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Cheap Flights from Atlanta to Santa Barbara (ATL-SBA)

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Atlanta 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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Recent round-trip flight deals from Atlanta to Santa Barbara

Fri, Dec 5 - Tue, Dec 16
Southwest Logo
3:35 pm - 9:05 pmATL-SBA
8h 30m2 stops
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5:50 am - 7:20 pmSBA-ATL
10h 30m2 stops
$358Southwest
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Fri, Dec 5 - Tue, Dec 16
Southwest Logo
3:35 pm - 9:05 pmATL-SBA
8h 30m2 stops
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2:55 pm - 6:00 amSBA-ATL
12h 05m1 stop
$359Southwest
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Sat, Feb 21 - Wed, Feb 25
Alaska Airlines Logo
8:00 am - 6:14 pmATL-SBA
13h 14m1 stop
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7:15 pm - 4:08 pmSBA-ATL
17h 53m1 stop
$402Alaska Airlines
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Sat, Feb 21 - Wed, Feb 25
Alaska Airlines Logo
8:00 am - 4:52 pmATL-SBA
11h 52m2 stops
Alaska Airlines Logo
7:15 pm - 7:18 amSBA-ATL
9h 03m1 stop
$426Alaska Airlines
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Sun, Sep 28 - Thu, Oct 2
American Airlines Logo
6:15 pm - 10:17 pmATL-SBA
7h 02m1 stop
American Airlines Logo
1:17 pm - 10:27 pmSBA-ATL
6h 10m1 stop
$437American Airlines
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Sat, Oct 11 - Sat, Oct 18
United Airlines Logo
12:01 pm - 11:59 pmATL-SBA
14h 58m2 stops
United Airlines Logo
5:15 am - 10:45 pmSBA-ATL
14h 30m1 stop
$444United Airlines
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Sat, Oct 11 - Sat, Oct 18
United Airlines Logo
9:38 am - 11:59 pmATL-SBA
17h 21m2 stops
United Airlines Logo
6:00 am - 10:45 pmSBA-ATL
13h 45m2 stops
$466United Airlines
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Thu, Dec 25 - Tue, Dec 30
Delta Logo
7:20 pm - 9:25 pmATL-SBA
5h 05mnonstop
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8:09 am - 3:30 pmSBA-ATL
4h 21mnonstop
$519Delta
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Wed, Nov 26 - Mon, Dec 1
Delta Logo
6:31 pm - 8:41 pmATL-SBA
5h 10mnonstop
Delta Logo
12:37 pm - 11:27 pmSBA-ATL
7h 50m1 stop
$529Delta
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Thu, Dec 25 - Tue, Dec 30
American Airlines Logo
7:10 am - 11:35 amATL-SBA
7h 25m1 stop
American Airlines Logo
6:12 am - 3:39 pmSBA-ATL
6h 27m1 stop
$539American Airlines
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Everything you should know

Top airlines
Southwest
Cheapest • from $358 (round-trip)
Southwest
Best reviews • 8.0 score
Airline reviews
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When to book
4 weeks
in advance
Our data shows that travelers who book at least 4 weeks in advance save around 42% compared to booking last minute.
Insights
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When to travel
May
Cheapest • 26% price drop
October
Most popular
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Cheapest round-trip
$358
Overall average: $560
Southwest
Fri 12/5Tue 12/16
ATL - SBA • 2 stops
Cheapest non-stop
$519
Typical prices: $579-679
Delta
Thu 12/25Tue 12/30
ATL - SBA • Non-stop
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Atlanta to Santa Barbara flights

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Atlanta 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 Atlanta to Santa Barbara?

The average price of all round-trip flights from Atlanta to Santa Barbara clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.

Your flight ticket price will generally be cheaper if you fly to Santa Barbara on a Tuesday and more expensive on a Friday. On your return trip to Atlanta, you should consider flying back on a Wednesday, and avoid Sundays for better deals.

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

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Atlanta 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 Atlanta to Santa Barbara is May, where tickets cost $416 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are September and August, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is $689 and $629 respectively.

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

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from Atlanta to Santa Barbara, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each week.

To get a below average price on the flight from Atlanta to Santa Barbara, you should book around 4 weeks before departure, which saves you about 42% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 8 weeks before departure.

Good to know

Low seasonJanuary
Cheapest flight$159
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 1% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 6% increase in price.
Flight from Atlanta to Santa Barbara

When to book flights from Atlanta to Santa Barbara

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from Atlanta 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 Atlanta to Santa Barbara

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

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from Atlanta to Santa Barbara was $159 for a one-way ticket and $358 for a round-trip.

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

    A passport is not required to fly from Atlanta to Santa Barbara.

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

    When flying out of Atlanta you will be using Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson. You will be landing at Santa Barbara, also known as Santa Barbara.

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

    The Airbus A220-300 is the aircraft model that flies most regularly on the Atlanta to Santa Barbara flight route.

