Cheap Flights from Santa Barbara, CA to San Francisco, CA from $70

One way Round trip

Adults

Children under 12

Infants under 2 without place

Economy

Business

First

done

Return flight: San Francisco – Santa Barbara

Page navigation

Price Calendar Cheap Flights Flights Schedule

On Cheapflightsplus.com you will find 5 direct and 63 connecting flights from Santa Barbara to San Francisco. You can compare airfare deals from 4 airlines and multiple travel sites from $70, 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.

Find One-Way and Round-Trip Santa Barbara to San Francisco Flight Deals

To find the cheapest one way airline ticket select the date with the lowest price on the calendar below and click «Find Flights». To search for round-trip flight deals click on the link «Check prices for return flights» and select the date of the return flight. Cheapest flights in November: $70 (one-way), $120 (round-trip).

Direct flights

Check to choose departure date Check to choose departure date

Check prices for return flight

Find flights

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 $70. The fastest direct flight takes 1h 8m and the fastest connecting – 4h 7m.

Price	Departure	Arrival	Flight Duration	Airline	Flight
from $112 Find flight	15:46 Santa Barbara Santa Barbara Municipal	17:02 San Francisco San Francisco	1h 16m	United Airlines	UA5248
from $152 Find flight	17:23 Santa Barbara Santa Barbara Municipal	18:42 San Francisco San Francisco	1h 19m	United Airlines	UA5557
from $192 Find flight	06:30 Santa Barbara Santa Barbara Municipal	07:41 San Francisco San Francisco	1h 11m	United Airlines	UA5819
from $192 Find flight	11:00 Santa Barbara Santa Barbara Municipal	12:12 San Francisco San Francisco	1h 12m	United Airlines	UA5821
from $192 Find flight	16:40 Santa Barbara Santa Barbara Municipal	17:48 San Francisco San Francisco	1h 8m	United Airlines	UA5600
from $162 Find flight	14:05 Santa Barbara Santa Barbara Municipal	19:40 San Francisco San Francisco	5h 35m layover 1h 0m - Seattle	Alaska Airlines	AS2543 AS405
from $162 Find flight	14:05 Santa Barbara Santa Barbara Municipal	21:35 San Francisco San Francisco	7h 30m layover 2h 55m - Seattle	Alaska Airlines	AS2543 AS1240
from $164 Find flight	18:10 Santa Barbara Santa Barbara Municipal	22:45 San Francisco San Francisco	4h 35m layover 2h 5m - Los Angeles	United Airlines	UA5610 UA2201
from $173 Find flight	13:44 Santa Barbara Santa Barbara Municipal	19:29 San Francisco San Francisco	5h 45m layover 2h 10m - Phoenix	American Airlines	AA3155 AA597
from $222 Find flight	14:05 Santa Barbara Santa Barbara Municipal	21:15 San Francisco San Francisco	7h 10m layover 2h 39m - Seattle	Alaska Airlines	AS2543 DL1513
from $70 Find flight	10:36 Santa Barbara Santa Barbara Municipal	10:15+2 дня San Francisco San Francisco	47h 39m layover 15h 11m - Dallas 24h 25m - Denver	American Airlines	AA3312 AA1622 F9663
from $216 Find flight	06:38 Santa Barbara Santa Barbara Municipal	12:44 San Francisco San Francisco	6h 6m layover 0h 30m - Phoenix 0h 45m - Los Angeles	American Airlines	AA3085 AA3196 AA3030
from $262 Find flight	13:44 Santa Barbara Santa Barbara Municipal	21:58 San Francisco San Francisco	8h 14m layover 3h 10m - Phoenix 0h 38m - Los Angeles	American Airlines	AA3155 AA650 AA2998

Show all tickets

*Departure and arrival times - local. Prices indicated for one-way flights. Information updated on April 25, 2024

