that have power outlets where you can connect your devices.
  • In case you are traveling with a baby, you can take advantage of the nursing rooms on arriving at SFO. The rooms are located at Terminal 1 airside, Terminal 2 airside and landslide, and Terminal 3 airside. They are easy to find as they are either labeled ‘Nursery’ or ‘Family Restroom’. You can request access to the rooms using the airport courtesy phone.
  • If you wish to rent a car from SFO to your destination, there are onsite car rental agencies within the airport. Agencies include Avis, SIXT, Thrifty, Hertz, and National. Off-site car rental agencies are accessible using a free AirTrain Blue Line shuttle.
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Prefer to fly direct from Tucson to San Francisco?

Find which airlines fly direct from Tucson Airport to San Francisco Airport, which days they fly and book direct flights.

Direct departures

Tucson to San Francisco

Monday

ANA, Air Canada, Air New Zealand, +3 more

ANA, Air Canada, +4 more

Tuesday

ANA, Air Canada, Air New Zealand, +3 more

ANA, Air Canada, +4 more

Wednesday

ANA, Air Canada, Air New Zealand, +3 more

ANA, Air Canada, +4 more

Thursday

ANA, Air Canada, Air New Zealand, +3 more

ANA, Air Canada, +4 more

Friday

ANA, Air Canada, Air New Zealand, +3 more

ANA, Air Canada, +4 more

Saturday

ANA, Air Canada, Air New Zealand, +3 more

ANA, Air Canada, +4 more

Sunday

ANA, Air Canada, Air New Zealand, +3 more

ANA, Air Canada, +4 more

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Direct returns

San Francisco to Tucson

Monday

ANA, Air Canada, Air New Zealand, +2 more

ANA, Air Canada, +3 more

Tuesday

ANA, Air Canada, Air New Zealand, +2 more

ANA, Air Canada, +3 more

Wednesday

ANA, Air Canada, Air New Zealand, +2 more

ANA, Air Canada, +3 more

Thursday

ANA, Air Canada, Air New Zealand, +2 more

ANA, Air Canada, +3 more

Friday

ANA, Air Canada, Air New Zealand, +2 more

ANA, Air Canada, +3 more

Saturday

ANA, Air Canada, Air New Zealand, +2 more

ANA, Air Canada, +3 more

Sunday

ANA, Air Canada, Air New Zealand, +2 more

ANA, Air Canada, +3 more

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Top 4 airlines serving from Tucson to San Francisco

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Tucson to San Francisco. 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 Tucson to San Francisco? 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.
8.1
SouthwestOverall score based on 4821 reviews
8.7Crew
7.2Food
8.1Comfort
7.7Entertainment
8.2Boarding
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Fine, but how to board on SW versus othrr airlines, is just lame. Goood staff though and all was solid otherwise.

10.0 ExcellentAnonymous, Dec 2024AUS - OAK
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Fine, but how to board on SW versus othrr airlines, is just lame. Goood staff though and all was solid otherwise.

Was as expected. Crowed planes. Too many carryons delaying takeoff. But the ride only took an hour and saved me a lot of time SFO is a not a great airport.

Was as expected. Crowed planes. Too many carryons delaying takeoff. But the ride only took an hour and saved me a lot of time SFO is a hell hole of an airport. It is the new LaGuardia. Everything Cobbled together. Security gates closed. Terri directional signage

I will be flying again Southwest Airlines. Friendly crew, comfortable and affordable.

The plane arrived 25 minutes late, and the Wi-Fi was slower than it usually is.

Forget beverage, they didn't even have water for half the passangers?

Can not wait for seating change to reduce the amount of pre boards - it’s disheartening the abuse. And then then deplaning

The crew was nice. Boarding sucked. Instead of loading from the back to the front people just sat wherever and you had to wait for them to move to get to a seat. And the flight was 25 minutes delayed.

I boarded last because of my boarding assignment and was given a middle seat at the back of the plane. I’m 6”1” so it was really tight. I wish I just had a seat assignment instead of a general boarding group. My bag was way at the front and my seat at the back. Was never offered a beverage and had no room to move.

The open seating makes passengers boarding ahead of you think they also have the right to the empty middle seat. Trumper next to me refused to move her laptop bag from my leg area. I did not make a fuss since it was a short flight.

If I pay extra for "comfort+" I expect leg room where I can stretch my legs. I was seated with an attendant's seat blocking my feet. Knee space was fine but my feet had less room than the non-"comfort+" seats. Also, don't go cheap on food when you have flights of 3+ hours. It's insulting.

