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Cheapest round-trip
$197
Typical prices: $289-$481
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DEN - SBA • Non-stop
Cheapest one-way
$99
Typical prices: $143-$525
Southwest
Sat 8/8
DEN - SBA • Non-stop
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Cheapest • Avg $285 (round-trip)
Shortest trip • 4h 52m (one-way)
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Cheap Flights from Denver to Santa Barbara (DEN-SBA)

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

Wed, Aug 12 - Sat, Aug 15
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7:23 pm - 9:03 pm
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2h 40mnonstop
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5:00 am - 8:30 am
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2h 30mnonstop
$197United Airlines
Tue, Aug 18 - Thu, Aug 20
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8:55 pm - 10:30 pm
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2h 35mnonstop
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11:30 am - 2:50 pm
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2h 20mnonstop
$198Southwest
Tue, Aug 25 - Tue, Sep 1
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8:06 pm - 11:50 pm
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4h 44m
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3:26 pm - 9:13 pm
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4h 47m
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$200Alaska Airlines
Wed, Aug 12 - Sat, Aug 15
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7:23 pm - 9:03 pm
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2h 40mnonstop
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2:01 pm - 10:08 pm
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7h 07m
1 stop
$207United Airlines
Thu, Aug 13 - Mon, Aug 17
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4:10 pm - 5:45 pm
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2h 35mnonstop
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12:30 pm - 8:15 pm
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6h 45m
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$208Southwest
Sat, Aug 8 - Mon, Aug 10
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7:35 pm - 9:10 pm
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2h 35mnonstop
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4:40 pm - 11:35 pm
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5h 55m
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$212Southwest
Wed, Aug 12 - Sat, Aug 15
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8:55 pm - 10:30 pm
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2h 35mnonstop
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10:40 am - 7:35 pm
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7h 55m
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$213Southwest
Tue, Aug 4 - Tue, Aug 11
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6:28 pm - 10:36 pm
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5h 08m
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5:50 am - 12:04 pm
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5h 14m
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$217Delta
Mon, Aug 10 - Mon, Aug 17
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7:45 am - 2:02 pm
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7h 17m
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6:00 am - 1:51 pm
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6h 51m
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$220Multiple Airlines
Mon, Aug 10 - Tue, Aug 11
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7:00 pm - 10:10 pm
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4h 10m
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10:55 am - 6:20 pm
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$222Southwest
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Denver to Santa Barbara flights

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

This analysis is based on the cheapest round-trip price found on KAYAK in the last 12 months by searching for a flight from Denver to Santa Barbara departing in August.

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

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

When flying from Denver to Santa Barbara, you should consider leaving on a Thursday and avoid Sundays if you are looking for the best rates. For your return to Denver, you’ll find the best rates on Wednesdays and the most expensive ones on Sundays.

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

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Denver 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 Denver to Santa Barbara is January, where tickets cost $263 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are July and March, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is $417 and $391 respectively.

Can I save money by flying with a layover from Denver to Santa Barbara?

The average round-trip price for all non-stop flights, flights with one layover, and flights with two layovers for the route found by users searching on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.

No, with an average price for the route of $391, prices are generally cheapest when you fly direct.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Denver 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 Denver 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 Denver to Santa Barbara, you should book around 4 weeks before departure, which saves you about 67% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 23 weeks before departure.

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Expert advice for your flight from Denver to Santa Barbara

 
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Low seasonJanuary
Cheapest flight$99
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 25% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 1% lower on average.
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When to book flights from Denver to Santa Barbara

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

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

    In the last 5 days, the lowest price for a flight from Denver to Santa Barbara was $99 for a one-way ticket and $197 for a round-trip.

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

    Even though you are not required to have a passport, keep in mind that an official ID is needed to board the airplane.

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

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

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

    Only JetBlue offers inflight Wi-Fi service on the Denver to Santa Barbara flight route.

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

    The Boeing 737-800 is the aircraft model that flies most regularly on the Denver to Santa Barbara flight route.

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

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

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

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

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

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from Denver to Santa Barbara are Southwest and Delta. With an average price for the route of $315 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 $284 and an overall rating of 7.8.

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

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

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Santa Barbara from Denver 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 Denver 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 Denver with another airline. Booking your flights between Denver 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 Denver 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 Denver 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 Denver to Santa Barbara

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found flights on this route for $154 or less one-way and $334 or less round-trip.

