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Find cheap flights to Santa Barbara from £516

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These are the airlines KAYAK users have selected most often from within our search results for flights to Santa Barbara, as well as popular online travel agencies
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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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12:00 - 20:11LHR-SBA
16h 11m1 stop
06:20 - 06:25SBA-LHR
16h 05m1 stop
£516Iberia
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Thu, 12 Sep - Thu, 26 Sep
08:20 - 20:55LHR-SBA
20h 35m2 stops
07:25 - 06:25SBA-LHR
15h 00m1 stop
£517Delta
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Thu, 12 Sep - Thu, 26 Sep
09:55 - 20:55LHR-SBA
19h 00m2 stops
07:25 - 06:25SBA-LHR
15h 00m1 stop
£518Delta
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Thu, 12 Sep - Thu, 26 Sep
09:15 - 20:11LHR-SBA
18h 56m2 stops
16:20 - 19:45SBA-LHR
19h 25m2 stops
£542American Airlines
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Thu, 12 Sep - Thu, 26 Sep
13:05 - 21:57LHR-SBA
16h 52m2 stops
06:20 - 08:20SBA-LHR
18h 00m2 stops
£544American Airlines
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Thu, 12 Sep - Thu, 26 Sep
08:40 - 23:59LHR-SBA
23h 19m2 stops
06:15 - 12:20SBA-LHR
22h 05m3 stops
£590United Airlines
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Thu, 12 Sep - Thu, 26 Sep
09:15 - 23:59LCY-SBA
22h 44m2 stops
10:35 - 18:35SBA-LCY
24h 00m2 stops
£651Lufthansa
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Thu, 12 Sep - Thu, 26 Sep
09:15 - 23:59LCY-SBA
22h 44m2 stops
10:35 - 18:35SBA-LCY
24h 00m2 stops
£653Lufthansa
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Thu, 12 Sep - Thu, 26 Sep
09:55 - 20:51LHR-SBA
18h 56m2 stops
06:25 - 06:25SBA-LHR
16h 00m2 stops
£750Finnair
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Fri, 19 Jul - Wed, 24 Jul
08:20 - 20:51LHR-SBA
20h 31m2 stops
13:01 - 10:50SBA-LHR
13h 49m1 stop
£754Finnair
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Thu, 18 Jul - Sun, 21 Jul

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 £645. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Wednesday, where prices are £780 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 £509 on average for one-way flights. On the other hand, the most expensive months are June and August, where the average cost of tickets from the United Kingdom is £974 and £858 respectively. For return trips, the best month to travel is February with an average price of £556.

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 £650 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 £792.

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 45m, Manchester, which takes 14h 10m, and Edinburgh, which takes 15h 20m.

Good to know - Cheap tickets to Santa Barbara

Low season

August

High season

April

Cheapest flight

£516
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 21% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 12% 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 71 per week, followed by American Airlines with 64 flights per week.

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Find which airlines fly direct to Santa Barbara, which days they fly and book direct flights.

Direct departures

United Kingdom to Santa Barbara

Monday

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

Air Canada, Air New Zealand, +11 more

Tuesday

Air Canada, Air New Zealand, Alaska Airlines, +11 more

Air Canada, Air New Zealand, +12 more

Wednesday

Air Canada, Air New Zealand, Alaska Airlines, +11 more

Air Canada, Air New Zealand, +12 more

Thursday

Air Canada, Air New Zealand, Alaska Airlines, +11 more

Air Canada, Air New Zealand, +12 more

Friday

Air Canada, Air New Zealand, Alaska Airlines, +11 more

Air Canada, Air New Zealand, +12 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, +11 more

Air Canada, Air New Zealand, +12 more

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Direct returns

Santa Barbara to United Kingdom

Monday

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

Air Canada, Air New Zealand, +11 more

Tuesday

Air Canada, Air New Zealand, Alaska Airlines, +11 more

Air Canada, Air New Zealand, +12 more

Wednesday

Air Canada, Air New Zealand, Alaska Airlines, +11 more

Air Canada, Air New Zealand, +12 more

Thursday

Air Canada, Air New Zealand, Alaska Airlines, +11 more

Air Canada, Air New Zealand, +12 more

Friday

Air Canada, Air New Zealand, Alaska Airlines, +11 more

Air Canada, Air New Zealand, +12 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, +11 more

Air Canada, Air New Zealand, +12 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 1385 reviews
6.9food
7.5comfort
7.8boarding
8.2crew
7.0entertainment
Airline reviews

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.

