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Find cheap flights from Portland to Santa Barbara from $119

This is the cheapest one-way flight price found by a KAYAK user in the last 72 hours by searching for a flight from Portland to Santa Barbara departing on 6/6. Fares are subject to change and may not be available on all flights or dates of travel. Click the price to replicate the search for this deal.
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These are the airlines KAYAK users have selected most often from within our search results in flight searches from Portland to Santa Barbara, as well as popular online travel agencies
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Cheap flight deals from Portland to Santa Barbara (PDX-SBA)

Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Portland 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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5:10 am - 12:20 pmPDX-SBA
7h 10m1 stop
1:15 pm - 8:46 pmSBA-PDX
7h 31m2 stops
$173Delta
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Sat, Jun 8 - Tue, Jun 11
5:15 am - 12:20 pmPDX-SBA
7h 05m2 stops
1:15 pm - 8:46 pmSBA-PDX
7h 31m2 stops
$178Delta
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Sat, Jun 8 - Tue, Jun 11
6:00 am - 9:50 amPDX-SBA
3h 50m1 stop
2:00 pm - 6:34 pmSBA-PDX
4h 34m1 stop
$185United Airlines
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Sat, Sep 14 - Sat, Sep 14
11:40 am - 6:39 pmPDX-SBA
6h 59m1 stop
4:49 pm - 11:03 pmSBA-PDX
6h 14m1 stop
$233American Airlines
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Thu, May 30 - Sun, Jun 2
10:50 am - 1:01 pmPDX-SBA
2h 11mnonstop
1:45 pm - 3:59 pmSBA-PDX
2h 14mnonstop
$237Alaska Airlines
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Tue, May 28 - Tue, Jun 4
6:00 am - 12:08 pmPDX-SBA
6h 08m1 stop
6:45 pm - 12:29 amSBA-PDX
5h 44m1 stop
$238United Airlines
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Sat, Sep 28 - Mon, Sep 30
11:40 am - 6:39 pmPDX-SBA
6h 59m1 stop
4:49 pm - 11:03 pmSBA-PDX
6h 14m1 stop
$242American Airlines
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Sat, Jun 1 - Mon, Jun 3
10:25 am - 5:31 pmPDX-SBA
7h 06m1 stop
6:15 am - 10:14 amSBA-PDX
3h 59m1 stop
$246United Airlines
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Thu, Sep 12 - Sun, Sep 15
7:00 pm - 11:47 pmPDX-SBA
4h 47m1 stop
6:00 am - 12:28 pmSBA-PDX
6h 28m1 stop
$262Delta
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Wed, Jul 17 - Wed, Jul 24
10:40 am - 12:51 pmPDX-SBA
2h 11mnonstop
1:35 pm - 3:49 pmSBA-PDX
2h 14mnonstop
$267Alaska Airlines
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Sat, Jun 1 - Mon, Jun 3

Flights from Portland to Santa Barbara - Travel Insights & Trends

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

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from Portland to Santa Barbara?

The average price of all flights from Portland to Santa Barbara clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.
If your flying dates are flexible, you should consider flying to Santa Barbara on a Wednesday, as we generally find the cheapest rates on that day for this route. On the other hand, Friday is the most expensive day to fly from Portland to Santa Barbara. For your return ticket, we recommend flying on a Wednesday and avoiding Sundays for the best deals.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Portland to Santa Barbara?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for flights from Portland 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 from Portland to Santa Barbara is January, where tickets cost $248 on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are July and March, where the average cost of tickets is $509 and $448 respectively.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Portland to Santa Barbara?

To calculate daily average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each day before departure over the last year for flights from Portland to Santa Barbara, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each month.
To get a below average price on the flight from Portland to Santa Barbara, you should book around 2 weeks before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 69 days before departure.

Which airlines provide the cheapest flights from Portland to Santa Barbara?

The cheapest price for the route for each airline clicked by KAYAK users in the last 72 hours.
In the last 72 hours, the cheapest one-way ticket from Portland to Santa Barbara found on KAYAK was with United Airlines for $119. Delta proposed a round-trip connection from $173 and United Airlines from $185.