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
06:30 — 07:41	06:30 — 07:41 UA5819 United Airlines Santa Barbara — San Francisco	1h 11m	Find flight from$192
11:00 — 12:12	11:00 — 12:12 UA5821 United Airlines Santa Barbara — San Francisco	1h 12m	Find flight from$192
15:46 — 17:02	15:46 — 17:02 UA5248 United Airlines Santa Barbara — San Francisco	1h 16m	Find flight from$112
16:40 — 17:48	16:40 — 17:48 UA5600 United Airlines Santa Barbara — San Francisco	1h 8m	Find flight from$192
17:23 — 18:42	17:23 — 18:42 UA5557 United Airlines Santa Barbara — San Francisco	1h 19m	Find flight from$152
08:30 — 15:04	08:30 — 09:26 O28842 Oceanic Airlines Santa Barbara — Santa Ana 4h 19m stop 13:45 — 15:04 AS3430 Alaska Airlines Santa Ana — San Francisco	6h 34m including layover	Find flight from$960
08:30 — 17:54	08:30 — 09:26 O28842 Oceanic Airlines Santa Barbara — Santa Ana 7h 9m stop 16:35 — 17:54 AS3318 Alaska Airlines Santa Ana — San Francisco	9h 24m including layover	Find flight from$1003
14:05 — 19:40	14:05 — 16:40 AS2543 Alaska Airlines Santa Barbara — Seattle 1h stop 17:40 — 19:40 AS405 Alaska Airlines Seattle — San Francisco	5h 35m including layover	Find flight from$162
14:05 — 21:35	14:05 — 16:40 AS2543 Alaska Airlines Santa Barbara — Seattle 2h 55m stop 19:35 — 21:35 AS1240 Alaska Airlines Seattle — San Francisco	7h 30m including layover	Find flight from$162
15:00 — 08:47 +1 day	15:00 — 18:30 AS2828 Alaska Airlines Santa Barbara — Portland 12h 30m stop 07:00 — 08:47 AS2454 Alaska Airlines Portland — San Francisco	17h 47m including layover	Find flight from$167
16:00 — 08:19 +1 day	16:00 — 16:56 O29732 Oceanic Airlines Santa Barbara — Santa Ana 14h 4m stop 07:00 — 08:19 AS3317 Alaska Airlines Santa Ana — San Francisco	16h 19m including layover	Find flight from$960
18:10 — 22:45	18:10 — 19:10 UA5610 United Airlines Santa Barbara — Los Angeles 2h 5m stop 21:15 — 22:45 UA2201 United Airlines Los Angeles — San Francisco	4h 35m including layover	Find flight from$164
18:10 — 07:55 +1 day	18:10 — 19:10 UA5610 United Airlines Santa Barbara — Los Angeles 11h 15m stop 06:25 — 07:55 UA471 United Airlines Los Angeles — San Francisco	13h 45m including layover	Find flight from$192
06:38 — 17:30	06:38 — 08:15 AA3085 American Airlines Santa Barbara — Phoenix 48m stop 09:03 — 12:06 AA482 American Airlines Phoenix — Denver 3h 39m stop 15:45 — 17:30 UA735 United Airlines Denver — San Francisco	10h 52m including layover	Find flight from$112
06:38 — 21:05	06:38 — 08:15 AA3085 American Airlines Santa Barbara — Phoenix 48m stop 09:03 — 12:06 AA482 American Airlines Phoenix — Denver 7h 14m stop 19:20 — 21:05 WN975 Southwest Airlines Denver — San Francisco	14h 27m including layover	Find flight from$113
10:36 — 10:15 +2 days	10:36 — 15:49 AA3312 American Airlines Santa Barbara — Dallas 15h 11m stop 07:00 — 08:05 AA1622 American Airlines Dallas — Denver 24h 25m stop 08:30 — 10:15 F9663 Frontier Airlines Denver — San Francisco	47h 39m including layover	Find flight from$70
10:36 — 11:40 +1 day	10:36 — 15:49 AA3312 American Airlines Santa Barbara — Dallas 15h 11m stop 07:00 — 08:05 AA1622 American Airlines Dallas — Denver 2h stop 10:05 — 11:40 UA1068 United Airlines Denver — San Francisco	25h 4m including layover	Find flight from$84
11:01 — 20:08	11:01 — 12:57 O28591 Oceanic Airlines Santa Barbara — North Las Vegas 2h 11m stop 15:08 — 16:44 O21743 Oceanic Airlines North Las Vegas — Los Angeles 2h 1m stop 18:45 — 20:08 AS3311 Alaska Airlines Los Angeles — San Francisco	9h 7m including layover	Find flight from$1328
13:44 — 10:15 +1 day	13:44 — 15:20 AA3155 American Airlines Santa Barbara — Phoenix 1h 10m stop 16:30 — 19:22 AA420 American Airlines Phoenix — Denver 13h 8m stop 08:30 — 10:15 F9663 Frontier Airlines Denver — San Francisco	20h 31m including layover	Find flight from$98
13:44 — 09:53 +1 day	13:44 — 15:20 AA3155 American Airlines Santa Barbara — Phoenix 1h 10m stop 16:30 — 19:22 AA420 American Airlines Phoenix — Denver 12h 38m stop 08:00 — 09:53 UA1121 United Airlines Denver — San Francisco	20h 9m including layover	Find flight from$112

Departure	Arrival	Flight Details	Flight Time	Price
		stop stop	including layover	Find flight from$

*Departure and arrival times - local. Updated on April 25, 2024

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 06:30 to 18:54 from 2 Santa Barbara airports and arrive 06:30 to 18:54 to 3 San Francisco airports. Average flight time is 1h 12m.