Prefer to fly direct from Denver to Santa Barbara?

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

Direct departures

Denver Intl to Santa Barbara

Monday

Southwest,United Airlines

Southwest,United Airlines

Tuesday

Southwest,United Airlines

Southwest,United Airlines

Wednesday

Southwest,United Airlines

Southwest,United Airlines

Thursday

Southwest,United Airlines

Southwest,United Airlines

Friday

Southwest,United Airlines

Southwest,United Airlines

Saturday

Southwest,United Airlines

Southwest,United Airlines

Sunday

Southwest,United Airlines

Southwest,United Airlines

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Direct returns

Santa Barbara to Denver Intl

Monday

Southwest,United Airlines

Southwest,United Airlines

Tuesday

Southwest,United Airlines

Southwest,United Airlines

Wednesday

Southwest,United Airlines

Southwest,United Airlines

Thursday

Southwest,United Airlines

Southwest,United Airlines

Friday

Southwest,United Airlines

Southwest,United Airlines

Saturday

Southwest,United Airlines

Southwest,United Airlines

Sunday

Southwest,United Airlines

Southwest,United Airlines

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Reviews of the top 3 airlines serving from Denver to Santa Barbara

 
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SouthwestOverall score based on 4249 reviews
8.0Comfort
8.1Boarding
7.0Food
8.6Crew
7.5Entertainment
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The flight was late. The crew was rude. There was no food. Cramped and uncomfortable. Nothing about this flight was good.

2.0 MediocreIrene, Jun 2026
DEN - SFO
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The flight was late. The crew was rude. There was no food. Cramped and uncomfortable. Nothing about this flight was good.

It was great. The gate staff were very helpful in Portland when my son forgot his rolling bag and had to go back to get it just in time to make it on the plane. We really appreciate that. Great job!

This leg was much better, but we did have to have a 3 hour lay o er after coming from a very exhausting hiccup with our flight from BNA to Den

My flight from Denver to Minneapolis was excellent. My flight from Minneapolis to Denver was one of the worst I flights I have ever experienced. I had a window seat, the gentleman in the middle seat was morbidly obese and SW should have made him purchase two seats. His elbow dug into my arm most of the way even after I asked to please be careful. I was literally squashed between the him and the window with no wiggle room. The plane was full so it was not possible to ask for a different seat. I realize I should have complained to the flight attendant but I didn't feel anything could be done to rectify the situation. I fly SW often, I will continue to do so as this was my first negative experience.

Connecting flight is on time and boarding was a breeze!

Southwest has a serious issue with keeping their passengers in the dark about delays. They also appear to lack the necessary crews to deal with any sort of hiccup in their operations. The way they run their day-to-day operations is a joke. You are telling me that a hail storm in Denver, where hail storms are incredibly common, results in hours of delays due to every plane needing to be inspected for hail damage? Understandable, but there seems to be a skeleton crew of maintenance workers undergoing this daunting task. There was no particular order of inspecting planes, leading to some planes only having an hour delay or less in others having four or more just because of the luck of the draw of what plane got inspected with no consideration to how long the respective delay was. The entire time the passengers were told nothing except the fact that there was lightning in the area and the ground crews could not load the bags. This always happens that Southwest will incrementally delay a flight with no information given, leaving many frustrated passengers fuming once they find out that their flight is canceled. Don't make people wait around for hours at the airport giving them no information, just to keep them on the hook and prevent any action from being taken by the passengers in terms of finding alternate routes of transportation or accommodations for the night. How many hours of people's times do you think you waste by operating like this? How about having a fully staffed crew in one of your busiest hubs that is famous for severe weather that can effectively deal with a situation like this, or how about having planes on standby to quickly replace in case something like this happens, like all the other major airlines do. This is just like the Christmas fiasco but on a Denver scale, but again this is literally just from a single thunderstorm going over Denver in the spring. I'm glad I've stopped using Southwest as my primary airline and have switched to United. Every single time I fly Southwest, something has to come up. It's ridiculous and I seriously can't wait to finish using my miles so I don't have to deal with your garbage anymore. You used to be so good and I don't know why you thought you could just scrap your quality and expect people to deal with it. Oh, and I walked by someone getting CPR for over 5 minutes in the concourse. I hope he was ok. Southwest needs something similar.

