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$324 Find Cheap Flights from Charlotte to Santa Barbara

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Cheap Flights from Charlotte to Santa Barbara (CLT-SBA)

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

Thu, Nov 20 - Tue, Nov 25
American Airlines Logo
4:39 pm - 10:10 pmCLT-SBA
8h 31m1 stop
American Airlines Logo
12:28 pm - 12:18 amSBA-CLT
8h 50m1 stop
$368American Airlines
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Thu, Dec 11 - Mon, Dec 15
American Airlines Logo
1:04 pm - 6:08 pmCLT-SBA
8h 04m1 stop
American Airlines Logo
10:08 am - 9:38 pmSBA-CLT
8h 30m1 stop
$389American Airlines
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Thu, Nov 20 - Tue, Nov 25
American Airlines Logo
11:15 am - 6:09 pmCLT-SBA
9h 54m1 stop
American Airlines Logo
12:28 pm - 12:18 amSBA-CLT
8h 50m1 stop
$399American Airlines
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Fri, Oct 10 - Mon, Oct 13
American Airlines Logo
4:35 pm - 9:59 pmCLT-SBA
8h 24m1 stop
American Airlines Logo
4:45 pm - 5:00 amSBA-CLT
9h 15m1 stop
$401American Airlines
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Thu, Oct 23 - Sun, Oct 26
Delta Logo
5:30 pm - 9:59 pmCLT-SBA
7h 29m1 stop
Delta Logo
5:50 am - 4:19 pmSBA-CLT
7h 29m1 stop
$403Delta
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Thu, Dec 11 - Mon, Dec 15
Delta Logo
5:29 pm - 10:13 pmCLT-SBA
7h 44m1 stop
Delta Logo
4:59 pm - 8:42 amSBA-CLT
12h 43m2 stops
$404Delta
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Sun, Oct 26 - Thu, Oct 30
Southwest Logo
5:25 am - 11:35 amCLT-SBA
9h 10m1 stop
Southwest Logo
5:30 am - 7:25 pmSBA-CLT
10h 55m2 stops
$408Southwest
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Sun, Oct 26 - Thu, Oct 30
Southwest Logo
5:50 pm - 12:05 amCLT-SBA
9h 15m2 stops
Southwest Logo
5:30 am - 7:25 pmSBA-CLT
10h 55m2 stops
$413Southwest
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Fri, Oct 10 - Mon, Oct 13
United Airlines Logo
4:27 pm - 11:59 pmCLT-SBA
10h 32m2 stops
United Airlines Logo
8:40 pm - 10:31 amSBA-CLT
10h 51m2 stops
$479United Airlines
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Fri, Oct 10 - Mon, Oct 13
United Airlines Logo
11:46 am - 10:24 pmCLT-SBA
13h 38m3 stops
United Airlines Logo
8:40 pm - 10:31 amSBA-CLT
10h 51m2 stops
$514United Airlines
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Everything you should know

Top airlines
American Airlines
Cheapest • from $368 (round-trip)
Delta
Best reviews • 7.9 score
Airline reviews
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When to travel
May
Cheapest • 68% price drop
October
Most popular
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Cheapest round-trip
$368
Typical prices: $588-828
American Airlines
Thu 11/20Tue 11/25
CLT - SBA • 1 stop
Cheapest one-way
$324
Typical prices: $175-199
American Airlines
Tue 9/23
CLT - SBA • 1 stop
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Charlotte to Santa Barbara flights

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

How much is a round-trip flight from Charlotte to Santa Barbara?

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

The average price of all round-trip flights from Charlotte 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 Tuesday, as we generally find the cheapest rates on that day for this route. On the other hand, Sunday is the most expensive day to fly from Charlotte to Santa Barbara. For your return ticket, we recommend flying on a Saturday and avoiding Mondays for the best deals.

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

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Charlotte 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 Charlotte to Santa Barbara is May, where tickets cost $175 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are November and August, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is $826 and $786 respectively.

Good to know

Low seasonAugust
Cheapest flight$324
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 45% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 31% lower on average.
Flight from Charlotte to Santa Barbara

When to book flights from Charlotte to Santa Barbara

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from Charlotte to Santa Barbara based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
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FAQs for booking flights from Charlotte to Santa Barbara

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

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from Charlotte to Santa Barbara was $324 for a one-way ticket and $368 for a round-trip.

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

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

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

    When flying out of Charlotte you will be using Charlotte Douglas. You will be landing at Santa Barbara, also known as Santa Barbara.

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

    We unfortunately don’t have that data for this specific route.

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

    oneworld, Star Alliance, and SkyTeam are the airline alliances operating flights between Charlotte and Santa Barbara, with SkyTeam being the most commonly used for this route.

  • Which is the best airline for flights from Charlotte to Santa Barbara, Delta or American Airlines?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from Charlotte to Santa Barbara are Delta and American Airlines. With an average price for the route of $411 and an overall rating of 7.9, Delta is the most popular choice. American Airlines is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $526 and an overall rating of 7.2.

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

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

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

Reviews of the top airlines flying from Charlotte to Santa Barbara

 
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7.9
DeltaOverall score based on 7954 reviews
7.9Entertainment
8.5Crew
7.9Comfort
8.2Boarding
7.3Food
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Perfect flight both ways. On time, courteous staff, plane comfortable and cool. Best domestic flights I’ve had in awhile.