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

    SkyTeam is the only airline alliance operating flights between Atlanta and Santa Barbara.

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

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

  • Which is the best airline for flights from Atlanta to Santa Barbara, Southwest or Delta?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from Atlanta to Santa Barbara are Southwest and Delta. With an average price for the route of $416 and an overall rating of 8.0, Southwest is the most popular choice. Delta is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $627 and an overall rating of 7.9.

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

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

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Santa Barbara from Atlanta 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 Atlanta 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 Atlanta with another airline. Booking your flights between Atlanta 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 Atlanta 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 Atlanta up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

KAYAK’s top tips for finding a cheap flight from Atlanta to Santa Barbara

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found flights on this route for $689 or less round-trip.

Prefer to fly direct from Atlanta to Santa Barbara?

 
Direct data is based off flight results for the next 60 days. Find direct flights from all airlines flying direct from Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson to Santa Barbara.
Find which airlines fly direct from Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson Airport to Santa Barbara Airport, which days they fly and book direct flights.

Direct departures

Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson to Santa Barbara

Monday

Delta

Delta

Tuesday

Delta

Delta

Wednesday

Delta

Delta

Thursday

Delta

Delta

Friday

Delta

Delta

Saturday

Delta

Delta

Sunday

Delta

Delta

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Direct returns

Santa Barbara to Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson

Monday

Delta

Delta

Tuesday

Delta

Delta

Wednesday

Delta

Delta

Thursday

Delta

Delta

Friday

Delta

Delta

Saturday

Delta

Delta

Sunday

Delta

Delta

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Reviews of the top 4 airlines serving from Atlanta to Santa Barbara

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Atlanta 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.
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SouthwestOverall score based on 4242 reviews
8.0Comfort
7.0Food
8.1Boarding
8.6Crew
7.5Entertainment
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Very smooth checking in our luggage with a super pleasant SW agent. I enjoyed a fun entertaining movie.

10.0 ExcellentGordon, Jul 2025GEG - OAK
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Very smooth checking in our luggage with a super pleasant SW agent. I enjoyed a fun entertaining movie.

First time traveling on Southwest since bag fees were implemented. Usual good service. Just more expensive now.

It was a perfect flight in all aspects! Both legs!

Boarding process, crew were good. But the seats were so uncomfortable that was all I could focus on. I literally had to sit forward so that all 3 of us could fit in row. I will try to avoid Southwest in the future for any flights over 60 minutes.

Great flight, 47 passengers on a 180 seat plane. Stewardess was pleasant and cheerful.

Great experience flying Southwest. The crew was really kind and helpful, and very friendly with our toddler.

Plane late from DC to Austin 30 minutes. Crew made up much of the time enroute to San Diego.

Gate agents were informative and friendly… flight attendants were as well. Had a fun time chatting about their legacy AirTran experiences as a former fan of the airline that Southwest acquired.

Fine, but how to board on SW versus othrr airlines, is just lame. Goood staff though and all was solid otherwise.

Was as expected. Crowed planes. Too many carryons delaying takeoff. But the ride only took an hour and saved me a lot of time SFO is a not a great airport.

Crew was good. The reservation got mixed up and they didn't have my TSA number. I am also a Silver Medallion and wasn't able to use Sky Priority.

Delayed due to thunderstorms and no in-flight service due to rough weather — both of which are out of Delta’s control. Flight was good overall.

There was supposed to be a meal served, but there wasn’t and the major toilet was out of order

Always good but we must do something about people in rows ahead of you that don't put their seats back up when they are suppose to. And It's rough to not be able to even lean over to get something out of my purse.

Did not know my son and I had different seating arrangements. He was fine, but it was disappointing.

Overall, it was okay. Seat was a little cramped. Would’ve liked more substantial snacks or opportunity to buy some.

I was with one of the last zones to board. It was kind of annoying to finally get called to board and my whole section was already on the plane. Clearly they boarded with previous zones. So by the time I got on board, there were no spaces for my luggage above my head. I had to put my luggage 4+ rows behind me, which meant that I had to wait even longer to get off the plane, since I had to wait for those rows to clear the aisle before I could retrieve my luggage and exit the plane. This also held up the plane cleaners, as they couldn't service my row until I cleared it, so they were all standing there waiting for me, while I'm standing there waiting for the other passengers to clear the aisle. Anyways, I wasn't in a rush this time, so I just waited, but I could see that being a problem in the future. Now, I could have checked my luggage, of course, but coincidentally, a friend of mine on the same flight got their luggage damaged (wheel completely knocked off) and was told by the Baggage Attendant in the airport that Delta doesn't "cover wheel damage" on luggage. This was disappointing to hear. I'm glad I didn't check mine through. If it were my luggage, I'd be highly frustrated to hear that. It makes me not want to check my luggage in the future.

