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$195 Find Cheap Flights from Tampa to Santa Barbara

This is the cheapest one-way flight price found by a KAYAK user in the last 72 hours by searching for a flight from Tampa to Santa Barbara departing on 7/29. 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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Cheap Flights from Tampa to Santa Barbara (TPA-SBA)

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

Wed, Oct 1 - Wed, Oct 15
American Airlines Logo
2:47 pm - 6:39 pmTPA-SBA
6h 52m1 stop
American Airlines Logo
12:34 pm - 9:55 pmSBA-TPA
6h 21m1 stop
$291American Airlines
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Wed, Oct 1 - Wed, Oct 15
American Airlines Logo
7:00 am - 6:39 pmTPA-SBA
14h 39m2 stops
American Airlines Logo
12:34 pm - 9:55 pmSBA-TPA
6h 21m1 stop
$296American Airlines
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Tue, Jul 1 - Sat, Jul 5
American Airlines Logo
6:00 am - 11:21 amTPA-SBA
8h 21m1 stop
American Airlines Logo
6:12 am - 4:17 pmSBA-TPA
7h 05m1 stop
$325American Airlines
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Wed, Jul 30 - Tue, Aug 5
United Airlines Logo
12:40 pm - 5:14 pmTPA-SBA
7h 34m1 stop
United Airlines Logo
6:45 pm - 5:44 amSBA-TPA
7h 59m1 stop
$340United Airlines
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Wed, Jul 30 - Tue, Aug 5
United Airlines Logo
4:27 pm - 9:21 pmTPA-SBA
7h 54m1 stop
United Airlines Logo
4:54 pm - 5:30 amSBA-TPA
9h 36m2 stops
$345United Airlines
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Wed, Oct 1 - Wed, Oct 15
Southwest Logo
12:45 pm - 9:05 pmTPA-SBA
11h 20m2 stops
Southwest Logo
5:30 am - 6:20 pmSBA-TPA
9h 50m2 stops
$347Southwest
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Fri, Sep 26 - Sun, Sep 28
Delta Logo
1:36 pm - 8:14 pmTPA-SBA
9h 38m1 stop
Delta Logo
5:00 pm - 6:02 amSBA-TPA
10h 02m1 stop
$371Delta
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Fri, Sep 26 - Sun, Sep 28
Delta Logo
2:45 pm - 10:04 pmTPA-SBA
10h 19m2 stops
Delta Logo
5:00 pm - 6:02 amSBA-TPA
10h 02m1 stop
$376Delta
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Mon, Oct 13 - Sat, Nov 15
Alaska Airlines Logo
6:55 pm - 6:41 pmTPA-SBA
26h 46m1 stop
Alaska Airlines Logo
7:19 pm - 5:47 pmSBA-TPA
19h 28m1 stop
$380Alaska Airlines
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Wed, Jul 23 - Mon, Jul 28
Southwest Logo
4:05 pm - 10:55 pmTPA-SBA
9h 50m2 stops
Southwest Logo
1:50 pm - 11:40 pmSBA-TPA
6h 50m1 stop
$413Southwest
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Tampa to Santa Barbara flights

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

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

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

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

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Tampa 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 Tampa to Santa Barbara is February, where tickets cost $298 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are September and October, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is $528 and $523 respectively.

Good to know

Low seasonFebruary
High seasonNovember
Cheapest flight$195
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 33% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 25% lower on average.
Flight from Tampa to Santa Barbara

When to book flights from Tampa to Santa Barbara

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

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

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from Tampa to Santa Barbara was $195 for a one-way ticket and $291 for a round-trip.

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

    No

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

    On your way to Santa Barbara, you’ll fly out from Tampa. You’ll be landing at Santa Barbara.

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

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

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

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

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

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from Tampa to Santa Barbara are Delta and Southwest. With an average price for the route of $352 and an overall rating of 8.0, Delta is the most popular choice. Southwest is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $446 and an overall rating of 8.0.