Everything was quite easy from boarding to landing - the staff was great and service was excellent too!

So so. Terrible aircraft choice for that leg of the flight.

Our seat tv didn’t work All the rest was perfect

delay several times and wait extra long to board. no entertainment service because there are problem for some rows. always encounter some delays for the last flight of the day.

On time every leg of the journey and exceptional staff at counter, gate, and on board. I haven’t travelled in US for a long time and was genuinely surprised how pleasant this was.

Meals were adequate but could be better. Lots of movies, podcasts, tv shows. We really enjoyed using our personal headsets highly recommended. 15 hrs flight great to travel at night.

This was a Lufthansa flight. Disappointing main meal. Very rough over Canada and arrival at FRA. IFE was almost unusable.

Too many fees (but that seems to apply to all airlines nowadays)

the plane was old. the wifi didn’t work. the entertainment was boring and dated. the charging ports were impossible to find. i was mostly ignored by flight attendants that had no problem speaking to the man beside me. i got two drinks the entire time i was on the plane.

Quit making seats narrower and narrower. The guy beside me spilled over in to my seat.

The service was non existent . Crew did very little didn’t even answer call button . Premium economy in this long haul was the worst I have ever experienced . Never again flying with them .

The crew member put her luggage and boxes behind my seat so I was able to recline while the passenger in front of me did for 8 hours. My knees were forced against the seat for hours :(. Dude sitting next to me hasn't showered in weeks so I almost threw up.

Sorry my last review for prg to fra was for this flight. My prg to fra flight was fine but my second flight back to Washington DC was with a slow awful crew who wouldn’t come in a timely manner to take trash and take trash before serving coffee tea and was shoving other people’s bottles of water on me when we were not traveling together

Lufthansa was amazing. Definitely upgrade your seat if you can swing it - they take very good care of their passengers. Customs in DC is nothing short of a nightmare though. Stood in line waiting to go back through security for 30 minutes, had to RUN through and across two terminals to make my connection and only had 5 minutes to spare. Terrible. Very very poor coordination by the airport staff and CBP.

I was ver pleased with the service all the way through

I always try to book flights that don’t charge for baggage. Yet I was charged $75 for this flight.

Trouble keeps changing the time and I was booked different flight without knowing it was bad experience

My concern is with Flight: 441 IAH-FRA I was very cramped in my seat and the person in front of me was reclined. I pulled my wallet out of my purse and when finished I did my best to cram it back into my purse. Our flight was very delayed and we were rebooked twice and lots of airport time. As I got off the flight I noticed that I had dropped my wallet( containing all my credit & debit bank cards + 240 US dollars & 240 Euros. I spoke to customer service & Lost &Found. I was denied access to look on the plane. Therefore I have been without money and given no help. Paula Bjork 503.545.6698

So far so good. I missed my flight because of the Lufthansa diversion. United helped me to figure out how to get accommodations from Lufthansa for my long layover. They help me book appropriate onward flight.

During the flight there was a medical emergency. We were diverted. Of course I'm thankful they cared for the health of that passenger, but they did a poor job of communicating with the rest of us passengers. In the end we arrived at our destination several hours late, with no direction of how to rebook missed connecting flights. It all worked out in the end. Those of us that needed accommodations were put up in a hotel by Lufthansa until we could make it to our final destination. But it was United Airlines Personnel who really helped us navigate the process.

