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Cheap Flights from Santa Barbara to North America

Cheapest round-trip prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
New York
New York1 stop$261
Los Angeles
Los Angeles1 stop$228
Las Vegas
Las Vegas1 stop$191
San Francisco
San Franciscononstop$157
Miami
Miami1 stop$257
Boston
Boston1 stop$204
Fort Lauderdale
Fort Lauderdale1 stop$261
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.2 stops$209
Denver
Denvernonstop$197
Seattle
Seattle1 stop$291
Atlanta
Atlanta1 stop$263
Dallas
Dallas1 stop$305
Tampa
Tampa1 stop$201
Houston
Houston1 stop$294
Cancún
Cancún2 stops$433
San Diego
San Diegononstop$100
Honolulu
Honolulu1 stop$340
New York
New York1 stop$261
Los Angeles
Los Angeles1 stop$228
Las Vegas
Las Vegas1 stop$191
San Francisco
San Franciscononstop$157
Miami
Miami1 stop$257
Boston
Boston1 stop$204
Fort Lauderdale
Fort Lauderdale1 stop$261
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.2 stops$209
Denver
Denvernonstop$197
Seattle
Seattle1 stop$291
Atlanta
Atlanta1 stop$263
Dallas
Dallas1 stop$305
Tampa
Tampa1 stop$201
Houston
Houston1 stop$294
Cancún
Cancún2 stops$433
San Diego
San Diegononstop$100
Honolulu
Honolulu1 stop$340

Book Cheap Santa Barbara to North America 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 North America 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.
Discover the best prices for you by selecting your travel dates on KAYAK.

Recent round-trip flight deals from Santa Barbara to North America

Tue, Oct 20 - Tue, Oct 27
United Airlines Logo
2:05 pm - 3:19 pm
SBA
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SFO
1h 14mnonstop
United Airlines Logo
6:30 pm - 7:44 pm
SFO
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SBA
1h 14mnonstop
$157United Airlines
Wed, Aug 19 - Wed, Aug 19
Southwest Logo
10:55 am - 2:05 pm
SBA
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SFO
3h 10m
1 stop
Southwest Logo
4:45 pm - 9:20 pm
SFO
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SBA
4h 35m
1 stop
$162Southwest
Tue, Oct 20 - Tue, Oct 27
United Airlines Logo
6:15 am - 7:29 am
SBA
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SFO
1h 14mnonstop
United Airlines Logo
5:42 pm - 9:58 pm
SFO
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SBA
4h 16m
1 stop
$167United Airlines
Wed, Aug 19 - Wed, Aug 19
Southwest Logo
5:45 am - 1:15 pm
SBA
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SFO
7h 30m
2 stops
Southwest Logo
4:45 pm - 9:20 pm
SFO
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SBA
4h 35m
1 stop
$168Southwest
Wed, Aug 26 - Fri, Aug 28
American Airlines Logo
6:33 am - 11:40 am
SBA
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LAS
5h 07m
1 stop
American Airlines Logo
12:33 pm - 6:03 pm
LAS
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SBA
5h 30m
1 stop
$191American Airlines
Mon, Aug 31 - Wed, Sep 2
Alaska Airlines Logo
6:00 am - 9:42 am
SBA
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LAS
3h 42m
1 stop
Alaska Airlines Logo
5:28 pm - 11:50 pm
LAS
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SBA
6h 22m
1 stop
$205Alaska Airlines
Thu, Sep 3 - Mon, Sep 7
Alaska Airlines Logo
3:26 pm - 11:56 pm
SBA
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DEN
7h 30m
1 stop
Alaska Airlines Logo
6:17 am - 2:47 pm
DEN
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SBA
9h 30m
1 stop
$217Alaska Airlines
Tue, Aug 18 - Tue, Aug 25
American Airlines Logo
6:33 am - 6:00 pm
SBA
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JFK
8h 27m
1 stop
American Airlines Logo
12:55 pm - 6:03 pm
JFK
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SBA
8h 08m
1 stop
$261American Airlines
Wed, Sep 23 - Wed, Sep 30
Delta Logo
12:42 pm - 11:40 pm
SBA
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JFK
7h 58m
1 stop
Delta Logo
11:10 am - 4:09 pm
JFK
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SBA
7h 59m
1 stop
$297Delta
Sat, Sep 26 - Tue, Sep 29
Delta Logo
12:42 pm - 11:40 pm
SBA
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JFK
7h 58m
1 stop
Delta Logo
6:00 am - 4:09 pm
JFK
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SBA
13h 09m
2 stops
$302Delta
Booking Insights

KAYAK's insights & trends for Santa Barbara to North America flights

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

What is the cheapest Santa Barbara to North America flight route?

Data is based on round-trip flight searches on KAYAK over the past month.

The cheapest ticket to North America from Santa Barbara found in the last 5 days was to San Francisco, at $257 round-trip. The most popular route is from Santa Barbara (SBA) to San Francisco (SFO), and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 5 days was $257.