Which airlines fly non-stop between Portland and Santa Barbara?

Airline and price data is aggregated from results in KAYAK’s search results from the last 2 weeks for flights from Portland to Santa Barbara.
There is just one airline that flies from Portland to Santa Barbara direct and that is Alaska Airlines. The best one-way deal found from Alaska Airlines for the route is $139.

How many flights are there between Portland and Santa Barbara per day?

There is a maximum of 1 nonstop flight a day that takes off from Portland and lands in Santa Barbara, with an average flight time of 2h 11m. The most common departure time is 10:00 am and most flights take off in the morning. Each week, there are 7 flights.

Which cabin class options are there for flights between Portland and Santa Barbara?

The average price of flights for each cabin class for the route found by users searching on KAYAK over the last 2 weeks.
There are 3 cabin class options for the route. These are Business, Economy and Prem Economy. Perform a search on KAYAK to find the latest prices and availability for all cabin fares, which differ across airlines.

How long does a flight from Portland to Santa Barbara take?

The average nonstop flight takes 2h 07m, covering a distance of 784 miles.

What’s the earliest departure time from Portland to Santa Barbara?

Early birds can take the earliest flight from Portland at 10:40 am and will be landing in Santa Barbara at 12:51 pm.

What’s the latest departure time from Portland to Santa Barbara?

If you prefer to fly at night, the latest flight from Portland to Santa Barbara jets off at 10:55 am and lands at 1:02 pm.

Good to know

Low season

June

High season

February

Cheapest flight

$119
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 10% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 19% lower on average.
Flight from Portland to Santa Barbara

When to book flights from Portland to Santa Barbara

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

FAQs for booking flights from Portland to Santa Barbara

  • What is the cheapest flight from Portland to Santa Barbara?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from Portland to Santa Barbara was $119 for a one-way ticket and $173 for a round-trip.

  • Do I need a passport to fly between Portland and Santa Barbara?

    No

  • Which airports will I be using when flying from Portland to Santa Barbara?

    Portland and Santa Barbara are both served by 1 main airport. You will leave Portland from Portland and will be arriving at Santa Barbara.

  • Which airlines offer Wi-Fi service onboard planes from Portland to Santa Barbara?

    Only Alaska Airlines offers inflight Wi-Fi service on the Portland to Santa Barbara flight route.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from Portland to Santa Barbara?

    The Embraer 175 is the aircraft model that flies most regularly on the Portland to Santa Barbara flight route.

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from Portland to Santa Barbara?

    oneworld is the only airline alliance operating flights between Portland and Santa Barbara.

  • On which days can I fly direct from Portland to Santa Barbara?

    There are nonstop flights from Portland to Santa Barbara on a daily basis.

  • Which is the best airline for flights from Portland to Santa Barbara, Alaska Airlines or United Airlines?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from Portland to Santa Barbara are Alaska Airlines and United Airlines. With an average price for the route of $358 and an overall rating of 8.0, Alaska Airlines is the most popular choice. United Airlines is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $365 and an overall rating of 7.4.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Portland 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 from Portland to Santa Barbara.

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

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

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights from Portland 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 to Portland with another airline. Booking your flights between Portland and SBA can sometimes prove cheaper using this method.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from Portland 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 from Portland up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

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Top tips for finding a cheap flight from PDX to Santa Barbara

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found flights on this route for $186 or less one-way and $309 or less round-trip.

Prefer to fly non-stop from Portland to Santa Barbara?

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

Nonstop departures

Portland to Santa Barbara

Monday

Alaska Airlines

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Tuesday

Alaska Airlines

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Wednesday

Alaska Airlines

Alaska Airlines

Thursday

Alaska Airlines

Alaska Airlines

Friday

Alaska Airlines

Alaska Airlines

Saturday

Alaska Airlines

Alaska Airlines

Sunday

Alaska Airlines

Alaska Airlines

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Nonstop returns

Santa Barbara to Portland

Monday

Alaska Airlines

Alaska Airlines

Tuesday

Alaska Airlines

Alaska Airlines

Wednesday

Alaska Airlines

Alaska Airlines

Thursday

Alaska Airlines

Alaska Airlines

Friday

Alaska Airlines

Alaska Airlines

Saturday

Alaska Airlines

Alaska Airlines

Sunday

Alaska Airlines

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Top 3 airlines serving from Portland to Santa Barbara

