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$122 Find cheap flights from San Francisco to Rochester

This is the cheapest one-way flight price found by a KAYAK user in the last 72 hours by searching for a flight from San Francisco to Rochester departing on 9/10. Fares are subject to change and may not be available on all flights or dates of travel. Click the price to replicate the search for this deal.
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These are the airlines KAYAK users have selected most often from within our search results in flight searches from San Francisco to Rochester, as well as popular online travel agencies
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Cheap flight deals from San Francisco to Rochester (SFO-ROC)

Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from San Francisco to Rochester 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.
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5:08 am - 6:04 pmSFO-ROC
9h 56m1 stop
1:36 pm - 9:02 pmROC-SFO
10h 26m1 stop
$271American Airlines
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ter, ago 20 - seg, ago 26
9:35 pm - 11:10 amSFO-ROC
10h 35m1 stop
6:14 pm - 12:34 amROC-SFO
9h 20m1 stop
$277Delta
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seg, set 9 - qui, set 12
5:45 am - 6:04 pmSFO-ROC
9h 19m2 stops
4:45 pm - 11:09 pmROC-SFO
9h 24m1 stop
$303American Airlines
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ter, ago 20 - seg, ago 26
11:55 pm - 11:01 amSFO-ROC
8h 06m1 stop
5:58 pm - 12:51 amROC-SFO
9h 53m1 stop
$308Delta
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ter, jul 9 - qui, jul 18
11:30 pm - 2:12 pmSFO-ROC
11h 42m2 stops
6:30 am - 3:18 pmROC-SFO
11h 48m2 stops
$354United Airlines
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ter, ago 20 - seg, ago 26
8:40 pm - 8:58 amSFO-ROC
9h 18m1 stop
6:00 am - 1:20 pmROC-SFO
10h 20m1 stop
$368JetBlue
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qua, set 11 - dom, set 15
12:15 am - 9:57 amSFO-ROC
6h 42m1 stop
7:55 pm - 12:52 amROC-SFO
7h 57m1 stop
$390United Airlines
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qua, ago 14 - qua, ago 21
12:20 pm - 11:34 pmSFO-ROC
8h 14m1 stop
3:17 pm - 11:59 pmROC-SFO
11h 42m1 stop
$514JetBlue
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qua, jul 10 - sex, jul 19
11:59 pm - 11:06 amSFO-ROC
8h 07m1 stop
11:51 am - 8:08 pmROC-SFO
11h 17m1 stop
$654Alaska Airlines
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qui, jul 11 - sáb, jul 20
11:59 pm - 11:35 amSFO-ROC
8h 36m1 stop
5:43 am - 3:26 pmROC-SFO
12h 43m2 stops
$695Alaska Airlines
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qui, ago 15 - ter, ago 20

Flights from San Francisco to Rochester - Travel Insights & Trends

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

The average price of all flights from San Francisco to Rochester clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.
If you are looking for a flight deal from San Francisco to Rochester, look for departures on Wednesdays and avoid leaving on a Sunday, as it's usually the priciest day. When flying back from Rochester, Thursday is the cheapest day to fly and Sunday is the most expensive.

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

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for flights from San Francisco to Rochester, 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 San Francisco to Rochester is September, where tickets cost $352 on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and March, where the average cost of tickets is $717 and $712 respectively.

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

To calculate daily average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each day before departure over the last year for flights from San Francisco to Rochester, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each month.
To get a below average price on the flight from San Francisco to Rochester, you should book around 1 week before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 54 days before departure.

Which airlines provide the cheapest flights from San Francisco to Rochester?

The cheapest price for the route for each airline clicked by KAYAK users in the last 72 hours.
The best deals for a one-way ticket found by KAYAK users over the last 3 days were on American Airlines ($122) and Delta ($128). The cheapest round-trip tickets were found on American Airlines ($271) and Delta ($277).

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Low season

February

High season

July

Cheapest flight

$122
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 19% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 11% increase in price.
Flight from San Francisco to Rochester

When to book flights from San Francisco to Rochester

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from San Francisco to Rochester 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 San Francisco to Rochester

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

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from San Francisco to Rochester was $122 for a one-way ticket and $271 for a round-trip.

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

    No, a passport isn't needed to fly from San Francisco to Rochester. However, local authorities might ask for an official ID.

