Direct Flights from San Luis Obispo to Seattle
Seattle · Washington
Nonstop service from SBP to SEA on Alaska. Here's the schedule at a glance — plus what to do once you land.
How rare is this nonstop?
92 cities have a nonstop to Seattle, San Luis Obispo among them.
How long to go to Seattle for, from San Luis Obispo
2h 10m in the air, 848 miles — a Friday-evening departure still leaves you most of the evening in Seattle. Two nights works.
About Seattle

Seattle, Washington sits at one of the most beautiful spots in the United States. Occupying a narrow isthmus between the Puget Sound and Lake Washington, it is the biggest city in the Pacific Northwest, with 780,000 people in Seattle and over four million people in the metro area. Seen from above, carpets of evergreen trees, pristine blue waters, and snowy white mountains surround the downtown's metallic skyscrapers, earning the city its nickname The Emerald City.
Summary from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA).
Top things to do in Seattle
- The Space Needle is an observation tower in Seattle, Washington, United States. Considered to be an icon of the city, it has been designated a Seattle landmark.
- The Museum of Pop Culture is a nonprofit museum in Seattle, Washington, United States, dedicated to contemporary popular culture.
- The Seattle Art Museum is an art museum located in Seattle, Washington, United States.
- The Seattle Center is an entertainment, education, tourism and performing arts center located in the Lower Queen Anne neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, United States.
- The Henry Art Gallery is the contemporary art museum of the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington. It is administered by the Arts Division of the College of Arts and Sciences of the University of Washington.
- The Museum of Flight is a private non-profit air and space museum in the Seattle metropolitan area of Washington in the United States.
- The Seattle Great Wheel is a 53-meter Ferris wheel at Pier 57 on Elliott Bay in Seattle, Washington, United States.
- The Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture is the natural history museum of the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington.
- The Seattle Aquarium is a public aquarium in Seattle, Washington, United States, located on Pier 59 and 60 on the Elliott Bay waterfront.
- The Seattle Asian Art Museum is a museum of Asian art at Volunteer Park in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, United States.
- Freeway Park, officially known as Jim Ellis Freeway Park, is an urban park in Seattle, Washington, United States, connecting the city's downtown to the Seattle Convention Center and First Hill.
- Woodland Park Zoo is a wildlife conservation organization and zoological garden located in the Phinney Ridge neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, United States.
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Seattle weather, compared with San Luis Obispo
12° cooler than San Luis Obispo on average across the year, on daytime highs:
- January
- Seattle 47°F · San Luis Obispo 66°F · 19° colder
- April
- Seattle 58°F · San Luis Obispo 69°F · 11° colder
- July
- Seattle 77°F · San Luis Obispo 78°F · much the same
- October
- Seattle 60°F · San Luis Obispo 78°F · 19° colder
Seattle also swings harder through the year than San Luis Obispo does — 31° between its coldest and warmest months against 15°.
Daily highs averaged from Meteostat station records (CC BY 4.0), measured at each city's airport.
Planning a trip to Seattle
- Best time to visit
- The best time to visit Seattle is May–September, when daytime highs are a comfortable 65–77°F.
- How long to stay
- Seattle rewards a longer visit — a full week lets you explore its many sights, from Space Needle, Museum of Pop Culture, and Seattle Art Museum and beyond.
Frequently asked questions
- Is there a direct flight from San Luis Obispo to Seattle?
- Yes — you can fly nonstop from San Luis Obispo (SBP) to Seattle (SEA) on Alaska.
- Which airlines fly nonstop from San Luis Obispo to Seattle?
- Alaska flies nonstop between San Luis Obispo (SBP) and Seattle (SEA).
- How many nonstop flights are there from San Luis Obispo to Seattle?
- There is about 1 nonstop departure per day (roughly 7 per week) from San Luis Obispo to Seattle.
- How far is Seattle from San Luis Obispo?
- Seattle is about 848 miles from San Luis Obispo by air.
- What is there to do in Seattle?
- Popular things to do include Space Needle, Museum of Pop Culture, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle Center, and more.
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