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Cheap flight deals to Santa Barbara

Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights to Santa Barbara 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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08:40 - 21:11LHR-SBA
20h 31m2 stops
07:25 - 11:10SBA-LHR
19h 45m1 stop
£524Delta
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Wed, 18 Sep - Wed, 25 Sep
12:00 - 21:18LHR-SBA
17h 18m1 stop
06:00 - 06:25SBA-LHR
16h 25m1 stop
£534Iberia
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Wed, 18 Sep - Wed, 25 Sep
09:55 - 21:18LHR-SBA
19h 23m2 stops
06:23 - 06:55SBA-LHR
16h 32m2 stops
£565American Airlines
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Mon, 16 Sep - Mon, 30 Sep
14:25 - 11:27LHR-SBA
29h 02m2 stops
18:38 - 10:50SBA-LHR
32h 12m1 stop
£702American Airlines
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Mon, 8 Jul - Sun, 14 Jul
11:25 - 23:59LHR-SBA
20h 34m1 stop
18:24 - 10:25SBA-LHR
32h 01m1 stop
£738United Airlines
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Sun, 30 Jun - Sun, 7 Jul
08:40 - 20:31MAN-SBA
19h 51m2 stops
16:46 - 18:40SBA-MAN
17h 54m2 stops
Tue, 20 Aug - Tue, 3 Sep
14:05 - 23:57LHR-SBA
17h 52m2 stops
06:15 - 09:35SBA-LHR
19h 20m3 stops
Mon, 16 Sep - Mon, 30 Sep
11:25 - 10:16LHR-SBA
30h 51m1 stop
18:24 - 10:25SBA-LHR
32h 01m1 stop
£819United Airlines
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Mon, 8 Jul - Sun, 14 Jul
19:10 - 23:54LCY-SBA
36h 44m2 stops
11:03 - 16:25SBA-LCY
21h 22m2 stops
£1,025Lufthansa
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Mon, 8 Jul - Sun, 14 Jul
09:05 - 23:59MAN-SBA
22h 54m2 stops
14:26 - 17:00SBA-MAN
18h 34m2 stops
£1,135Lufthansa
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Sat, 24 Aug - Mon, 2 Sep

Flights to Santa Barbara - Travel Insights & Trends

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights to Santa Barbara to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

What is the cheapest day to fly to Santa Barbara?

The average price of all flights to Santa Barbara clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.
Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to Santa Barbara is Tuesday where tickets can be as cheap as £633. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Wednesday, where prices are £728 on average.

What is the cheapest month to fly to Santa Barbara?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for flights to Santa Barbara, 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 to Santa Barbara is February, where tickets cost £514 on average for one-way flights. On the other hand, the most expensive months are August and June, where the average cost of tickets from the United Kingdom is £842 and £772 respectively. For return trips, the best month to travel is January with an average price of £552.

What is the cheapest time of day to fly to Santa Barbara?

The average price for all flights to Santa Barbara depending on the time of departure, clicked by users on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.
The cheapest time of day to fly to Santa Barbara is generally in the afternoon, when flights cost £638 on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to Santa Barbara is generally in the evening, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is £764.

How long is the flight to Santa Barbara?

The duration of your flight to Santa Barbara depends on your departure and arrival airports. Obviously any flights that include a layover will also be longer. The most popular routes to Santa Barbara on KAYAK are from London, which takes 13h 10m, Edinburgh, which takes 14h 05m, and Manchester, which takes 16h 43m.

Good to know - Cheap tickets to Santa Barbara

Low season

August

High season

May

Cheapest flight

£524
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 23% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 5% lower on average.
Flight from London Heathrow Airport to Santa Barbara

When to book flights to Santa Barbara

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel to Santa Barbara based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
Estimated return price
KAYAK looks at all historical flight data for each date to provide a predicted price for one-way trips or returns with a duration up to 40 days. The information is for flights to Santa Barbara based on your location. While we try to provide actual minimum prices for each date, some prices are predictions and actual prices may differ.