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Portland to Santa Barbara. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Portland 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.
8.0
Alaska AirlinesOverall score based on 9134 reviews
7.3Food
8.2Boarding
7.9Comfort
8.6Crew
7.3Entertainment
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My boarding pass birthdate was printed incorrectly causing me to spend an extra hour in a check-in and then again TSA line and to miss a chance to have dinner pre-flight. My window seat was given away and was replaced with a middle seat. I would have liked an opportunity to charge my phone and take advantage of movies but many of the departure gate chargers weren’t operational and I don’t know of an in-flight charging option, The flight left 45 late after trouble with unruly passengers, and I was glad staff removed them.

6.0 GoodAnonymous, Apr 2024PDX - SAN
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My boarding pass birthdate was printed incorrectly causing me to spend an extra hour in a check-in and then again TSA line and to miss a chance to have dinner pre-flight. My window seat was given away and was replaced with a middle seat. I would have liked an opportunity to charge my phone and take advantage of movies but many of the departure gate chargers weren’t operational and I don’t know of an in-flight charging option, The flight left 45 late after trouble with unruly passengers, and I was glad staff removed them.

Horrible. I likely will have to spend several thousand dollars to rebook my international flights, due to their delays, plus a hotel in SF. I can’t wait to never fly them again!

Quick easy boarding. Airport was unprepared for early landing and we were waiting in the plane for 20 minutes before getting a gate.

It was so easy to board using my boarding pass on my iPhone, and I liked what I was given on the plane for food and drink, and everyone was very friendly.

dont re-route to San Jose. Re-route to closer airport. Provide shuttle bus to go to SFO, not just LYFT vouchers.

Staff seemed genuinely nice, not just going through the motions.

I would have rated the entire experience much better were it not for two things: 1. There was inconsistency between what we were told once on the plane vs. the answer I received to the question about "spreading out" from our assigned seats because the flight was sparsely populated, and the entire row we were in was empty but for us. I asked about one of us moving over one seat to make more room for us; before getting on the plane, I was told we could, which seemed like a sensible answer. Once on the plane, it was announced that we needed to stay in our assigned seats despite all of the empty space in our row, which seemed unneccessarily restrictive. 2. To add to the discomfort, we sat on the tarmac once the plane landed in Burbank for over half an hour waiting for a gate to become available. During that time we had to remain seated and buckled in, which was becoming more difficult as time dragged on, especially for my wife. If all of this was due to regulations, that may mitigate the sense of "needless" restriction somewhat, but it points to a need to make regulations less restrictive where it is not appropriate for the current conditions. The crew was not "nasty" about the restrictions, so I do not resent their actions, but it certainly would have been a much more pleasant flight if we had a few more options when it comes to comfort.

The seat side plug ins didn’t work in my row, and I ran out of things to do since my iPad and iPhone ran out of juice. The flight attendant offered me a free drink but I don’t drink. I suggested a free snack box instead and she just shrugged and walked off. Why do us non-drinkers get the short end of the stick?

Flight left two hours late with no real explanation and they inexplicably had the heat running on the flight as well

I like Alaska Air fine. Great crew. Late departure still arrived on time.

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.

Generally good but there wasn’t any staff available when my luggage didn’t appear at baggage claim in Fresno. It took about half an hour to locate a staff member to open up the locked room where it was being kept.

Do not like the feeling of being in the basic economy. Everyone should feel good no matter what.

Our original business class flight was cancelled so we not only downgraded but we were also spread out across the plane not sitting together in separate middle seats. My poor kids were scared and couldn’t see me on the flight and the crew wasn’t sensitive to the situation and what the airlines did to us. Very dissatisfied with United airlines.

The WiFi didn’t work and the seats are too close together. Very uncomfortable.

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

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.

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)

Flight boarded without pilots. Sat on plane for 3 hrs. after over an hour late boarding. Plane never took off. Had to deplane near midnight. Line for rebooking was 3 hours + long. I had to leave.