Great flight. On-time, comfortable, clean aircraft, and offered snacks pre-flight to plan for a potentially turbulent route. I wish there was Wi-Fi an all Delta Aircrafts but for a short flight this is not much of a problem.

Delayed in taking off because no flight crew. The in seat entertainment was working properly.

Flight did not have seat back entertainment and the wifi was iffy.

The flight was comfortable with the exit row and great service

Plane was crowded and even when we hit altitude, the plane was hot, not enough air flow.

1. when we went to check in, our 2 first class seats had been CANCELED and the flight was sold out. This was done without our prior knowledge. It was all we could do to restore one first class seat for my wife and I flew economy. 2, Our flight home was scheduled to leave at 10:30 pm. Due to tsunami warnings, the roads were closed and our flight status was uncertain as to whether it would leave as scheduled. It was announced that it would now leave at 11:20 pm and the roads were now open since the tsunami had come and gone. We made a mad dash to the airport and checked in. Delays were announced at 12:30 pm, 1:30 am, 2:30 am and at 3:30 am it was canceled. Since this was a flight due to natural (tsunami) causes, there was no compensation. We were told to return at 1:00 pm the next day and our baggage would be kept on the plane since the same plane was going to leave at 1:00 pm. We had to return to our hotel for the rest of the night. The same plane did not leave at 1:00 pm and our baggage was gone! All in all, it was a miserable performance by UA. Information was hard to obtain and no one knew what was going on and what was going to happen. Hundreds of passengers slept on the floor, chairs, etc. No food and no water was made available to the passengers. It was a situation where UA could care less what was going on. As a one million mile flyer, I had not experienced anything like this before and it was hugely disappointing!

Boarded plane and then delayed 1.5 hours while on the plane

Horrific. They missed my connecting flight to San Diego. I didn’t get there until Monday at 9am when I had a mandatory court settlement conference scheduled at 6am since we had parties on the east coast. This caused many issues. All because United apparently forgot to hold the doors open until my flight landed that only had a 10 minute delay. This was the last flight to Southern California. So I couldn’t even rent a car to finish the trip. United cannot be trusted when traveling on specific days and times since weather didn’t have anything to do with the delays.

My flight was delayed a very short period of time but they did not hold my connecting flight to San Diego, also through United. So they closed the doors before we got off our plane. They would only have to help the door open for another five to ten minutes. So I missed a court deadline for a manditory mediation settlement conference for my client. I had to get an associate to be there in person and be on the phone with him relaying what he needs to do the entire time. The court was very upset with me and so was my client. United cannot be trusted.

We were given vouchers we couldn’t use with a 5.5 hour delay

Cramped seat even in economy plus seat 10A. Over booked flight, no space for the bags

Really good 😊 the woman at the gate entrance was a little rude checking in our carry-on but i dont think she worked for the airline, she worked for the airport at sacramento, other than that amazing.

Boarding was mayhem. Late boarding by 15 minutes because of lack of staff (missing 1 flight attendant. We had to wait for an arrival of another plane before we could board). Flight was a little rough, but cannot blame on airlines.

Great. Quick and quiet and east. The breakfast choices were a welcome surprise!

The stewardess hit me with the food kart twice on the head and didn't say I'm sorry once. The same stewardess gave me a warm Apple Juice with No ice. The Flight was delayed for Departure 6 times, starting from 2:36pm, finally taking off 7:50pm. I was late picking up my child from the sitter by 3 hours.

Did not get the seat I selected and paid for.

My flight was delayed for several hours. Sitting at gate 16 for several hours, I got a text from Kayak the gate changed to 9 before it was announced. Very bad communication at each gate from American Airlines employees. I received 10 notifications of delay from Kayak. My vacation started off horrible! I will write to American Airlines corporate office also.

Delayed flight that lead to a missed connection and a 5-hour trip became a 12-hour flight 🙄

There is no room, no gluten free options, or any free internet/entertainment. You have to bring your own tablet or smartphone because there are no screens.

Initial flight was cancelled at the time of arrival to the airport, flight alternative requires switching from direct to flight with a layover, and the plane felt like it would split apart, it was so rattle-y.

Amazing food, great staff, with one noticable detail missing ...but no seat entertainment in any of aircraft ...I am not a fan

Boarding gate in Honolulu was staffed with a great clerk with a soothing voice despite the flight delay of over an hour. Flight attendants in the plane were all grumpy, not pleasant looking bunch. Their sour attitude showed throughout the flight. Inly able to get a select few movies started. Most of the movie links in the “free entertainment” did not work.

This was a horrible experience. For a first class experience, my chair was held together by 3M tape - and I have a photo. The crew weren’t very attentive, somewhat dismissive and forgot my drink and snack, the chair reclined about 3 inches on a 6-hour cross country flight. I was also not informed that there was no lounge available in Newark airport because of renovations, so all around this was one of the worst experiences and I would actively avoid both American and Alaska Air going forward.

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