Charlotte (CLT) to San Francisco (SFO): 2,291 miles (3,687 km) great-circle, about 5h 05m nonstop by our estimate. Cheapest fare observed: $278 round-trip on Frontier, with 1 stop, departing June 6, 2026.
$278 round-trip, Frontier F93165, departing 2026-06-06 at 12:08, returning 2026-06-12. The recorded itinerary left on a Saturday, returning on a Friday 6 nights later; the fare was observed 42 days before departure. "Book this flight" opens Kiwi.com with the same airline and dates.
At $278, it ranked 13th of the 30 round-trip fares we recorded from CLT (median $293). That is 12.1 cents per great-circle mile (round-trip price over one-way distance), below the CLT median of 22.0 cents across 30 round-trip routes.
Routes from CLT of similar length: Seattle (2,275 mi) at $307 and Los Angeles (2,120 mi) at $262.
Frontier had the cheapest fare on 17 of 30 CLT routes. It is the 7th longest of the 30 routes we track from CLT.
Of 19 departure airports with a fare to San Francisco, Charlotte (CLT) ranked 12th at $278. Lowest: $126 from Los Angeles (LAX); highest: $483 from New York (JFK); 6 nonstop. Cheapest-fare airlines (routes): Frontier (13), Southwest (3), American Airlines (1), United Airlines (1) and WestJet (1).
Travelpayouts fares (cheapest per route, observed April 25, 2026); OurAirports coordinates and elevations; IANA zones America/New_York, America/Los_Angeles; flight time is our estimate.