Cheap Flights from Santa Barbara, CA to San Francisco, CA from $103

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On Cheapflightsplus.com you will find 11 direct and 257 connecting flights from Santa Barbara to San Francisco. You can compare airfare deals from 3 airlines and multiple travel sites from $103, book and save on cheap plane tickets and last minute offers. Also check out SBA-SFO flight schedule to find best flight time, convenient departure and arrival airports.

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Best Flights from Santa Barbara to San Francisco Today

Take a look at the list of non stop flights and flights with layovers from Santa Barbara to San Francisco with the lowest price of $103. The fastest direct flight takes 1h 7m and the fastest connecting – 3h 12m.

Price	Departure	Arrival	Flight Duration	Airline	Flight
from $106 Find flight	18:45 Santa Barbara Santa Barbara Municipal	19:52 San Francisco San Francisco	1h 7m	United Airlines	UA2097
from $106 Find flight	06:30 Santa Barbara Santa Barbara Municipal	07:39 San Francisco San Francisco	1h 9m	United Airlines	UA1374
from $106 Find flight	14:00 Santa Barbara Santa Barbara Municipal	15:10 San Francisco San Francisco	1h 10m	United Airlines	UA566
from $110 Find flight	15:55 Santa Barbara Santa Barbara Municipal	17:06 San Francisco San Francisco	1h 11m	United Airlines	UA400
from $112 Find flight	06:15 Santa Barbara Santa Barbara Municipal	07:25 San Francisco San Francisco	1h 10m	United Airlines	UA2363
from $112 Find flight	10:25 Santa Barbara Santa Barbara Municipal	11:44 San Francisco San Francisco	1h 19m	United Airlines	UA5804
from $125 Find flight	06:30 Santa Barbara Santa Barbara Municipal	07:39 San Francisco San Francisco	1h 9m	United Airlines	UA435
from $132 Find flight	14:18 Santa Barbara Santa Barbara Municipal	15:28 San Francisco San Francisco	1h 10m	United Airlines	UA2305
from $152 Find flight	06:00 Santa Barbara Santa Barbara Municipal	07:12 San Francisco San Francisco	1h 12m	United Airlines	UA5972
from $208 Find flight	08:23 Santa Barbara Santa Barbara Municipal	09:35 San Francisco San Francisco	1h 12m	United Airlines	UA5571
from $252 Find flight	18:39 Santa Barbara Santa Barbara Municipal	19:51 San Francisco San Francisco	1h 12m	United Airlines	UA4637
from $103 Find flight	14:34 Santa Barbara Santa Barbara Municipal	17:46 San Francisco San Francisco	3h 12m layover 0h 45m - Los Angeles	United Airlines	UA5917 UA2019
from $123 Find flight	06:00 Santa Barbara Santa Barbara Municipal	09:29 San Francisco San Francisco	3h 29m layover 1h 6m - Los Angeles	United Airlines	UA4649 UA1997
from $156 Find flight	16:55 Santa Barbara Santa Barbara Municipal	20:09 San Francisco San Francisco	3h 14m layover 0h 41m - Los Angeles	United Airlines	UA5647 UA1363
from $172 Find flight	07:30 Santa Barbara Santa Barbara Municipal	18:09 San Francisco San Francisco	10h 39m layover 3h 40m - Portland 1h 29m - Seattle	Hawaiian Airlines	HA7203 HA6397 HA6904
from $174 Find flight	07:30 Santa Barbara Santa Barbara Municipal	18:09 San Francisco San Francisco	10h 39m layover 3h 40m - Portland 1h 29m - Seattle	Alaska Airlines	AS2029 AS1016 AS1284

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*Departure and arrival times - local. Prices indicated for one-way flights. Information updated on August 29, 2025

Flight Schedule Santa Barbara (California) to San Francisco (California)

Full flight schedule will help you in detecting at what time planes fly from Santa Barbara to San Francisco. You can also specify the concrete flights and airlines on the route and how long the flight actually is. Use the calendar for today, tomorrow or other specific date as some flights are available only on certain days of the week.

