Flights from New York to San Diego – Direct & connecting routes
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JFK to SAN – All flight route options from John F Kennedy International, New York, USA to San Diego International Airport, California, USA. These flights are operated by 7 different airlines. Fly non-stop or choose from 28 different connecting flights. The shortest flight time is 5 hours and 56 minutes. See the full flight schedule and time table, including departure times, airlines and stopover details to find the best option for you.
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New York to San Diego flights
There are over 28 airlines and as many as 499 flights every week to this destination. You can fly non-stop to San Diego (SAN) from New York (JFK) with JetBlue Airways, Delta Air Lines or Alaska Airlines but if a stopover option suits you better you can choose to fly via Minneapolis, Chicago or any other of the 25 alternatives with connectiing airports.
Tip! You can also fly to San Diego from La Guardia (LGA).
New York to San Diego with JetBlue Airways
You can fly non-stop every weekday with flights departing between 6:00 am and 5:00 pm. You also have the option to do a transit flight via Boston.
With Sun Country Airlines
If you fly from New York with Sun Country Airlines you will do a stopover in Minneapolis, MSP before reaching San Diego. This flight trip will take 8 hours and 48 minutes and you can fly every Monday, Thursday, Friday or Sunday with departures at 11 in the morning.
Distance & flight times: JFK to San Diego International Airport
The shortest flight time between JFK and SAN is 6 hours and 11 minutes.
Via | Total flight time | Layover time | Distance |
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Direct | 6h 11m | - | 2454 miles (3948 km) |
MSP Minneapolis | 8h 11m | 1h 29m | 2569 miles (4134 km) |
ORD Chicago | 8h 13m | 51m | 2471 miles (3976 km) |
PHX Phoenix | 8h 32m | 1h 7m | 2465 miles (3966 km) |
BZN Bozeman | 8h 44m | 32m | 2870 miles (4618 km) |
DTW Detroit | 8h 50m | 1h 17m | 2473 miles (3979 km) |
CLT Charlotte | 8h 52m | 2h 59m | 2627 miles (4227 km) |
IAD Dulles | 8h 58m | 1h 50m | 2489 miles (4005 km) |
SLC Salt Lake City | 9h 2m | 45m | 2625 miles (4224 km) |
LAS Las Vegas | 9h 13m | - | - |
LAX Los Angeles | 9h 20m | 2h 51m | 2592 miles (4171 km) |
DFW Dallas | 9h 24m | 2h 0m | 2570 miles (4135 km) |
ATL Atlanta | 9h 27m | 1h 58m | 2661 miles (4282 km) |
AUS Austin | 9h 54m | - | - |
EGE Vail | 9h 59m | 2h 3m | 2499 miles (4021 km) |
BOS Boston | 10h 19m | - | - |
CMH Columbus | 10h 32m | - | - |
SFO San Francisco | 10h 37m | 2h 33m | 3043 miles (4896 km) |
MCO Orlando | 10h 57m | 2h 39m | 3105 miles (4996 km) |
JAX Jacksonville | 11h 15m | - | - |
SAV Savannah | 11h 46m | - | - |
RDU Raleigh/Durham | 11h 53m | - | - |
ORF Norfolk | 12h 32m | - | - |
CLE Cleveland | 13h 11m | 1h 56m | 2459 miles (3957 km) |
DCA Washington | 13h 40m | - | - |
TPA Tampa | 14h 30m | 2h 8m | 3105 miles (4996 km) |