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

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 $394, prices are generally cheapest when you fly direct.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Santa Barbara to North America?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Santa Barbara to North America, 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 Santa Barbara to North America is October, when tickets cost $376 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and July, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $537 and $507 respectively.

Good to know

Low seasonJanuary
Cheapest flight$79
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 13% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 4% increase in price.
Flight from Santa Barbara to San Francisco

Flights from Santa Barbara to North America: the best tips from KAYAK users

Insights shared by verified travelers who flew the route from Santa Barbara to North America 
Verified travelerFlew with Alaska Airlines
SBA
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SAN
Jun 2026
Check your flight the night before! My flight was canceled and rebooked but it is a common thing to have flights cancelled. The airport is small so going through TSA is fairly quick.
Odessa DelainaFlew with American Airlines
SBA
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DFW
Dec 2024
Do not arrive more than 1 1/2 hours before departure. There wasn’t anyone to accept baggage and no seating available.

FAQs - booking North America flights

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Santa Barbara to North America?

    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 Santa Barbara to North America.

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

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight from Santa Barbara to North America 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 Santa Barbara to North America?

    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 North America with an airline and back with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from Santa Barbara to North America?

    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 from Santa Barbara to North America up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

Top tips for finding cheap flights to North America

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found tickets from Santa Barbara to the following destinations at these prices or less: Denver $229 one-way - $431 round-trip; Phoenix $276 one-way - $486 round-trip; San Francisco $229 one-way - $348 round-trip

Reviews of the top 5 airlines serving from Santa Barbara to North America

 
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Santa Barbara to North America? 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
SouthwestOverall score based on 4249 reviews
8.6Crew
7.5Entertainment
8.0Comfort
7.0Food
8.1Boarding
Airline reviews

I think Southwest is the number one airline that anyone can fly I have flown for the first time Frontier and what a joke and their customer service United was a very strange experience I'm only sticking to Southwest from here on out for sure

10.0 Excellentkelly, Jul 2026
SFO - PHX
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I think Southwest is the number one airline that anyone can fly I have flown for the first time Frontier and what a joke and their customer service United was a very strange experience I'm only sticking to Southwest from here on out for sure

Great job Southwest! My family doesn't fly often but we felt safe the whole time.

Flight was delayed, full flight and I had to change gates. Southwest flights are always late later in the day.

Was fine, delayed and feels like southwest is always late

The entire experience from boarding to landing was amazing! The crew were very friendly. Will definitely be back.

Delayed flight, lack of information, boarding process is a mess as is the carryon luggage causing issues when leaving the plane….just a poor experience.

Comfortable. Easy. No problems. Just wish they had gf options for snacks.

The crew was very kind and made going to Hawaii relaxing and fun to look forward to! Thank you Southwest for a pleasant flight!

Terrible. Even though there’s assigned seating now, they are still the slowest boarding airline of anyone.

It was good from LAX to Phoenix, But the connection in Phoenix to Tulsa was not that great. The staff on both flights were great. The choice of free entertainment was ok nothing to brag about. The 45 min delay because of some electrical issue wasn't great from Phoenix to Tulsa. We sat there with hardly any air, The seat I had was between windows so the side of the plane pushed in on you. My being a bigger man it then made the seating area uncomfortable. The seats on the plane had no power to connect to recharge your phone or anything. I would recommend that they should look into a slot or clamp to hold your phone to enjoy while watching the entertainment choices hands-free. Also make it possible to raise the inner seat by the window be able to raise the arm rest up to make more room for larger people to set more comfortably. I would also say other then that stop price gouging the airfare or nickel and diming everything. Not fair for people having to fly for emergencies and be paying for higher prices due to the season or holidays. Your making your money either way and the cost of flying is still going to be the same regardless if there's 100 people or 200 people.

Crew attitude was poor. Crew announced 3 meal options and by the time they got to our row, they just handed us pork without asking because there was nothing left. Food quality was also quite poor. Drink service was simply “any drinks?” And did not list any options. My leg was slightly in the aisle while I was asleep and crew hit it hard with the cart. One crew member was audibly complaining when we landed because we did not have a jetway. Avoid American Airlines in USA to Japan routes. Fly ANA or JAL, and you won’t face the humiliation you would on American Airlines.

I missed it because Alaskan cancelled the original flight to San Diego

They cancelled the 6am flight around 12:30 AM the day before. I was luckily able to book through another airline. I called for a one way fare refund, the new flight is much more expensive. I lost $$$ in the difference and this caused lots of stress. I intend to take action following my trip, really off to a bad start and I will never fly Alaskan again

My travel mate needed wheel chair assistance getting on and off, and it was excellent. Thank you!

The app booked me on a flight for July 1st as opposed to August 1st like it was supposed to be. No problem with Alaska Airlines, except they took a while to refund my money. But it was as taken instantly. So, yeah.

The seat on row 11 was a little hard cause my butt was hurting a little bit from sitting after and hour.

There were 5 delays IN TOTAL there and back. And we got a $12 food voucher, RIDICULOUS. Will never fly Alaska again!

