Cheapest€33.18
- Horizon Air HA610206:1649m07:05San Diego SANSanta Barbara SBA
Door to door 3h 59mCO2 76.5 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes
San Diego to Santa Barbara flight
Flights from San Diego to Santa Barbara start at €33.18 and take 3h 59m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price San Diego to Santa Barbara on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Flights from San Diego to Santa Barbara starts at €33.18 and takes 3h 59m door to door, run by 2 operators over 311 km, with around 2 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 3h 59mDoor to door
- 49mMoving
- €36.72 to €84.51From
- 06:16 to 06:24First and last departure
- 2Per day
- 76.5 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 6, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€36.72 to €84.51 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €84.51Sat19
- about €61.50Sun20
- about €52.06Mon21
- about €43.80Tue22
- about €54.42Wed23
- about €62.09Thu24
- about €48.52Fri25
- about €44.98Sat26
- about €43.80Sun27
- about €42.03Mon28
- about €44.39Tue29
- about €42.03Wed30
- about €50.88Thu1
- about €36.72Fri2
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The cheapest and the fastest on October 6, 2026
Fastest€37.31
- SkyWest SW375406:2449m07:13San Diego SANSanta Barbara SBA
Door to door 3h 59mCO2 76.5 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes
Airlines
| Operator | From |
|---|---|
 SkyWest | €37.31 |
 Horizon Air | €33.18 |
The flight gets you into Santa Barbara. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
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When to book San Diego to Santa Barbara
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €40.2690 days
- €31.4160 days
- €31.4145 days
- €34.9530 days
- €42.0321 days
- €36.7214 days
- €48.527 days
- €52.063 days
- €83.391 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €31.41.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 165 percent. The most expensive point is €83.39, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €43.80Sun
- €42.03Mon
- €43.80Tue
- €42.03Wed
- €50.88Thu
- €42.03Fri
- €44.98Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
San Diego
Air
- SAN
Santa Barbara
Air
- SBA
What the journey looks like
- Direct or connecting
- 50% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 50% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 311 km against 302 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Los Angeles, Ontario. The gap between arriving and leaving is 76 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 13 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves San Diego at 06:16 and the last at 06:24, across 2 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about San Diego to Santa Barbara
The questions people actually ask about this trip, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does the Flight from San Diego to Santa Barbara take?
The Flight from San Diego to Santa Barbara takes 3h 59m door to door, of which 49m is spent moving. The route runs 311 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.
How much does the Flight from San Diego to Santa Barbara cost?
The Flight from San Diego to Santa Barbara starts at €33.18 for one passenger, as of September 18, 2026. A typical fare is €35.25. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Flight from San Diego to Santa Barbara?
2 operators run the Flight from San Diego to Santa Barbara: SkyWest, Horizon Air. Between them they file around 2 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.
Which terminal does the Flight from San Diego to Santa Barbara use?
The Flight from San Diego to Santa Barbara leaves from San Diego SAN and arrives at Santa Barbara SBA. Allow about 3h 10m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.
When should I book the Flight from San Diego to Santa Barbara?
Fares for the Flight from San Diego to Santa Barbara bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €31.41. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 165 percent, measured on September 18, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Flight from San Diego to Santa Barbara produce?
The Flight from San Diego to Santa Barbara produces about 76.5 kg of CO2 per passenger over 311 km, which works out at roughly 246 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for San Diego to Santa Barbara on September 18, 2026: 311 km of route against 302 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €33.18, and 3h 59m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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