Regardless of the time of day you decide to fly, the ticket price will remain around the same. Book flights from Kozhikode to Irvine as you normally would.
Kozhikode (CCJ) is the airport you will fly out of if you book a flight from Kozhikode to Irvine. You should not have trouble finding flights to Irvine from Kozhikode; the airport handles an average of 0 outbound flights to Irvine per day. You should also have plenty of airline options to choose from since 0 airlines have flights from the Kozhikode airport to Irvine. It is only a 22.7 km journey to Kozhikode (CCJ) from Kozhikode’s city centre.