10.0 ExcellentAnonymous, Sep 2025CLT - BOS
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Perfect flight both ways. On time, courteous staff, plane comfortable and cool. Best domestic flights I’ve had in awhile.

I was uncomfortably cold on the plane. Other than that it was uneventful and therefore as enjoyable as a plane ride can be.

Food was surprisingly good but the WiFi was not great

My flight was extremely cold. I had a jacket and a cover was left in each seat. The cover was extremely thin and I have a disability, fibromyalgia and arthrithis and AC air is the worst. I closed my vent and my husbands vent and it still was frigid. I asked the attendant if I could get another cover and she quickly almost dismissively and totally unconcerned stating, (I quote) (one per chair) and walked off so quickly that I didn't get a chance to explain to her that I literally have adisability. I didnt want to make a seen so I set on that flight for over 5 hours in pain, joints locking up and extremely uncomfortable. When my fibromyalgia flares up my joints not only ache but they will lock up also and it takes me days to get back to my regular self even though I take medication for it. I felt like it would not have hurt anyone at all for her to just give me an extra cover because I'm sure they have all types of medical issues in people that fly every day.

Not a "Delta" issue, but a JFK issue: We booked a connecting flight with 3 1/2 hours between to clearn immigration and customs. Our inbound flight (BCN to JFK) was on the taxiway 45 minutes which ate into our layover time. Immigtration was insanely quick with the CBP MPC app; however, clearing TSA (again, after we were ALREADY cleared in Spain on the inbound international flight) took over 95 minutes. This left us with 10 minutes before boarding the connecting flight (JFK to SAN) to walk to the far end of Terminal 4 and try to find food. We didn't find any food that could promise to serve us in under 10 minutes so we boarded the Delta flight after coming off a plance and an 8-hour flight knowing that we wouldn't be served any food on the next 5 1/2 hour flight. I feel like Delta needs to put pressure on the JFK TSA to open more screening stations (by our count, we saw only 5 scanners open and a line of - as we said - over 90 minutes. The insult is that we WERE ALREADY SCREENED through TSA, but as you come off one flight into the USA, you have to go through the whole process again. It seems like if you have a connecting flight, there should be a way to pass through immigration and customs without needing to return through TSA.

There are 4 flights in consecutive gates with about the same departure time. Two flights were boarding at the same time. One was delayed or boarding would be happening at the same time. I am not sure what Delta and LAX need to do to have a better layout at the end of Terminal 2

5 hours of delay that could've been much shorter if Delta had taken the 1 hour delay they imposed on the flight before boarding to run any of the plane checks required for flight to find the hydraulic issue that required nearly 3 hours to fix. $24 of meal credit buys a sandwich and a soft drink. Poor communication within the terminal about what gate we'd be re-boarding from and when we'd be re-boarding.

The entertainment and wifi mostly didn't work on this flight.

Terrible entertainment system - kept freezing and audio kept cutting out. Snacks were mediocre at best for a 5 hour flight.

I am still upset that my bag was lost on a recent trip to Rome ; we were inconvenienced and out €150 Euros ; delta has refused to reimburse us

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

Sat on the ground in Cincinnati for 50 minutes before deplaning

Overall fine, but the delay was annoying and the reasons for the delay were not communicated. The crew on board were phenomenal!

Boarding was very efficient. Everyone got on board and we got on our way very quickly. It was frustrating that the entertainment app was not functioning properly. I was not able to activate some of the movies offered. The crew on this flight appears to be pretty grumpy. They had no smile on their faces. I felt like they were doing us a favor for being there.

Delayed because of weather in Nashville. I think God or some higher power generally has cursed me when it comes to flying out of Charlotte on American. I'm delayed pretty much everytime. We need Team Cobra Kai types to come in and "sweep the leg(s)" of the Charlotte ops people on principle. Don't let the sweet southern rocking chairs fool you, Charlotte is a sinkhole

Long 5 hour and 45 min flight and only one drink service and cookie snack

Newark airport grounded inbound flight and only announced when the flight was about to start taxing.

Terrible. The flight was delayed two hours due to weather. Then when we got on the plane, the first pilot ended up timing out and we had to wait for a second pilot. Second pile came on board and we tax it out. Had to return back to the gate because of an unruly passenger. Then the copilot timed out. Had to wait for new copilot. Also had to wait for maintenance to check for fuel. Then found out the second pilot timed out and we had to wait for a third pilot. Was ready to go and then needed maintenance again for another issue. In the end, it was 2 o’clock in the morning when they announced that the flight couldn’t go because the third pilot and the second copilot had timed out.

American Airlines initially postponed the flight. Then they cancelled it an rescheduled us on a flight that would take over 24 hours with multiple stops. They then changed this flight to a reasonable alternative the next day which they later cancelled and replaced with a flight that would take off with an additional 16 hour delay. They blamed weather but I noticed (at 4am) that Delta had direct flights from Charlotte to Detroit. I went on line. Booked it and was in Detroit buy 9am. The interesting thing is they did a similar thing to a family member just 2 days earlier. I don't think I will fly American unless I have to.

I was a little disappointed of not having an android charger. Only one it was for an iPhone. I've flown American in the past and had access to one.

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