$197 Find Cheap Flights from Santa Barbara to District of Columbia

This is the cheapest one-way flight price found by a KAYAK user in the last 72 hours by searching for a flight from Santa Barbara to District of Columbia departing on 1/22. 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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Book Cheap Santa Barbara to District of Columbia Plane Tickets

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

mar., ene. 27 - mié., ene. 28
Delta Logo
5:40 am - 11:10 pm
SBA
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IAD
14h 30m2 stops
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7:30 am - 4:16 pm
IAD
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SBA
11h 46m2 stops
$366Delta
mar., ene. 27 - mié., ene. 28
Delta Logo
12:35 pm - 11:48 pm
SBA
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IAD
8h 13m1 stop
Delta Logo
7:30 am - 4:16 pm
IAD
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SBA
11h 46m2 stops
$371Delta
mar., ene. 27 - mié., ene. 28
Alaska Airlines Logo
7:20 am - 9:59 pm
SBA
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DCA
11h 39m2 stops
Alaska Airlines Logo
8:00 am - 7:47 pm
DCA
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SBA
14h 47m2 stops
$375Alaska Airlines
mar., ene. 27 - mié., ene. 28
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2:45 pm - 4:09 pm
SBA
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DCA
22h 24m1 stop
Alaska Airlines Logo
5:09 pm - 7:47 pm
DCA
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SBA
29h 38m1 stop
$376Alaska Airlines
vie., ene. 16 - dom., ene. 18
Delta Logo
8:45 am - 8:37 pm
SBA
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IAD
8h 52m1 stop
Delta Logo
7:05 am - 12:16 pm
IAD
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SBA
8h 11m1 stop
$377Delta
lun., ene. 12 - lun., ene. 19
United Airlines Logo
6:06 pm - 5:24 am
SBA
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IAD
8h 18m1 stop
United Airlines Logo
4:10 pm - 10:30 pm
IAD
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SBA
9h 20m1 stop
$385United Airlines
lun., ene. 19 - mié., ene. 21
United Airlines Logo
6:51 pm - 6:47 am
SBA
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IAD
8h 56m1 stop
United Airlines Logo
8:15 am - 1:15 pm
IAD
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SBA
8h 00m1 stop
$400United Airlines
vie., ene. 16 - dom., ene. 18
American Airlines Logo
6:00 am - 11:12 pm
SBA
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IAD
14h 12m2 stops
American Airlines Logo
1:08 pm - 10:13 pm
IAD
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SBA
12h 05m2 stops
$409American Airlines
lun., ene. 12 - lun., ene. 19
American Airlines Logo
10:02 am - 11:12 pm
SBA
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IAD
10h 10m2 stops
American Airlines Logo
1:08 pm - 10:13 pm
IAD
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SBA
12h 05m2 stops
$411American Airlines
dom., ene. 11 - mar., ene. 13
Southwest Logo
5:35 am - 6:35 pm
SBA
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DCA
10h 00m2 stops
Southwest Logo
4:05 pm - 9:10 pm
DCA
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SBA
8h 05m1 stop
$441Southwest
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Santa Barbara to District of Columbia flights

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

How much is a round-trip flight from Santa Barbara to District of Columbia?

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

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

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

If you are looking for a flight deal from Santa Barbara to District of Columbia, look for departures on Tuesdays and avoid leaving on a Sunday, as it's usually the priciest day. When flying back from District of Columbia, Wednesday is the cheapest day to fly and Thursday is the most expensive.

Good to know

Low seasonJuly
Cheapest flight$197
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 33% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 20% lower on average.
Flight from Santa Barbara to Reagan Washington National Airport

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    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 from Santa Barbara to District of Columbia with an airline and back with another airline.

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  • What is the cheapest time of day to fly to District of Columbia?

    The cheapest time of day to fly to District of Columbia is generally in the afternoon, when round-trip flights cost $386 on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to District of Columbia is generally at night, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $582.

Reviews of the top 3 airlines serving from Santa Barbara to District of Columbia

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Santa Barbara to District of Columbia. 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 Santa Barbara to District of Columbia? 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.
7.9
DeltaOverall score based on 8008 reviews
7.9Entertainment
7.9Comfort
8.5Crew
7.3Food
8.1Boarding
Airline reviews

No lunch on a x-country flight scheduled for 10:50 am departure, arrived 5+ hrs later. That requires a black box label before you pay for the tickets. Worst, when I checked in online, it's specifically said that lunch was served on his flight for economy Plus passengers.

8.0 ExcellentDeborah, Nov 2025
LAX - RDU
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No lunch on a x-country flight scheduled for 10:50 am departure, arrived 5+ hrs later. That requires a black box label before you pay for the tickets. Worst, when I checked in online, it's specifically said that lunch was served on his flight for economy Plus passengers.