It was nice this is not the first time flying with Alaska

Over all it was great. My original flight was canceled but they quickly rebooked me. I was frustrated because I had to cancel my entire plans for the day but all considered, not bad. The crew tried to keep us calm while we sat in the plane for was felt was an hour or so but they could use a bit of a script. The seats were comfortable and I would give it another try.

If they actually let me fly. I was rerouted to United and there was no Alaska airlines reps at all. Then the lady who worked the delta counter told me to go away and figure things out myself. Horrible experience.

Crew was absolutely fantastic and we’re so welcoming and friendly ❤️

It was as good as it could be. Flying is not a pleasant experience these days.

Very good flight. Crew was great. No issues and we even arrived early.

Be on time? When not on time a circling for over an hour offer more than 1 bag of chips to the passengers? It was a 7 hour flight by the time we got done.

Flight delayed four separate times. I’m now one hour hours late to landing.

Checkin was good, fllight ws good. Onlly complaint is lack of foot on 6 hour flight from Seattle to Boston. Snacks were flimsy - chips and cookies. could have offered something more substantial for such a long flight. I know you can buy food in airport but for the price you pay for a ticket, they should step up for the passengers.

Long story short, it was one of the better flight experiences I've had in some time when compared with other airlines.

While they turned off most cabin lights to allow people to sleep, I was bothered by how bright the side lights still were. It was still quite bright for me in a window seat, when I wish I could have slept!

Generally on time departures and arrivals, clean planes, sky miles membership provides great benefits (complimentary upgrades, etc).

N Everything was perfect from boarding to assistance to baggage in Tampa

It was a short, comfortable flight. It did leave an hour late due to the pilot having to be replaced (family emergency) but that didn’t inconvenience myself & my friend. The situation was explained, eventually.

The seats were very uncomfortable. I paid for the front economy. i swear they added a row of seats in there. It was so tight, that I could measure the distance between my seat and the one in front from my elbow to the tips of my fingers plus six inches. The seat cushion was completely worn out. The dinner was very good. Thank you for having a vegetarian option as a standard. But breakfast was nothing but sugar. that's not food. The crew was crabby and rude, especially in regards to coming to the back gallery. And the entertainment choice: why would you put violent movies on the choice? the Godfather? Some movies with black women being beaten over the head with clubs? What the heck? You know that when there is a movie on a plane, everyone gets to watch it. Why choose the most violent titles possible? The total number of movies were very limited, and the television, even more so. No games were available on the set. The wellness section was nice, thank you. I appreciated a galley in the middle where I could stand. The seats were unbearable.

UA594 was delayed multiple times. I ended up getting picked up so I can make it in time for work 6AM on Monday, 7/6/2026

Boarded from a very small gate at LAX. Staff at gate had us line up, then waited 25 minutes to board without a word of explanation. Plane arrived on time then waited 20 minutes for a plane to vacate our gate. Majority of bags arrived after 15 minutes but it took an hour for a small number of remaining bags to be off-loaded despite my “priority” bag tag.

Excellent communication from the staff. We actually arrived early. Very friendly and professional staff.

Great staff. Clean plane, but we were delayed for more than an hour due to maintenance issues and had to board another plane.

I was very disappointed with my experience at the United Airlines baggage check. The representative was rude and unhelpful. I was required to remove approximately 1.5 pounds from my two checked bags, even though it was a very small amount over the limit. The interaction was unnecessarily unpleasant, and I expected much better customer service. I hope United will review this incident and provide additional customer service training to its staff.

I paid $380 for my one-way ticket from California to Minnesota. The fair did not include online check-in. I received instructions from their app to check in at a kiosk. At the kiosk, the boarding pass would not print until an actual person came to verify that I had a personal item and not a carry-on item, On the plane, the person next to me was drunk and allowed to continue to order alcohol. United is garbage I’d rather fly spirit.

Delays!!! Maintain your planes so your customers don’t have to sit on their assess for over an hour on the tarmac!! Also, United app is buggy. Videos did not load. Overall a miserable experience. Flight crew was awesome though.

My fi t er t esed to Denver was cancelled and need to schechedule

Over the course of 7 months of travel, I can count on my hand the number of times the flight has departed on time. Majority of the instances have been related to non-weather reasons. Would not recommend flying this Airline

The food was okay and the space in business class was smaller than we had to Singapore.

My luggage never made it, I booked business class only to find out I’m sitting in the back. Very disappointed with the reservation

The plane was spartan, the seats not that comfortable. It was like flying a super low budget airline. They charged for coffee!!! I have never, ever experienced that before.

I had no problems but the changing of planes that I was supposed to be on was confusing. Maybe it would be helpful to let people know your flight changed. Not everyone understands airports or how flying works.

The boarding and fllight were good. The reason for the ok rating was the long walk to get to the transport to finally get to the gate.

Crew was great! Food sub-bar, tepid & flavorless. No snack options on trans-atlantic flight. Premium Economy seats ok, leg rest wouldn’t stay in place.

Entertainment system did not function. USB ports did not function. Wi-Fi did not function. Terrible trifecta…

Terrible planning. And even worse gate agents. Absolutely rude behavior.

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

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