FAQs - booking Santa Barbara flights

  • How far is Santa Barbara from central Santa Barbara?

    The city centre of Santa Barbara is 8 miles from Santa Barbara.

  • What is the name of Santa Barbara’s airport?

    All flights to Santa Barbara land at Santa Barbara. The airport code is SBA,and it can also be referred to as Santa Barbara or Santa Barbara Municipal.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights to Santa Barbara?

    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 to Santa Barbara.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket to Santa Barbara?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Santa Barbara is likely to change within 7 days, so travellers know whether to wait or book now.

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights to Santa Barbara?

    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 Santa Barbara with an airline and back with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight to Santa Barbara?

    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 Santa Barbara up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

  • Which airline offers the most flights to Santa Barbara?

    Of the 5 airlines that fly to Santa Barbara, United Airlines offers the most flights, with around 82 per week, followed by Southwest with 53 flights per week.

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Direct departures

United Kingdom to Santa Barbara

Monday

Air Canada, Air New Zealand, Alaska Airlines, +9 more

Air Canada, Air New Zealand, +10 more

Tuesday

Air Canada, Air New Zealand, Alaska Airlines, +10 more

Air Canada, Air New Zealand, +11 more

Wednesday

Air Canada, Air New Zealand, Alaska Airlines, +10 more

Air Canada, Air New Zealand, +11 more

Thursday

Air Canada, Air New Zealand, Alaska Airlines, +10 more

Air Canada, Air New Zealand, +11 more

Friday

Air Canada, Air New Zealand, Alaska Airlines, +10 more

Air Canada, Air New Zealand, +11 more

Saturday

Air Canada, Air New Zealand, Alaska Airlines, +10 more

Air Canada, Air New Zealand, +11 more

Sunday

Air Canada, Air New Zealand, Alaska Airlines, +10 more

Air Canada, Air New Zealand, +11 more

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Direct returns

Santa Barbara to United Kingdom

Monday

Air Canada, Air New Zealand, Alaska Airlines, +9 more

Air Canada, Air New Zealand, +10 more

Tuesday

Air Canada, Air New Zealand, Alaska Airlines, +10 more

Air Canada, Air New Zealand, +11 more

Wednesday

Air Canada, Air New Zealand, Alaska Airlines, +10 more

Air Canada, Air New Zealand, +11 more

Thursday

Air Canada, Air New Zealand, Alaska Airlines, +10 more

Air Canada, Air New Zealand, +11 more

Friday

Air Canada, Air New Zealand, Alaska Airlines, +10 more

Air Canada, Air New Zealand, +11 more

Saturday

Air Canada, Air New Zealand, Alaska Airlines, +10 more

Air Canada, Air New Zealand, +11 more

Sunday

Air Canada, Air New Zealand, Alaska Airlines, +10 more

Air Canada, Air New Zealand, +11 more

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Top 3 airlines flying to Santa Barbara

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying to Santa Barbara. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline from the United Kingdom to Santa Barbara. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with to Santa Barbara? 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.
7.7
FinnairOverall score based on 1368 reviews
6.9Food
7.8Boarding
7.5Comfort
7.0Entertainment
8.2Crew
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All good- I love BA and the professionalism of the crew and pilots.

8.0 ExcellentAnonymous, Apr 2024JFK - LHR
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All good- I love BA and the professionalism of the crew and pilots.

Great flight- smooth, nice crew, nice clean aircraft, departed a little late but arrived 10 early.

It was listed on my ticket as Finnair but there was no indication that the flight was Finnair. In fact the number was even different. There were no employees there until exactly 2 hours before so we had to wait in line at Iberia and hope

Sorting on line would have been appreciated Onward information on flights missed No ability to get seating arranged before we got to gate Very unfriendly at gate

The flight was Finnair but there was no indications anywhere that the checkin was for Finnair also. There was no one to ask. I think at a minimum they should list the code shares so people don’t stand in the wrong line for an hour.

I booked the flight with Finnair, which made the arrangements for downloading a boarding pass unnecessarily complicated. I wouldn't do that again. Instead I'd book direct with AA.

