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$149 Find Cheap Flights from Washington, D.C. to Santa Barbara

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Cheap Flights from Washington, D.C. to Santa Barbara (WAS-SBA)

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Washington, D.C. 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 Washington, D.C. to Santa Barbara

Wed, Sep 17 - Sat, Sep 20
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7:00 am - 11:59 amDCA-SBA
7h 59m1 stop
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5:30 am - 3:06 pmSBA-DCA
6h 36m1 stop
$293United Airlines
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Wed, Aug 20 - Sun, Aug 24
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8:50 am - 1:53 pmIAD-SBA
8h 03m1 stop
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6:25 pm - 5:22 amSBA-IAD
7h 57m1 stop
$293United Airlines
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Mon, Aug 25 - Wed, Sep 3
Alaska Airlines Logo
7:00 am - 6:39 pmIAD-SBA
14h 39m1 stop
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7:29 pm - 7:32 amSBA-IAD
9h 03m1 stop
$296Alaska Airlines
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Mon, Sep 15 - Wed, Sep 17
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4:55 pm - 10:25 pmDCA-SBA
8h 30m1 stop
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5:40 am - 4:50 pmSBA-DCA
8h 10m1 stop
$297Southwest
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Sat, Aug 23 - Wed, Aug 27
Alaska Airlines Logo
6:09 pm - 10:37 amIAD-SBA
19h 28m1 stop
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7:29 pm - 7:32 amSBA-IAD
9h 03m1 stop
$297Alaska Airlines
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Mon, Aug 18 - Sat, Aug 23
Southwest Logo
4:55 pm - 10:25 pmDCA-SBA
8h 30m1 stop
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5:25 am - 3:35 pmSBA-DCA
7h 10m1 stop
$298Southwest
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Mon, Jun 30 - Fri, Jul 4
American Airlines Logo
6:27 am - 11:21 amIAD-SBA
7h 54m1 stop
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12:11 pm - 10:39 pmSBA-IAD
7h 28m1 stop
$299American Airlines
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Wed, Aug 6 - Tue, Aug 12
American Airlines Logo
5:00 am - 11:22 amDCA-SBA
9h 22m1 stop
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1:01 pm - 1:09 amSBA-DCA
9h 08m2 stops
$302American Airlines
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Wed, Sep 17 - Sat, Sep 20
Delta Logo
3:00 pm - 8:14 pmIAD-SBA
8h 14m1 stop
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5:50 am - 6:42 pmSBA-IAD
9h 52m2 stops
$303Delta
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Mon, Jun 30 - Fri, Jul 4
Delta Logo
6:05 am - 12:00 pmDCA-SBA
8h 55m2 stops
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8:15 am - 6:34 pmSBA-DCA
7h 19m1 stop
$304Delta
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Washington, D.C. to Santa Barbara flights

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Washington, D.C. 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 Washington, D.C. to Santa Barbara?

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

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

What is the cheapest month to fly from Washington, D.C. to Santa Barbara?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Washington, D.C. 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 Washington, D.C. to Santa Barbara is February, where tickets cost $392 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and September, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is $521 and $509 respectively.

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Low seasonMay
High seasonJuly
Cheapest flight$149
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 7% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 6% increase in price.
Flight from Reagan Washington National Airport to Santa Barbara

When to book flights from Washington, D.C. to Santa Barbara

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from Washington, D.C. 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 Washington, D.C. to Santa Barbara

  • What is the cheapest flight from Washington, D.C. to Santa Barbara?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from Washington, D.C. to Santa Barbara was $149 for a one-way ticket and $293 for a round-trip.

  • Do I need a passport to fly between Washington, D.C. and Santa Barbara?

    No, a passport isn't needed to fly from Washington, D.C. to Santa Barbara. However, local authorities might ask for an official ID.

  • Which airports will I be using when flying from Washington, D.C. to Santa Barbara?

    Washington, D.C. is served by 2 major airports and there is only 1 main airport in Santa Barbara. You will leave Washington, D.C. from one of these airports: Washington, D.C. Reagan-National or Washington, D.C. Dulles Intl. You will be arriving at Santa Barbara.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from Washington, D.C. to Santa Barbara?