  • Which airports will I be using when flying from San Francisco to Rochester?

    On your way to Rochester, you’ll fly out from San Francisco. You’ll be landing at Rochester Greater Rochester Intl.

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

    We unfortunately don’t have that data for this specific route.

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

    oneworld, SkyTeam, and Star Alliance are the airline alliances operating flights between San Francisco and Rochester, with oneworld being the most commonly used for this route.

  • What is the most popular layover when flying to Rochester from San Francisco?

    Chicago is the most popular layover city among KAYAK users traveling from San Francisco to Rochester.

  • Which is the best airline for flights from San Francisco to Rochester, Delta or Alaska Airlines?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from San Francisco to Rochester are Delta and Alaska Airlines. With an average price for the route of $527 and an overall rating of 8.0, Delta is the most popular choice. Alaska Airlines is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $734 and an overall rating of 8.0.

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

    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 San Francisco to Rochester.

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

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

    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 Rochester with an airline and back to San Francisco with another airline. Booking your flights between San Francisco and ROC 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 San Francisco to Rochester?

    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 Rochester from San Francisco up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

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Top 5 airlines serving from San Francisco to Rochester

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from San Francisco to Rochester. 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 San Francisco to Rochester? 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.
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Alaska AirlinesOverall score based on 9254 reviews
8.6Crew
7.3Entertainment
8.2Boarding
7.9Comfort
7.3Food
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Everything was great but there were no entertainment options available.

6.0 GoodKyndra Homuth, Jun 2024SFO - PDX
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Everything was great but there were no entertainment options available.

Flight was delayed 2 hours. It was too cold inside the cabin. My seat mate had no jacket so she was shivering the entire flight. The stewardess says there’s no available blanket.

The plane had to sit on the tarmac for 45 minutes once it had landed. Not Alaska’s fault.

Flight was cancelled just before we boarded. I had to stayed an extra night in SF and arrived one day late. Also I had to flight back JFK and not Newark since they didn't have flight to Newark until very late the following day. A real bad experience on this flight. It took me 2 days to get back home.

The flight was delayed by more than two hours. A notification ahead of time would be most helpful.

Plane hit turbulence diverted to Houston. We'll probably get in after 3am

Given incorrect gate upon check-in, corrected by the gate attendant, D6 rather than D5, minor inconvenience. As with the previous flight, passengers were admonished to voluntarily gate-check carry-on luggage with the statement that those in the last boarding group would have no choice but to do so. If the Boeing 737 MAX8/MAX9 doesn't have room for carry-ons it's an interior design flaw on the part of Boeing. Posting an advance warning would be helpful, such as "Boeing 737 MAX planes feature limited carry-on space. Please be aware." SFO's amenities and TSA much better than MCO's. Crew was amazing! Brought my own food because Alaska's onboard selection has soy in everything. Beverage service was excellent. This was the first and last trip with Alaska after the previous flight's issues. It's no reflection on the crew of this flight. They were great.

The flight was mostly smooth and quiet. No seatback screens.

I enjoyed the leg room at my seat, but I was in an exit row.

Boarded the plain and had to wait 1 hour for crew Captain to arrive from another flight

3 hours late and all they have is was a $12 meal voucher. That’s not even enough to cover fast food.

There was plenty of overhead room but half of the passengers were told they had to check their carryon bags. My partner and I checked in as early as possible and our seats were split across the aisle.

Friendly flight attendants. Comfort plus seats were very comfortable and had lots of leg room. 10A and 10 B.

Our flight to Zurich was delayed by almost 3 hours, so we missed our next flight. There was no indication it would be delayed this much. We were told the gate had changed and then it apparently took over 2 hours to load the "catering" on the plane. We were not compensated in any way for the trouble.

The 1st class male crew member was very pleasant - the short female with round glasses , maybe in 50’s had no personality- never spoke when delivering my food, drink, & never smiled the whole trip! In fact looked annoyed when the boarding proses was happening- I would never hire this woman - unfriendly . Have never dealt with a crew member like her-

A regional sized plane was used for a cross country flight with no overhead bin space. I had to "pink check" my laptop and my medications. I was NOT pleased!!!!

Best airline! Always friendly and welcoming. Skyclub was great and loved the fast free wifi on board. I also love that you can pre-order your meal on the app!