Flight ok, but me and other two passengers didn’t have connection with the entertainment in our seats. So, no movies, no games, no music… for 9 hours. The crew just told us that there’s nothing they can do but I noticed during the flight that there were empty seats, so they could have offered to us to change seats. Customer service could be better.

Finnair cancelled my flight 12 hours prior to leaving for Helsinki. They stated there were mechanical problems. I had to scurry around to find a new flight that would meet my needs for arrival in Helsinki. Luckily I was able to find alternate transportation through Lufthansa/United.

I’m very disappointed, to fly into an airplane for 10 straight hours, and not having a TV even though when I put the ticket I was told that I will have entertainment for the TV. Very disappointed.

Very rude hostess. She embarrassed me in front of others. I went to sit after taking off in a different sit in the same economic cabin. Was the area where doors are. She come to me very laud and said: go back to your sit those sit are more expensive.wow! No diplomacy. Flight was super full except 3 of those sit. The only person in that row later during the flight occupied all sit laying down!. Once more disappointed at American Airlines. Early flight they lost my luggages for 4 days. Never refund money for replacement for some of essential items purchased..when I booked the flight I thought was Finlandair. I

Everything was great except for one thing. I was sitting in seat 1L with plenty of windows. Because we couldn’t sit next to each other, my husband was in 2L with only one window that he had to almost turnhis neck around to look out. Therefore, the window position with 1/2 of the “window” seats in business class is not optimal

I was not expecting much as i was not in a premium cabin. I was pleasantly surprised that the seat in economy plus was spacious and food was ample. Party of 5 with 2 parents and 3 kids.

Outstanding in all respects. Early boarding left early arrived early. We were in business class, so was perfectly fine.

Dinner was okay but the breakfast was not eatable on the flight San Francisco to Zurich.

I really do not like the basic in basic economy.

Marked by flight delays on all segments of the trip. Food in first class cabin was mediocre and overhead cabin storage was not adequate. Overall, the premium charge for first class cabin was poor and over hyped. This will be our last flight with UA.

Check in etc was very good. As for on the plane, it was like flying in a freezer. It was so cold, i have flown for years and never been so cold on a plane. Staff on board said its always cold when flying which is a load of rubbish. They wouldnt put any heating on and now i have the flu because of this .

I’ve had a couple flights this week on United that were delayed by an hour or more

Should have video screens Plane audio was poor and without wired connection hard to understand crew. Should serve more than just cups of water and pretzels on six hour flight. Did not see crew rest of flight. Fix charging sockets to retain charging blocks.

My bag was lost with my medicine and I am very inconvenienced. I don’t know what happened, however I want you to do a better job on getting people’s bag back

Poor, we had 1 hour to grab our checked luggage, go through customs, recheck bags and run across terminals to make our United flight. Poorly planned connections.

Check in in Albuquerque was awful. The people were great but they were over loaded. The procedures were terrible. We got through fine but it took 90+ minutes.

Crew was very nice and helpful. It was a good flight experience.

Efficient boarding. Good flight but seats were quite uncomfortable considering we'd already been sitting on two flights, total 13 hours or so. Would have liked to have prices on the menu of amenities on the plane. We could have used more water. Restrooms and nonalcoholic beverages at no extra cost, not much else. I realize these were discount tickets, and the airline has to break even, so I can't say we were expecting amenities to be plentiful. Still, it's nice with long flights to discover a few. Very pleasant crew though.

Will try to not fly with them again. Delays because of weather but got redirected to an airport where I could not make connection.

Staff didn’t care in business class. Closed the door on my mom while she was on the jetbridge and flight attendant told me she would make it from the connecting flight. They lied. My luggage was damaged on arrival. No success in filing damage claim.

Crew was super rude in business class. Not friendly or helpful. Luggage was damaged and was told to file with United and that was unsuccessful.

