Palm Springs (PSP) – San Francisco (SFO)
- Distance
- 677 km
- 421 mi · 366 nm
- Flight time
- 1 h 45 min / 1 h 37 min
- Average gate to gate: PSP → SFO / back
- Time difference
- none
- CO2 per passenger
- 85 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (50 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 335,038
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −1.0%
- Flights / week
- 104
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 73%
- 455,842 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 5
- OO, UA, QX
Traffic: U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (all carriers, scheduled service), Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Distance: WGS-84 ellipsoid. CO2: UK DESNZ 2026 factors. Sources
The way there
- Heading from PSP
- 310°
- Heading from SFO
- 127°
- Halfway point
- 35.76, -119.37
- Great-circle km
- 677 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air PSP → SFO
- 1 h 12 min
- In the air SFO → PSP
- 1 h 8 min
- Clocks
- Same time in both
The estimate for a route without real times is 1 h 35 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 18,377 |
| Sep 2025 | 23,746 |
| Oct 2025 | 29,542 |
| Nov 2025 | 31,042 |
| Dec 2025 | 28,996 |
| Jan 2026 | 28,293 |
| Feb 2026 | 32,187 |
| Mar 2026 | 39,602 |
| Apr 2026 | 36,762 |
| May 2026 | 27,219 |
| Jun 2026 | 20,627 |
| Jul 2026 | 18,645 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 332 |
| Sep 2025 | 382 |
| Oct 2025 | 478 |
| Nov 2025 | 521 |
| Dec 2025 | 432 |
| Jan 2026 | 475 |
| Feb 2026 | 479 |
| Mar 2026 | 564 |
| Apr 2026 | 535 |
| May 2026 | 421 |
| Jun 2026 | 383 |
| Jul 2026 | 385 |
Airlines flying PSP–SFO nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| OOSkyWest Airlines | 84 | 73% |
| UAUnited Air Lines | 12 | 20% |
| QXHorizon Air | 6.6 | 6% |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 0.8 | 1% |
| ASAlaska Airlines | 0.5 | 1% |
Both directions, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Airlines with at least one flight a month. U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (all carriers, scheduled service). Sources
Aircraft on this route
- Embraer ERJ-175 · 4,339 flights
- Canadair RJ-700 · 323 flights
- Airbus Industrie A319 · 171 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 166 flights
- Boeing 737-900ER · 134 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 110 flights
- Canadair RJ-200ER /RJ-440 · 44 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-200n · 42 flights
Punctuality
- On time
- 69.5%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 23 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 0.9%
- Flights counted
- 5,113
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| OOSkyWest Airlines | 69.2% | 23 min |
| UAUnited Air Lines | 73.1% | 24 min |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 63.6% | 27 min |
| ASAlaska Airlines | 40% | 43 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 25% · aircraft arriving late 25% · air traffic system 48% · weather 2% · security 0%.
Both directions, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. BTS Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance (US domestic flights of the larger US airlines). Sources
What passengers paid
- Average fare, Q1 2026
- $223
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $211
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- United Air Lines
- 56% of passengers · $241
- Lowest-fare airline
- Alaska Airlines
- 41% of passengers · $195
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $213 · Q3 2025 $186 · Q4 2025 $208 · Q1 2026 $223).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $228, likely $197–$260
The average fare paid we expect a year after Q1 2026, the newest DOT quarter. On this route, past forecasts made this way fell inside the range 76% of the time over 21 quarters (median error 9.3%). An estimate from US DOT data: not a price you can book, not a guarantee, not advice on when to buy. How the outlook works
Cheapest quarter on this route: Q3, typically 8% below the year's average (9 years of DOT data, without 2020–21).
U.S. DOT Consumer Airfare Report, Table 1a (airline ticket sample, US domestic airport pairs). Sources
Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)
Measured by great-circle distance: 677 km.
Neither EU261 nor UK261 covers this route: it neither starts nor ends in the EU, EEA, Switzerland or the UK. Other countries have their own rules (for example Canada's APPR or Brazil's ANAC rules).
Also owed for a cancellation with less than 14 days' notice or denied boarding. Not owed for extraordinary circumstances. On a connection, the distance to the final destination counts. From 23 October 2027 the EU's Regulation 2026/2202 applies; it keeps these amounts (what changes in 2027). Information, not legal advice.