The gate area was incredibly short staffed, with one representative manning 4-5 flights, which caused a 3 hr delay in boarding even though the plane was all ready to leave. Other flights also were delayed because of this. The flight crew was awesome and I feel bad for the only gate worker on call, but Delta needs to hire more employees.

It was a crowded flight. They did the best they could.

Boarding was great. The flight landed early. It took the crew over an hour and a half to bring out drinks. I paid to upgrade my seat to Comfort+ only to be near a crying/screaming baby who was seldom quiet. Noise-cancelling earbuds didn’t even help. Waste of money to upgrade.

The walk from baggage claim to the taxi is very difficult for older people I will never fly into JFK again. It is physically challenging

Overall fine but both ways for this trip was delayed.

Flight was delayed by almost 5 hours. Suitcase was not loaded despite the flight being near empty (my colleagues’ suitcases did reach JFK, unlike mine). Had to argue on phone to get JetBlue to deliver the case to my hotel. Never again

Great. Loved that there was WiFi on flight to keep in touch and excellent service of beverages and snacks.

great flight. Pilot was communicative, flight attendants were excellent. Really nice experience except my tv didn’t work.

Overall, the flight was better than the flight I took to go to Florida, which had a bunch of problems. The crew is really nice and the plane was new so it had a small problem when we were on the runway, but the flight itself was great. They even made some time back up, which is always a good thing.

Everything was good except for deplaning in NY. Took way too long!!

Jet Blue keeps getting iit wrong. 4 hour mechanical delay followed by terrible boarding experience. This is my third horrific jet blue flight in 2024. I am going to try to avoid this loser in the sky

no wifi and the aircraft was very old with tiny 4” screens.

I really liked the way snacks and drinks were available throughout the flight!!! The flight attendants were also all fantastic!

Horrible, the flights kept delaying, so it is obvious that we won't be able to make it to the next connection. No easier/real agent on site to help you figure this out. UA agent on other counters refuse to assist you and direct us to use the QR code/call customer service. So inefficient and poor. While technology seems convenient, but it's not the best interest/experience for customers need help while there is active issue need assistance.

Flight was delayed due to the late arrival of the catering truck, which is quite unacceptable. There was a beverage service, but no pretzel, or cookie, or nuts were served in coach.

On time take off…US cabins look tired and need of refresh!

Crew was great and did their best to make us comfortable and captain came out at the beginning to announce why the flight was delayed, weather situation up ahead, and kept us updated throughout the flight.

United WiFi is consistently unusable (it can take 10 mins to load a single web page). If you need Wifi to do work, be prepared to lose half a day of productivity.

Awful. I got stuck next to a person carrying a dog and behind someone with a dog. People need to board these dogs downstairs. The cabin is crowded enough with your pets

Packed in like sardines, very uncomfortable. Sitting the aisle my shoulder was rammed into numerous times by rushing flight attendants. Also flight was very cold.

Airline did not explain reasons why flight was delayed two hours. Explanations were badly needed and rarely provided. Problem seemed to clearly be the airline’s fault and not the fault of the weather or airport.

Very uncomfortable seats and seat backs, and I am only 5’9”. Delayed due to crew issues, spent a long time with no ventilation. Teeny overhead bins. Wifi worked well. Arrived safely.

I was delighted that we were able to get on the 4:40 pm flight rather than our original booking at 6:55 pm!! Other than that, the flight was comfortable and landed early😊

Internet service was erratic. Crew service was poor and slow. My luggage on this non-stop flight was lost and not recovered

Worst experience flying American Airlines. I fly with them often, so I was super disappointed in the service I received at gate 30 in LGA on May 24, mid-day. The flight was delayed twice. I was patiently waiting in the American Airlines lounge when I received the notice on my app that the plane was boarding 45 minutes before its newly re-scheduled take off of 4 pm (from the orginal 1:45 pm then 3:00 pm). It took me 5 min to travel from the lounge to the gate and when I arrived there at 3:20 flight gate attendant told me the flight had closed and that they announced for passengers multiple times. I showed them the notification on my app and they were really rude and unempathetic. The person who rescheduled my flight at customer service wasn't any happier but was at least helpful in getting me on the next flight.