The connection at Frankfurt was chaotic and nearly missed the flight to Atlanta. They made was wait for busses to transfer and it took ages

There was a screaming child just behind our seats. This prevented us from getting any sleep during the night!!

my flight was at 3:45 after that they delayed to 4:40 I have transit from Chicago to Frankfurt and Frankfurt to vina airport from vina to Erbil buy the Time I come to Frankfort my other flight left me I have to stay at airport all day with my 5 kids ask for help no one help me I spent at airport almost $450 just for food was horrible flight ever I call and ask for hotel from united customer service they been telling me we can’t provide any hotel I need some refund or fixed my flight when I return to America need some one respond my email

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Recent return flight deals

 
These are the cheapest return flights to Santa Barbara found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
18/9Wed
2 stopsDelta
20h 31mLHR-SBA
25/9Wed
1 stopDelta
19h 45mSBA-LHR
£524
18/9Wed
1 stopIberia
17h 18mLHR-SBA
25/9Wed
1 stopIberia
16h 25mSBA-LHR
£534
16/9Mon
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
19h 23mLHR-SBA
30/9Mon
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
16h 32mSBA-LHR
£565
8/7Mon
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
29h 02mLHR-SBA
14/7Sun
1 stopAmerican Airlines
32h 12mSBA-LHR
£702
30/6Sun
1 stopUnited Airlines
20h 34mLHR-SBA
7/7Sun
1 stopUnited Airlines
32h 01mSBA-LHR
£738
20/8Tue
2 stops
19h 51mMAN-SBA
3/9Tue
2 stops
17h 54mSBA-MAN
£775
16/9Mon
2 stops
17h 52mLHR-SBA
30/9Mon
3 stops
19h 20mSBA-LHR
£776
8/7Mon
1 stopUnited Airlines
30h 51mLHR-SBA
14/7Sun
1 stopUnited Airlines
32h 01mSBA-LHR
£819
8/7Mon
2 stopsLufthansa
36h 44mLCY-SBA
14/7Sun
2 stopsLufthansa
21h 22mSBA-LCY
£1,025
24/8Sat
2 stopsLufthansa
22h 54mMAN-SBA
2/9Mon
2 stopsLufthansa
18h 34mSBA-MAN
£1,135

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Recent one-way flight deals

 
Only flying one-way? Below are some of the best deals for one-way flights to Santa Barbara found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
26/7Fri
2 stopsDelta
21h 15mLCY-SBA
£1,665

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Recent domestic flight deals

28/8Wed
directAlaska Airlines
2h 34mSEA-SBA
2/9Mon
directAlaska Airlines
2h 31mSBA-SEA
£155
28/9Sat
directAlaska Airlines
2h 15mPDX-SBA
30/9Mon
multi-stopAlaska Airlines
4h 54mSBA-PDX
£162
4/9Wed
multi-stopAlaska Airlines
5h 14mSEA-SBA
7/9Sat
directAlaska Airlines
2h 31mSBA-SEA
£162
9/11Sat
multi-stopUnited Airlines
6h 30mPDX-SBA
12/11Tue
multi-stopUnited Airlines
4h 41mSBA-PDX
£187
9/11Sat
multi-stopUnited Airlines
6h 30mPDX-SBA
12/11Tue
multi-stopUnited Airlines
8h 52mSBA-PDX
£191
17/7Wed
multi-stopDelta
6h 09mDEN-SBA
24/7Wed
multi-stopDelta
4h 59mSBA-DEN
£195
9/11Sat
multi-stopUnited Airlines
6h 04mPDX-SBA
12/11Tue
multi-stopUnited Airlines
16h 42mSBA-PDX
£195
15/8Thu
multi-stopUnited Airlines
4h 54mSEA-SBA
19/8Mon
multi-stopUnited Airlines
5h 18mSBA-SEA
£201
2/8Fri
multi-stopDelta
6h 09mDEN-SBA
4/8Sun
multi-stopDelta
4h 59mSBA-DEN
£212
11/7Thu
multi-stopDelta
4h 37mPDX-SBA
17/7Wed
multi-stopDelta
4h 16mSBA-PDX
£214

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