Fight crew was not very attentive and the bastions were gross!

Our flight was great we left Kona earlier and got into LAX almost an 1hour earlier as well. LAX AA is in repair so to get out and found our bus to get pick up was a bit confusing.

Plane was good but was delayed. probably not AA fault but caused a 1 hour delay. Seating was cramped.

5 hour flight - full flight - not enough room to use my computer - slightly delayed - Admirals club was excellent quality food, drink made up for flight seating. No food offerred on flight, you ahd to prebook.

We experience delays on departure and connecting flights resulting in 14 hour to our next departure. We were accommodated with a night's stay but was only provided a 12 dollar meals accommodation. The airlines rules state.at least 50 dollars. In any case, it can not make up for the whole day missed on our vacation in Sydney Australia.

I can say I will not be taking this airline again any time soon. Seat were uncomfortable and too tight. Lack of chair screen and little overhead space.

Plane felt so crowded and tightly packed. The chair itself was not comfortable.

We were told there would be no food/beverage service due to turbulence. There was very little turbulence on the 2+ hour flight. I was in First Class and thought they could have done a quick service after take off as they had a quite bit of time before we would be reaching the predicted turbulent area. They could have at least passed out a quick bag of pretzels.

They attended to my needs as I couldn't walk and they provided a wheelchair for me.q

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Recent one-way flight deals

 
Only flying one-way? Below are some of the best one-way flight deals from Portland to Santa Barbara found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
6/6Thu
1 stopUnited Airlines
4h 19mPDX-SBA
$119
8/1Thu
1 stopDelta
4h 47mPDX-SBA
$178
8/1Thu
2 stopsDelta
9h 36mPDX-SBA
$183
5/14Tue
1 stopAmerican Airlines
7h 24mPDX-SBA
$199
6/29Sat
nonstopAlaska Airlines
2h 12mPDX-SBA
$259
6/6Thu
2 stopsUnited Airlines
19h 16mPDX-SBA
$308
6/29Sat
2 stopsUnited Airlines
14h 42mPDX-SBA
$315
5/14Tue
2 stopsUnited Airlines
21h 58mPDX-SBA
$388
5/14Tue
nonstopAlaska Airlines
2h 07mPDX-SBA
$449
6/5Wed
1 stopAmerican Airlines
10h 36mPDX-SBA
$705

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Last minute flights from Portland 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 from Portland to Santa Barbara that are departing in the next 10 days.
5/8Wed
multi-stopUnited Airlines
4h 27mPDX-SBA
5/11Sat
multi-stopUnited Airlines
4h 51mSBA-PDX
$398
5/8Wed
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
7h 24mPDX-SBA
5/11Sat
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
6h 54mSBA-PDX
$433
5/8Wed
multi-stopUnited Airlines
6h 26mPDX-SBA
5/11Sat
multi-stopUnited Airlines
4h 51mSBA-PDX
$720
5/8Wed
multi-stopUnited Airlines
4h 27mPDX-SBA
5/11Sat
multi-stopUnited Airlines
8h 52mSBA-PDX
$821
5/9Thu
multi-stopUnited Airlines
4h 27mPDX-SBA
5/11Sat
multi-stopUnited Airlines
19h 41mSBA-PDX
$981
5/9Thu
multi-stopUnited Airlines
4h 27mPDX-SBA
5/11Sat
multi-stopUnited Airlines
28h 02mSBA-PDX
$986
5/8Wed
multi-stopUnited Airlines
7h 49mPDX-SBA
5/11Sat
multi-stopUnited Airlines
8h 52mSBA-PDX
$1,073
5/8Wed
nonstopAlaska Airlines
2h 07mPDX-SBA
5/11Sat
multi-stopAlaska Airlines
4h 15mSBA-PDX
$1,126
5/9Thu
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
14h 56mPDX-SBA
5/11Sat
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
23h 41mSBA-PDX
$2,188

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Portland - Santa Barbara Flights

Departure:

Portland (PDX)United States

Destination:

Santa Barbara (SBA)United States

Return flight deals:

Santa Barbara - Portland

Cabin classes:

$941
$676
$193