Only one side of the heafphone jack work. Crew was friendly and helpful.

Great. Flight departed early and arrived early. Deplaning and baggage claim ww were quick.

They separated our seats and moved us to the back of the plane. Hundreds of dollars and thousands of miles used and this was my platinum member experience.

AC barely worked on a 50 minute flight. It was very warm the whole flight. Flight was very bumpy and hard landing.

Got on the plane and then needed to deboard the plane because they didn’t have any pilots?

The flight was canceled two hours before departure, it took over five hours to rebook us on another flight.

Rough day of travel all the way around. Wrong info given to us multiple times and mistakes in their booking making our trip 10 hours longer than planned. I’m bummed because I fly Delta all the time and love them. Mistakes happen. Just bummed that this was a rare trip our whole family was traveling together.

Meh. A late flight meant I missed my connections, and a 2pm LAX arrival turned into gettin in after midnight.

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

We were delayed 3x and because I didn’t purchase my tickets directly from United Airlines I was told I Have to take care of it myself so I called Underpricer and they helped me but before I changed my flights I took the risk of sticking by what my tickets were and was lucky to have gotten on the original all flight with only 15 mins before take off. not sure if I will do this again

Everything good until we waited for jet bridge at SFO. Then pilot gets on speaker & said it won’t reach plane- too short, need to go to different gate. Then 5 min later, adjusted plane/jetbridge & all ok?!?

We had to wait almost an hour for the wheelchair porter to be ready to pick up my mother. And when she arrived in Newark airport the porter was not there and she started walking with her cane and her poor mobility. When the Newark porter found her they didn't want to transfer her bags to the wheelchair for her.

Great onboard crew. Boarding was a zoo, I got in line before pre boarding in Group 2, still had my bag force checked. WiFi was glitchy all flight. Seat and bathroom are both tiny unless you pay $$$ for first class.

Cabin was pitch black, even during meal service. The reading lights for seat 2E/F did not work, and seat 2E did not recline.

Was realllly smooth. It was delayed but we were well informed.

Delayed by 2.5hrs any longer and they would’ve had to honour their own policy for breaking their own rules and regs. Not cool, especially when I have an infant child that needs to stay on a routine and they get schedules.

To san Francisco it was ok. From sf to Manila it was horrible

Awful, rude staff. Their abrasive comments are unnecessary. Most seek a frictionless experience and will cooperate if you ask. Additional childish bullying of customers is not acceptable or tolerated. We had the same problem with our departure flight. We will never fly United again.

Very poor the plane itself was really old, slight smell that couldn’t be named. I didn’t even get a boarding pass UNTIL AFTER clearing security! Even then, they said when I get to my connected flight I’ll get my 2nd boarding pass there! A bit ridiculous!

My boarding pass wouldn't pull up in the app very easily and had to really dig through my email. That caused a delay in TSA..

RE Food: Wish there was a choice for No Rating. Flew from Honolulu to Los Angeles on a Red-Eye flight (11:00 pm to 7:30 am). Other than a package of cookies with a beverage choice offered soon after take-off, and a beverage choice shortly before landing, no other food choices were offered. Everyone slept or rested for most of the trip. Nothing to rate. RE Entertainment: Everyone was sleeping most of the flight. Only saw one passenger watch about 30 minutes of entertainment on his iPad. I never attempted to access any entertainment options.

Baby cried a lot. Nothing anyone could do about it. Just part of flying.

The boarding process was such a chaos with everyone crowding at the gates. There was no structure. The onboard crew were fantastic and very good.

For coast to coast travel the A321 and even the NEO, even in first class will never be excellent. That would take a B787 or 777 to accomplish.

The flight crew was fantastic! Which the seats had a small TV.

The foot ottoman cushion was missing on my business class seat.. the hydraulics is on its last leg & seat cushions do not have support or paddling. Heavily dented by butts

also wi-fi never worked attendant said satellite coverage is spotty over water ..... but we were over land!

I was unhappy with having the seat I chose changed at the last minute. I was moved to an aisle seat which did not recline and was next to the bathroom. The bathroom odors made the flight entirely unpleasant. Having carefully chosen my seat months before I was not pleased with my AA experience. In addition, they ran out of tea during flight service, really?

Dallas Hub. American taking ownership for their screwups instead of blaming their contractors and customers, trading their people, their call in service, reservation agents and their ticketing process. Make sure wheelchairs are available especially when the request is in their record.

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