Departure	Flight Details	Flight Duration	Price
06:00 — 07:12	06:00 — 07:12 UA5972 United Airlines Santa Barbara — San Francisco	1h 12m	Find flight from$152
06:15 — 07:25	06:15 — 07:25 UA2363 United Airlines Santa Barbara — San Francisco	1h 10m	Find flight from$112
06:30 — 07:39	06:30 — 07:39 UA1374 United Airlines Santa Barbara — San Francisco	1h 9m	Find flight from$106
06:30 — 07:39	06:30 — 07:39 UA435 United Airlines Santa Barbara — San Francisco	1h 9m	Find flight from$125
08:23 — 09:35	08:23 — 09:35 UA5571 United Airlines Santa Barbara — San Francisco	1h 12m	Find flight from$208
10:25 — 11:44	10:25 — 11:44 UA5804 United Airlines Santa Barbara — San Francisco	1h 19m	Find flight from$112
14:00 — 15:10	14:00 — 15:10 UA566 United Airlines Santa Barbara — San Francisco	1h 10m	Find flight from$106
14:18 — 15:28	14:18 — 15:28 UA2305 United Airlines Santa Barbara — San Francisco	1h 10m	Find flight from$132
15:55 — 17:06	15:55 — 17:06 UA400 United Airlines Santa Barbara — San Francisco	1h 11m	Find flight from$110
18:39 — 19:51	18:39 — 19:51 UA4637 United Airlines Santa Barbara — San Francisco	1h 12m	Find flight from$252
18:45 — 19:52	18:45 — 19:52 UA2097 United Airlines Santa Barbara — San Francisco	1h 7m	Find flight from$106
06:00 — 09:29	06:00 — 07:03 UA4649 United Airlines Santa Barbara — Los Angeles 57m stop 08:00 — 09:29 UA1093 United Airlines Los Angeles — San Francisco	3h 29m including layover	Find flight from$103
07:30 — 19:30	07:30 — 09:44 HA7203 Hawaiian Airlines Santa Barbara — Portland 7h 52m stop 17:36 — 19:30 HA6407 Hawaiian Airlines Portland — San Francisco	12h including layover	Find flight from$169
11:09 — 19:19	11:09 — 13:45 AS2119 Alaska Airlines Santa Barbara — Seattle 3h 20m stop 17:05 — 19:19 AS590 Alaska Airlines Seattle — San Francisco	8h 10m including layover	Find flight from$205
11:09 — 22:40	11:09 — 13:48 HA6599 Hawaiian Airlines Santa Barbara — Seattle 6h 38m stop 20:26 — 22:40 HA6898 Hawaiian Airlines Seattle — San Francisco	11h 31m including layover	Find flight from$206
14:34 — 17:46	14:34 — 15:35 UA5917 United Airlines Santa Barbara — Los Angeles 45m stop 16:20 — 17:46 UA2019 United Airlines Los Angeles — San Francisco	3h 12m including layover	Find flight from$103
14:34 — 19:05	14:34 — 15:35 UA5917 United Airlines Santa Barbara — Los Angeles 2h 4m stop 17:39 — 19:05 UA1363 United Airlines Los Angeles — San Francisco	4h 31m including layover	Find flight from$103
16:54 — 20:18	16:55 — 17:59 UA5647 United Airlines Santa Barbara — Los Angeles 51m stop 19:25 — 20:57 UA1743 United Airlines Los Angeles — San Francisco	3h 24m including layover	Find flight from$110
16:54 — 21:22	16:54 — 17:58 UA5647 United Airlines Santa Barbara — Los Angeles 1h 52m stop 19:50 — 21:22 UA1945 United Airlines Los Angeles — San Francisco	4h 28m including layover	Find flight from$110
18:37 — 08:49 +1 day	18:14 — 20:34 HA7203 Hawaiian Airlines Santa Barbara — Portland 10h 15m stop 07:21 — 09:15 HA6406 Hawaiian Airlines Portland — San Francisco	14h 12m including layover	Find flight from$169
19:30 — 09:11 +1 day	18:27 — 21:00 HA6564 Hawaiian Airlines Santa Barbara — Seattle 9h stop 07:00 — 09:15 HA6899 Hawaiian Airlines Seattle — San Francisco	13h 41m including layover	Find flight from$173
19:30 — 10:24 +1 day	18:27 — 21:00 HA6564 Hawaiian Airlines Santa Barbara — Seattle 10h 5m stop 08:08 — 10:22 HA6903 Hawaiian Airlines Seattle — San Francisco	14h 54m including layover	Find flight from$173
05:30 — 20:10	05:30 — 08:56 UA1003 United Airlines Santa Barbara — Denver 2h 37m stop 11:33 — 12:33 UA526 United Airlines Denver — Las Vegas 5h 55m stop 18:28 — 20:10 UA2110 United Airlines Las Vegas — San Francisco	14h 40m including layover	Find flight from$221
07:30 — 18:09	07:30 — 09:44 HA7203 Hawaiian Airlines Santa Barbara — Portland 3h 40m stop 13:24 — 14:26 HA6397 Hawaiian Airlines Portland — Seattle 1h 29m stop 15:55 — 18:09 HA6904 Hawaiian Airlines Seattle — San Francisco	10h 39m including layover	Find flight from$172

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*Departure and arrival times - local. Updated on August 29, 2025

Flight Information

Below we will explain in detail what the flights cost on the destination from Santa Barbara to San Francisco depends on and how to choose the most interesting flight option for you.

Distance between Santa Barbara and San Francisco is 422 miles. Time difference between the cities is 0h. Airplanes depart 05:00 to 19:30 from 2 Santa Barbara airports and arrive 05:00 to 19:30 to 3 San Francisco airports. Average flight time is 1h 10m.

The fastest flight 1h 7m
Average flight time 1h 10m
The earliest flight 05:00
The latest flight 19:30
Distance 263 ml

The cheapest months to travel to San Francisco are august (from 99 $), september (from 110 $), july (from 125 $).

The most expensive months are october (from 440 $), november (from 225 $), may (from 199 $).

What is the lowest airfare Santa Barbara to San Francisco?

The cheapest plane ticket found by our users is $103. This airfare is for economy class on one-way UA5917 flight by United Airlines for August 28, 2025 which leaves Santa Barbara Municipal in Santa Barbara at 14:34 am and arrives at San Francisco San Francisco at 17:46.

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Popular Airlines on the Route

The flight Santa Barbara — San Francisco is served by 3 regular airlines . Most of the flights on this route are operated by Alaska Airlines - 75 departures per week at the price of from $ 174 . And the most expensive tickets are offered by United Airlines airline - from $ 1506.

Direct flights

There are 11 nonstop flights on the route. The fastest direct flight is UA2097 by United Airlines takes 1h 7m and the cheapest is UA5917 by United Airlines for $106.

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Connecting Flights

There are 257 flights with layovers on the route. The fastest connecting flight is UA5917 by United Airlines takes 3h 12m and the cheapest is UA5917 by United Airlines for $103.

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Airports

You can fly from Santa Barbara to San Francisco from 2 airports (Santa Cruz Island, Santa Barbara Municipal).

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Santa Cruz Island-SZN

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Santa Barbara Municipal-SBA

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Airplanes

There are flights to San Francisco from Santa Barbara by 3 airlines that use 0 aircraft brands. They range from huge modern airplanes to small-sized.

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