Our flight from SFO to MSP was right on time on 11/15/2025. No delays. As we approached MSP at about 8 pm, we circled in the air until 8:40 pm so I don't call that efficient for MSP. I think the captain should announce the delay and why. (as if we all don't know that we are just circling around the area, slowing down, speeding up, slowing down.) Thank you. Marilyn Fischer

Staff were friendly and happy. Delta could make sure passengers that don't have the app know of changes. Without Kayak I would not have known about the change of gate or the delay. Kayak was faster to notify me.

The flight used a B767 with a very old interior from before 2014. The entertainment system did not work at all during the flight despite attempts to reset the system. It was like they flew this route just to be competitive.

Delayed flight (1hour) plus a long layover after an overnight flight with no backup plane available.

Flight delayed for two and half hours and then canceled altogether due to mechanical issues. No mechanic onsite to fix so had to send one from LAX.

My husband upgraded our seats and I don't know if it was due to the type of planet was or if they didn't upgrade our seats. We were supposed to be in I believe comfort seats and they were just as tight as any other seat- no leg room and we are very tall people but at least it wasn't extremely cold. My husband did put in a complaint about our seating because he paid extra and if we would have known that the space and the tightness would have been the same, we just would have gotten the emergency row emergency row seats that we normally get. We love Delta but both our flights coming home we're not good. Oh I forgot to mention that on our flight to Hawaii our luggage wheels got broke and we had to purse new luggage on vacation then we never had this problem so we didn't know protocol and reported it after we got home only for them to tell is we only had 24hrs to report the damage. Not sure what was going on with Delta this vacation trip.

Crew was excellent. Comfort seats not as nice as other kinds of planes.

It was a great flight and the stewards and stewardess were all kind and accommodating!! The seats were comfortable and entertainment screen excellent!

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

The only downside was my cell phone charger wouldn’t work in the charging port but everyone else’s would work in them all. My cell phone cable works fine in my hotel room in Frankfurt.

Very thoughtful flight attendant offered me water immediately since I had run to make my connection.

Older aircraft, no meal, only food was for purchase. Not impressed United.

One bag is incorrect and not acceptable for an international flight. The food was not just good. I won't fly with them again.

Not pleasant trip cross country when the entertainment and WiFi system not working. No entertainment for entirety of route. Staff was rather nonchalant in that they dismissed the problem due to age of plane. It would have been nice to know this up front so I could have come prepared to read or download movies before boarding Coincidentally or not, there was a similar issue with the entertainment system on my previous flight I took on my fist leg of the trip. There are no seat TVs, so you must rely on the app when it works. United can do better. Also, what use it it to pay for boarding group 2 when half of the passengers are in the same line as you?

Premium Plus is a really good idea for longer flights

The flight attendants were great, I joked with one I can’t remember her name, a blond, really sweet. I thought it was run well very professional. This was great i survived Spirit, I know for which I speak.

I was in first class. The outlets at my seat did not work. The plane was shabby and run down. I had prepurchsed a day subscription for internet that was not redeemable. I had to repurchase the internet for my flight and then it didn’t work anyway. Quite disappointed in what was supposed to be the launch of a great vacation.

IAD with the archaic people movers is just a place to be avoided.

I understand stuff happens, but plane failures are likely due to lack of maintenance. Additionally, air conditioning wasn't working, no snack/drink service, no WiFi. Fortunately, the crew was communicative and light-hearted. United grabbed another plane and we were able to get to our destination.

I got sick nothing contagious but distressing enough and the care I received on the flight was astounding.

Horrible. Both legs of my flight were delayed more than 6 hours. No compensation, no screens on the plane, and the plane was not clean.

The flight was smooth, the pilot kept us informed about delays and we arrived more of less on time

The flight was flawless and we even arrived between 20 and 25 minutes early!

Always seated jammed in rear of aircraft Admirals Club food at DFW terminal D was absolute worst food experience and I pay $600/year to eat this dried out junk

After we'd boarded , they canceled the flight. The crew didn't even know , we just all received text messages. Then after they deplaned us , AA was just like "too bad, go F your self, we sure ain't gonna help you"

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.

Weather delay for 2.5 hours followed by half hour crew delay, did not have ginger ale, uncomfortable seats

It was nobody’s fault - but the plane came 4-hrs late and we were updated randomly in 20-30 mins increments which left us hostage to sit and wait expectantly. It was very long and got very late. Our plane didn’t land until nearly 1 am! Also the toilet wasn’t working. The hosts were nice enough but were clearly “about to pass out” as one told me. Lastly, there was no snack or even time for it. Just a bad experience overall.

The boarding crew was incredibly helpful getting me on an earlier flight

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