Always a pleasure to deal with United's helpful and knowledgeable staff

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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.
12/9Thu
1 stopIberia
16h 11mLHR-SBA
26/9Thu
1 stopIberia
16h 05mSBA-LHR
£516
12/9Thu
2 stopsDelta
20h 35mLHR-SBA
26/9Thu
1 stopDelta
15h 00mSBA-LHR
£517
12/9Thu
2 stopsDelta
19h 00mLHR-SBA
26/9Thu
1 stopDelta
15h 00mSBA-LHR
£518
12/9Thu
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
18h 56mLHR-SBA
26/9Thu
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
19h 25mSBA-LHR
£542
12/9Thu
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
16h 52mLHR-SBA
26/9Thu
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
18h 00mSBA-LHR
£544
12/9Thu
2 stopsUnited Airlines
23h 19mLHR-SBA
26/9Thu
3 stopsUnited Airlines
22h 05mSBA-LHR
£590
12/9Thu
2 stopsLufthansa
22h 44mLCY-SBA
26/9Thu
2 stopsLufthansa
24h 00mSBA-LCY
£651
12/9Thu
2 stopsLufthansa
22h 44mLCY-SBA
26/9Thu
2 stopsLufthansa
24h 00mSBA-LCY
£653
19/7Fri
2 stopsFinnair
18h 56mLHR-SBA
24/7Wed
2 stopsFinnair
16h 00mSBA-LHR
£750
18/7Thu
2 stopsFinnair
20h 31mLHR-SBA
21/7Sun
1 stopFinnair
13h 49mSBA-LHR
£754

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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.
13/5Mon
3 stops
58h 04mLHR-SBA
£527
13/5Mon
1 stop
14h 49mLHR-SBA
£711
13/5Mon
2 stops
22h 29mLCY-SBA
£966
13/5Mon
2 stops
33h 29mLHR-SBA
£1,022
23/10Wed
2 stopsLufthansa
19h 17mLHR-SBA
£9,463
23/10Wed
1 stopAmerican Airlines
16h 11mLHR-SBA
£12,761

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Recent domestic flight deals

29/5Wed
directAlaska Airlines
2h 24mSEA-SBA
1/6Sat
directAlaska Airlines
2h 38mSBA-SEA
£142
8/6Sat
multi-stopDelta
5h 08mSEA-SBA
12/6Wed
multi-stopDelta
6h 25mSBA-SEA
£157
30/5Thu
directUnited Airlines
1h 19mSFO-SBA
1/6Sat
directUnited Airlines
1h 12mSBA-SFO
£159
29/5Wed
directAlaska Airlines
2h 24mSEA-SBA
6/6Thu
directAlaska Airlines
2h 38mSBA-SEA
£166
8/6Sat
multi-stopDelta
5h 39mPDX-SBA
11/6Tue
multi-stopDelta
6h 29mSBA-PDX
£166
28/9Sat
multi-stopUnited Airlines
4h 08mPDX-SBA
30/9Mon
multi-stopUnited Airlines
5h 44mSBA-PDX
£182
5/6Wed
multi-stopSouthwest
13h 40mLGA-SBA
10/6Mon
multi-stopSouthwest
11h 45mSBA-LGA
£370
5/6Wed
multi-stopSouthwest
13h 40mLGA-SBA
10/6Mon
multi-stopSouthwest
16h 10mSBA-LGA
£389
5/6Wed
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
12h 45mEWR-SBA
10/6Mon
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
13h 09mSBA-EWR
£485
5/6Wed
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
9h 23mJFK-SBA
10/6Mon
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
12h 06mSBA-JFK
£596

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Last minute flights to Santa Barbara

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 to Santa Barbara that are departing in the next 10 days.
29/4Mon
multi-stopAir Canada
33h 52mLHR-SBA
9/5Thu
multi-stopAir Canada
33h 01mSBA-LHR
£7,851
29/4Mon
multi-stopUnited Airlines
17h 34mLHR-SBA
9/5Thu
multi-stopUnited Airlines
16h 40mSBA-LHR
£8,365

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Flights to Santa Barbara, California

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Santa Barbara (SBA)United States

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