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

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

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

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

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Tampa 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.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Tampa to Santa Barbara? 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 4280 reviews
8.2Boarding
7.6Entertainment
7.1Food
8.6Crew
8.0Comfort
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It was a perfect flight in all aspects! Both legs!

10.0 ExcellentAnonymous, Apr 2025LGB - SMF
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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.

Flight was awfully bumpy and landing was a bit jolting. I was in the restroom when snacks and drinks were served and was not asked if i wanted any. I had to ask for water finally.

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

Planes are aged. The wifi is unreliable and on many fights, no-existent. The flight attendants were very good.

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.

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 hell hole of an airport. It is the new LaGuardia. Everything Cobbled together. Security gates closed. Terri directional signage

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

This had nothing to do with Delta… The flights were on time and flawless. The service was excellent. We purchased seats in (aisle/middle) comfort plus since this was a cross country flight. Unfortunately, the woman seated at the window was 300+ pounds and, as might be expected, covered up about a third of the middle seat also. there was absolutely nothing that Delta could have done about that… I just don’t know what the answer should be. If you purchase a seat, you should should be able to use the entire seat and not just the portion that someone else is not sitting/oozing in. Disappointing…there should be something that could be done….I'm just not sure what solution could be.

Friendly flight attendants, smooth 8-9 hours flight. Economy seats are small and uncomfortable as usual.

Seats are much much more comfortable than United, which is what I usually fly

Flight left early and arrived early. the whole trip was excellent.

If I pay extra for "comfort+" I expect leg room where I can stretch my legs. I was seated with an attendant's seat blocking my feet. Knee space was fine but my feet had less room than the non-"comfort+" seats. Also, don't go cheap on food when you have flights of 3+ hours. It's insulting.

Only one side of the heafphone jack work. Crew was friendly and helpful.

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

United out of SFO is having issues with catering so none of our meals were loaded on the plane and no offer of compensation for our tickets purchased was offered.

A bit rush for transit. Food and entertainment are not available

Food and flight attendents with positive dispositions and friendly behavior, more professional attitudes

The gate was too far away for the connecting flight

Generally good. The aisles have gotten narrower which can slow down boarding. Flight crew was great! Healthier complimentary snacks would be appreciated. Due to earthquake in San Francisco we had to circle in air space for a bit but then had a smooth landing. I laud the flight crew for their patience ;)

We paid extra for the seats with extra leg room. But we were not allocated the seats with extra leg room nor refunded the money we paid for the seats.

The agents was very rude and they charged me $50 for a carry-on bag saying that it was too big and then I saw someone going on a plane with the same size bag as me

For the most part united was a good experience, how ever when they came by with the snacks and water, they completely passed by my wife and I. As we were in separate rows. On a 5 hr flight we were not offered water

Loved the staff, boarding and drink options! Wish the comfort of the seat could have been better nevertheless

Honestly, I haven’t flown American in years, probably due to the pandemic and my being unable to travel for certain periods in the last two years, but it was a good experience to dig out or obtain a new American Airlines account after many years of traveling for business with American in the past.

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

One bottle of water and a package of cookies for comfort plus. We had to literally beg a flight attendant for an extra bottle of water later in the flight due to feeling dehydrated.

Flight boarded from Gate 39 at OGG, the farthest gate in the terminal. There were no Hawaiian themed amenities for the flight. The first class service was mediocre at best; I received not special welcome or recognition as an executive platinum member of American Advantage program. The flight attendants were more concerned with their cell phones than saying "thank you" to the passengers as we disembarked. Fortunately, the flight arrived at LAX a few minutes early.

Bigger seats. Board back to front! Disembark front to back!

Extraordinary service in business class, and very good breakfast and snacks. A really lovely flight.

The seats were crammed and the guy in front of me wouldn't stop reclining. If AA is cramming extra rows in, they need to take away the reclining in coach. My knees were smashed for 4 1/2 hours and I was very close to confronting the passenger in front of me.

This flight didn’t happen because AA agents didn’t let us board the flight

Plane was pretty clean, staff was friendly and helpful, flight left about on time arrived early. Took a long time to board and get off the plane - carry on items didn't have enough room so people had to move all around to find places.

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