Flights from San Diego to Denver – Direct & connecting routes
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SAN to DEN – All flight route options from San Diego International Airport, California, USA to Denver International, Colorado, USA. These flights are operated by 8 different airlines. Fly non-stop or choose from 17 different connecting flights. The shortest flight time is 2 hours and 22 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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San Diego to Denver flights
There are over 21 airlines and as many as 746 flights every week to this destination. You can fly non-stop to Denver (DEN) from San Diego (SAN) with Frontier Airlines, United Airlines, Southwest Airlines or Alaska Airlines but if a stopover option suits you better you can choose to fly via Phoenix, Colorado Springs or any other of the 17 alternatives with connectiing airports.
San Diego to Denver with Frontier Airlines
You can fly non-stop every weekday with flights departing from 6:00 am to 9:00 pm. You can also catch a transit flight via Salt Lake City or Las Vegas.
With American Airlines
If you fly from San Diego with American Airlines you will do a stopover in Phoenix, PHX before reaching Denver. This flight trip will take 4 hours and 15 minutes and you can fly every weekday with departures from 6:00 am to 9:00 pm. American Airlines is a member of the air alliance OneWorld.
Distance & flight times: San Diego International Airport to Denver International
The shortest flight time between SAN and DEN is 2 hours and 39 minutes.
Via | Total flight time | Layover time | Distance |
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Direct | 2h 39m | - | 856 miles (1377 km) |
PHX Phoenix | 4h 15m | 1h 26m | 910 miles (1464 km) |
COS Colorado Springs | 4h 15m | 55m | 892 miles (1435 km) |
ABQ Albuquerque | 4h 45m | 40m | 981 miles (1578 km) |
RNO Reno | 5h 5m | 2h 55m | 1297 miles (2087 km) |
ELP El Paso | 5h 20m | 1h 35m | 1204 miles (1937 km) |
LAS Las Vegas | 5h 22m | 2h 21m | 890 miles (1432 km) |
SLC Salt Lake City | 5h 38m | 2h 4m | 1022 miles (1644 km) |
SMF Sacramento | 6h 3m | 2h 10m | 1395 miles (2245 km) |
TUS Tucson | 6h 5m | 2h 40m | 1010 miles (1625 km) |
LAX Los Angeles | 6h 9m | 1h 35m | 974 miles (1567 km) |
SJC San Jose | 6h 9m | 2h 47m | 1370 miles (2204 km) |
OAK Oakland | 6h 15m | 1h 40m | 1409 miles (2267 km) |
SFO San Francisco | 6h 29m | 2h 12m | 1419 miles (2283 km) |
BOI Boise | 6h 40m | 2h 24m | 1405 miles (2261 km) |
FAT Fresno | 6h 53m | 2h 55m | 1161 miles (1868 km) |
JAC Jackson | 7h 0m | 1h 28m | 1240 miles (1995 km) |
BZN Bozeman | 7h 33m | 2h 51m | 1489 miles (2396 km) |