The fastest flight 1h 8m
Average flight time 1h 12m
The earliest flight 06:30
The latest flight 18:54
Distance 263 ml

What is the lowest airfare Santa Barbara to San Francisco?

The cheapest plane ticket found by our users is $70. This airfare is for economy class on one-way AA3312 flight by American Airlines for August 25, 2020 which leaves Santa Barbara Municipal in Santa Barbara at 10:36 am and arrives at San Francisco San Francisco at 10:15.

Economy class

$70

Find

Business class

Find

First class

Find

Popular Airlines on the Route

The flight Santa Barbara — San Francisco is served by 4 regular airlines . Most of the flights on this route are operated by American Airlines - 22 departures per week at the price of from $ 70 . And the most expensive tickets are offered by Oceanic Airlines airline - from $ 1334.

Direct flights

There are 5 nonstop flights on the route. The fastest direct flight is UA5600 by United Airlines takes 1h 8m and the cheapest is AA3312 by American Airlines for $112.

UA - United Airlines

from $112

Find

See more direct flights

Connecting Flights

There are 63 flights with layovers on the route. The fastest connecting flight is O21716 by Oceanic Airlines takes 4h 7m and the cheapest is AA3312 by American Airlines for $70.

AA - American Airlines

from $70

Find
AS - Alaska Airlines

from $162

Find
UA - United Airlines

from $164

Find
O2 - Oceanic Airlines

from $960

Find

See more connecting flights

Airports

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

Santa Barbara airports

Santa Cruz Island-SZN

Find
Santa Barbara Municipal-SBA

from $70
Find

San Francisco airports

San Francisco-SFO

Find
Embarkadero-EMB

Find
China Basin Heliport-JCC

Find

Airplanes

There are flights to San Francisco from Santa Barbara by 4 airlines that use 8 aircraft brands. They range from huge modern airplanes to small-sized.

Canadair CRJ

from $112

Find
Embraer 175

from $162

Find
Embraer 175 (winglets)

from $164

Find
Canadair Regional Jet 700

from $173

Find
Bombardier CRJ

from $192

Find
Bombardier CRJ 900

from $213

Find
Embraer 175 (short wing)

from $222

Find
Airbus A319

from $401

Find

Top Domestic Destinations from Santa Barbara

You may also consider searching for discounted plane tickets to some other popular places from Santa Barbara within United States.

Santa Barbara — Denver

from $70

Find
Santa Barbara — Oakland

from $73

Find
Santa Barbara — Portland

from $70

Find
Santa Barbara — Portland

from $61

Find
Santa Barbara — San Francisco

from $56

Find
Santa Barbara — Phoenix

from $85

Find
Santa Barbara — Seattle

from $75

Find
Santa Barbara — Sacramento

from $70

Find
Santa Barbara — San Jose

from $64

Find
Santa Barbara — Boston

from $64

Find

Top International Destinations from Santa Barbara

Our state-of-the art metasearch will definitely provide you with the best airfare on international flights. We’re proud to partner with many reliable travel suppliers located outside the US what gives us an opportunity to offer the most competitive prices on far destinations.

Santa Barbara — San Jose

from $71

Find

All flights from Santa Barbara | All flights to San Francisco

How to book a plane ticket yourself?

Fill in the search parameters — cities of departure and destination, departure and return dates and click «Find flights»
Select the best flight that you like. Please, check the airports of departure and arrival. Select the best fare, but pay attention to the following flight details - airports of departure and arrival, flight duration and layovers. Please use filters and sort to find the best flight.
Click «Buy» when you are ready — our system will redirect you to the site that sells the selected flight ticket.
Fill in all passenger and payment information — passport and contact information, please double check all passengers’ names and make a payment for your itinerary.
That's it — you will receive an email with your e-ticket usually within 10 minutes after your flight is confirmed. Please, print the e-ticket and have it with you at the airport. You would need to have only a passport and/or a required form of ID to travel. Please, check your Visa requirements if you travel outside of the United States or Canada.
To find a plane ticket, please select dates.