Santa Barbara Municipal Airport- SBA-Santa Barbara Municipal
Sitting 7 miles west of downtown Santa Barbara, California, Santa Barbara Municipal Airport covers 948 acres of land that serves flights in the city as well as California's Tri-County Region. Major airlines flying out from the terminal includes Alaska Airlines, Lufhansa, Frontier, American Airlines and United. Airline flights began in 1932 in SBA, originally called as Pacific Seaboard Air Lines. A total of 710,000 passengers used SBA-Santa Barbara Municipal in 2017.
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The Santa Barbara Municipal Airport has one terminal and three runways. Three flight schools are also in the terminal, Above All Aviation, Spitfire Aviation and Santa Barbara Aviation Inc. SBA Airport also offers on-demand Jet Charter in Cessna aircrafts to any destination. Surf Air also flies Pilatus PC-12s, 8-seaters to Burbank and San Carlos in California via a membership only program. Nearby cities surrounding the area include Goleta, Ballard, and Buellton.
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The best SBA-Santa Barbara Municipal hotels located near the terminal include the Best Western Plus South Coast Inn located to about 1.45 mile away from the airport. Super 8 by Wyndham Santa Barbara/Goleta is a short mile away. California beaches and golf courses are within close location to these areas.
SBP-San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport is situated 80.76 miles away from Santa Barbara, California, an hour and a half drive away from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via the US-101 N.