Was lucky to have a employee at the AA checkin counter that had compassion and understood they ordeal that we went through with our original flight being diverted, needing to stay in the aircraft and then flying to the original destination; adding hours to the trip and forcing us to miss our connection and our rebooked connection. She was able to get up on standby on the highest priority on the next flight to the closest airport we need to be at and it all worked out despite being many hours late.

I like the boarding process, it was fast. The seat doesn’t have a TV for a long flight and food wasn’t served, just snacks.

Not being able to purchase my check in baggage online was a negative.

Comfort of seats, ease of boarding. Food selection could be better

I arrived to the airport 2 hours before my American Airlines flight was scheduled to take off. I have TSA pre-check. The airport was crazy packed when I arrived. After momentarily standing in the pre-check line, the TSA agent said that I am not pre-check. Of course I said that I am because I entered my KTN number on all my traveling sites and programs. I had to get out of line and go back to the AA counter to discover that American Airlines did not add my KTN to my boarding pass. I had to call TSA to find out my number, then have AA enter it onto my boarding pass. The emblem would not load onto my boarding pass. By this time, I decided to use my Clear in order to get through TSA but the line was ridiculous long. By the time I made through TSA, I missed my 11:08am flight and was re-booked for the 5:30pm. This is after the AA employee told me I should have gotten to the airport early. AA use to be a dependable airline not I use them only if I have too.

Horrible people at the gate, they force me to check in my carry on, even thought no one behind me has to do it. I had to get out of the airport in NY to get my bag and go thru security again on my way to Honk Kong. The worst part is the employee threatened me with loosing the flights if don’t comply.

No meal on a cross country flight? SFO-MiA is pretty much the definition of a coast to coast flight. No meal provided. Sky high wi-fi rates too. Stop nickel and diming your customers.

Cut off carry ons, had to check, got on and there was plenty of bin space. Disappointing.

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Recent one-way flight deals

 
Only flying one-way? Below are some of the best one-way flight deals from San Francisco to Rochester found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
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1 stopAmerican Airlines
7h 06mSFO-ROC
$122
9/10ter
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
9h 46mSFO-ROC
$127
7/9ter
1 stopDelta
8h 06mSFO-ROC
$128
7/28dom
1 stopDelta
8h 06mSFO-ROC
$159
6/24seg
1 stopDelta
9h 35mSFO-ROC
$180
11/19ter
3 stopsUnited Airlines
11h 51mSFO-ROC
$182
7/21dom
1 stopUnited Airlines
6h 45mSFO-ROC
$230
7/10qua
1 stopJetBlue
8h 14mSFO-ROC
$257
6/20qui
2 stopsAlaska Airlines
12h 15mSFO-ROC
$416
6/23dom
2 stopsAlaska Airlines
12h 35mSFO-ROC
$628

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Last minute flights from San Francisco to Rochester

Last minute flight, train and bus deals

 
These last-minute flight deals are the cheapest flights found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours for flights from San Francisco to Rochester that are departing in the next 10 days.
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multi-stopDelta
8h 18mSFO-ROC
6/17seg
multi-stopDelta
9h 37mROC-SFO
$533
6/15sáb
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
7h 59mSFO-ROC
6/18ter
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
10h 59mROC-SFO
$538
6/14sex
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
9h 57mSFO-ROC
6/19qua
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
9h 17mROC-SFO
$590
6/14sex
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
9h 57mSFO-ROC
6/19qua
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
10h 00mROC-SFO
$642
6/12qua
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
11h 54mSFO-ROC
6/16dom
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
9h 17mROC-SFO
$682
6/13qui
multi-stopUnited Airlines
10h 50mSFO-ROC
6/19qua
multi-stopUnited Airlines
10h 02mROC-SFO
$683
6/12qua
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
11h 54mSFO-ROC
6/16dom
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
11h 42mROC-SFO
$687
6/13qui
multi-stopUnited Airlines
10h 50mSFO-ROC
6/19qua
multi-stopUnited Airlines
13h 13mROC-SFO
$688
6/15sáb
multi-stopUnited Airlines
12h 45mSFO-ROC
6/18ter
multi-stopUnited Airlines
12h 05mROC-SFO
$716
6/12qua
multi-stopDelta
9h 51mSFO-ROC
6/16dom
multi-stopDelta
10h 07mROC-SFO
$722

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San Francisco - Rochester Flights

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San Francisco (SFO)United States

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Rochester (ROC)United States

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