Crew was great but because of fog they diverted us to Ontario instead of our Santa Barbara destination. Instead of cancelling the flight as soon as we landed in Ontario, they instead held us in Ontario for almost 4 hours before cancelling the flight. I had to rent a car in Ontario to get back to ventura on time to get an elderly relative his medication and take over his caretaking… otherwise if I had taken the buses you offered from Ontario I wouldn’t have even arrived to Santa Barbara till at least midnight (according to southwest airlines employees at Ontario), and then would have had to drive back down to ventura. At least renting the car I could get up to ventura by 10 pm to take care of my loved one.

Flight had over 6 people in wheel chairs and there was only 1 gate agent. Very impressed though in how Maddie handled having to efficiency move that many people by herself. We still nursed in a timely manner.

I loved that the flight was not as full, so we were able to have seats available between us. I just wish wipes are available as we board so that we can clean our areas, as the window area was quite dirty in my case, on both legs of this trip, and it was hard getting the flight attendant's attention for this. She also seemed a bit stingy with the free drinks. I asked for two cups of drinks; she brought one and then waited until I fell asleep and brought the other. Not sure why...

Easy boarding, but no power at the seats and no television wasn’t a good experience.

I have Precheck. Flew HPN to DEN and return this past weekend. Delta didn't attach my Precheck number to this trip. So it was waiting in general line especially in Denver. Unavailable.

worst flight ever from Delta, it got delayed and kept on delaying..

Terrible. Four hour delay because Delta could not find crew to man the aircraft. Terrible communication. Terrible insight into the delays. One of the worst flight experiences I’ve had.

Mechanic delay in addition to a 2 hour change in takeoff time was frustrating.

Boarding was organised and relaxed. Crew were fantastic! Seats were lacking padding causing butt pain and stiffness.

Flights on time. .Ride was as comfortable as can be expected in steerage. Luggage arrived at destination. Attendants were fairly friendly.

First, the flight was schedule to leave at 12:08. Delayed to 12:38. It is 12:58 and I am sitting at the gate. The staff are not communicating with us (just tell me it’s gonna be five hours if that’s the case, quit hufflepuffing around like you’re trying to board us when the plane isn’t even here and you don’t know where your crew are. I’m still waiting for any communication about the further delay. This is a rebooked flight from a cancelled flight yesterday, when the airline failed to fulfill its fiduciary responsibility to hotel and cover transport for overnight cancelations. Asking about the food on the flight? What food?!? Delta doesn’t serve meals unless you pay for them and you really want me to give delta a high rating for passing out processed snacks (fun size!)? Can we be for real. Delta is cementing itself in history as one of the cheap, stingy, outdated, glory days are over airlines, and it shows. I took this flight knowing delta was going to provide below level service but this is beyond burgers!! I can’t believe a multi billion or dollar company looked straight in my eyes yesterday and I told me this wasn’t their fault and there for the extra cost in hotel and hundreds of dollars in Ubers are MY RESPONSIBILITY. The only thing I am at fault for is believing delta is reputable company worthy of my dollars. I’m not even sure I want to be compensated unless it is cash because I would rather die never traveling again than to put money in their pockets.

Boarding was great. The flight landed early. It took the crew over an hour and a half to bring out drinks. I paid to upgrade my seat to Comfort+ only to be near a crying/screaming baby who was seldom quiet. Noise-cancelling earbuds didn’t even help. Waste of money to upgrade.

This flight was supposed to land at 10:55 pm on January 14th. Instead, it landed at 3:20 am on Monday, January 15th, resulting in a completely lost day due to not going to bed until 5:00 am.

We finally got on a flight about 10:45 that was to leave at 7:30. Bah humbug!

Destroyed my suitcase. Tired of talking about it. Cancelling my unite mileage plus account.

New plane was lovely. Crew customer service is always lax but expected. Kraft on time and arrived safely.

Wonderful in-seat entertainment with seatback screens and huge selection of quality movies. The ability to bluetooth connect headphones was amazing.

Flight was late - I was downgraded from first class to coach

Great experience…left a bit behind schedule but made up fir that in the air and landed 10 minutes early 😁

See my previous comments. I was probably booked in business but was moved to economy

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.

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

United requires seat selection in order for those booking together to stay together.

Serving a coffr Or a Drink would have been nice.

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