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

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from Washington, D.C. to Santa Barbara?

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

  • Which is the best airline for flights from Washington, D.C. to Santa Barbara, Delta or Southwest?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from Washington, D.C. to Santa Barbara are Delta and Southwest. With an average price for the route of $396 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 $466 and an overall rating of 8.0.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Washington, D.C. 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 Washington, D.C. to Santa Barbara.

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

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Santa Barbara from Washington, D.C. 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 Washington, D.C. 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 Washington, D.C. with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from Washington, D.C. 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 Washington, D.C. up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

Top 4 airlines serving from Washington, D.C. to Santa Barbara

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Washington, D.C. 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 Washington, D.C. 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.
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SouthwestOverall score based on 4287 reviews
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8.2Boarding
7.6Entertainment
8.0Comfort
8.6Crew
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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.

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

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

I will be flying again Southwest Airlines. Friendly crew, comfortable and affordable.

The plane arrived 25 minutes late, and the Wi-Fi was slower than it usually is.

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.

Delayed take-off. Very small plane so very scary with lots of bumps during the flight. Would never fly Delta on short flights in small 80 seaters plane again! Felt relieved when landed.

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

Inexpensive, got an exit row aisle aeat with no middle passenger, bought a great breakfast sandwich, flight comfortable & arrived ahead of schedule.

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.

I fly UAL 7-8 times per year. This flight was not up to snuff because it boarded very late "due to unexpected delays in restocking the plane" and yet Flight Aware showed the plane had landed some 10 hours earlier--so I think they could have planned accordingly. The FA's were nice but harried. The video system had to be rebooted 3-4 times. The food service was rather abrupt; they forgot my row and when I asked for my meal, they brought it with some impatience. Overall, the flight was fine, but the little details made it feel somewhat mundane and hurried.

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

I didn’t get on plane. Passport being processed by consulate with visa application. Tried to cancel through underpricer after purchasing cacelling for any reason. No dice, they are thieves.

When I booked it on Kayak it aaid that I wasn't allowed hamd luggage. I called United Airlines and it took them 6 minutes to figure out if I was allowed free hand luggage. Surely something that simple they should be able to tell me instantly.

The gate was too far away for the connecting flight

We were delayed in Toronto on the tarmac for THREE hours with no clear indication as to why except that it was not a safety hazard. Pilot did apologize more than once but even he was unable to explain why exactly we were delayed. I overheard the stewards saying that the captain was very frustrated with the situation as well because he was not able to explain why except it had something to do with water supply or system on the aircraft and now we needed to wait for an engineer to approve the aircraft for flight. It was very frustrating and distressing as a passenger and we should have been given complimentary meals at the very least.

Flight was cramped with every seat taken. The food was fine, nothing crazy to write home about. The plane felt dated and needing some TLC, the button for the window shade didn't work and there were no AC outlets to use. When communicating with staff all except one nice lady never seemed happy to help me almost like I was bothering them when asked for things like a glass of water or a snack. The flight was overall fine. It did what was needed which is get me from point A to point B. But it certainly was not special. I don't expect much in economy but I believe economy on a host of other airlines is more memorable and better experience.

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

Pitch was very small. Knees were on the seat back in front of me.

Wonderful as usual except for other guests that were unruly and not kept in check by the Crew.

The flight was initially delayed, then cancelled. American Airlines says the cancellation was weather related, though the actual weather was not bad in both Washington and Providence and between. There were very few cancellations that day. In fact, AA2120 from Washington, DC to Boston flew with a minor delay at about the same time. So, the weather somehow affected only this particular flight AA5230. The next available flight was the following morning. The American Airlines refused to reimburse accommodation (hotel at DCA)

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.

Fine. On time, cabin service was fine, bag arrived. All good. Flying into DCA so did not collide with any helicopters, which is also good. Horrid incident that could have and should have been prevented.

Good experience but the snacks are not gluten free, so I cannot eat them.

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.

Standard. No different than a discount carrier on a short trip.

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