There are 8 ways to get from America to Santa Barbara by train or plane
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Train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport
best- Take the train from Horst-Sevenum to Den Haag Laan v NOItrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (SBA)plane AMS - SBA
21h 16m$493–1,854Train to Frankfurt, fly to Los Angeles International Airport, train
cheapest- Take the train from Venlo to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbftrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)plane FRA - LAX
- Take the train from Los Angeles to Santa Barbaratrain
21h 53m$386–805Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Los Angeles International Airport, train
- Take the train from Venlo to Düsseldorf Hbftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)plane DUS - LAX
- Take the train from Los Angeles to Santa Barbaratrain
23h 12m$438–996Train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Los Angeles International Airport, train
- Take the train from Horst-Sevenum to Den Haag Laan v NOItrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)plane AMS - LAX
- Take the train from Los Angeles to Santa Barbaratrain
22h 25m$482–1,420Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport
- Take the train from Venlo to Düsseldorf Hbftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (SBA)plane DUS - SBA
23h 8m$429–1,580Train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to San Diego International Airport, train
- Take the train from Horst-Sevenum to Den Haag Laan v NOItrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to San Diego International Airport (SAN)plane AMS - SAN
- Take the train from San Diego Old Town Transportation Center to Santa Barbaratrain
24h 58m$532–1,772Train, train to Brussels Airport, fly to Los Angeles International Airport
- Take the train from Horst-Sevenum to Eindhoventrain
- Take the train from Eindhoven to Bredatrain
- Take the train from Breda to Brussels Airport-Zaventemtrain
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)plane BRU - LAX
- Take the train from Los Angeles to Santa Barbaratrain
24h 35m$515–857Train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to San Francisco International Airport, Caltrain, train
- Take the train from Horst-Sevenum to Den Haag Laan v NOItrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)plane AMS - SFO
- Take the train from Millbrae Caltrain Southbound to San Jose Diridon Caltrain Southboundtrain
- Take the train from San Jose to Santa Barbaratrain
27h 48m$496–1,342
Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (SBA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from America to Santa Barbara is to train and fly which costs $380 - $850 and takes 21h 53m.
The fastest way to get from America to Santa Barbara is to train and fly which takes 21h 16m and costs $490 - $1,900.
The distance between America and Santa Barbara is 5778 miles.
It takes approximately 21h 16m to get from America to Santa Barbara, including transfers.
Santa Barbara is 8h behind America. It is currently 9:05 AM in America and 1:05 AM in Santa Barbara.
There are 306+ hotels available in Santa Barbara.
What companies run services between America, Netherlands and Santa Barbara, CA, USA?
There is no direct connection from America to Santa Barbara. However, you can take the taxi to Horst-Sevenum, take the train to Den Haag Laan v NOI, walk to 's-Gravenhage, Laan van NOI, take the line 4 vehicle to 's-Gravenhage, Forepark, walk to Den haag, take the bus to Amsterdam, walk to Amsterdam-Schiphol-Airport-AMS airport, fly to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (SBA), walk to Santa Barbara Airport, then take the line 11 bus to Transit Center. Alternatively, you can take the taxi to Horst-Sevenum, take the train to Venlo, take the train to Düsseldorf Hbf, take the train to D-Flughafen Terminal S, walk to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) airport, fly to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), walk to LAX Tom Bradley International Terminal, take the bus to Union Station LAX FlyAway, walk to Los Angeles, then take the train to Santa Barbara.
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $440–1,700
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, San Diego International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 39m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Los Angeles International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Los Angeles International Airport via San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Los Angeles International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Los Angeles International Airport via San Diego International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 59m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to San Diego International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,600
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to San Diego International Airport via Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–2,600
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to San Diego International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–2,600
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to San Diego International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 21m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,600
Flights from Brussels Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 41m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,200
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to San Francisco International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 14m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,200
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to San Francisco International Airport via Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $450–1,700
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 32m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,700
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Los Angeles International Airport via San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 52m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,500
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Dublin, Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 39m
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,700
Flights from Frankfurt to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $370–650
Flights from Frankfurt to Los Angeles International Airport via San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Frankfurt to Los Angeles International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Frankfurt to Los Angeles International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 14m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to San Diego International Airport via San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–2,700
Flights from Brussels Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 37m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,000
Flights from Brussels Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–950
Flights from Brussels Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,000
Flights from Brussels Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,200
Flights from Brussels Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–950
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,200
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $440–1,700
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Los Angeles International Airport via San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Los Angeles International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to San Diego International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,600
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to San Diego International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–2,600
Flights from Brussels Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 41m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,200
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to San Francisco International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,200
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to San Francisco International Airport via Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $450–1,700
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 32m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,700
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 52m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,500
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Dublin, Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 39m
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,700
Flights from Frankfurt to Los Angeles International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Frankfurt to Los Angeles International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 14m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to San Diego International Airport via San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–2,700
Flights from Brussels Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 37m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,000
Flights from Brussels Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–950
Flights from Brussels Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–950
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,200
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $450–1,700
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 32m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,700
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 52m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,500
Flights from Frankfurt to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $370–650
Flights from Frankfurt to Los Angeles International Airport via San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 34m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to San Diego International Airport via San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–2,700
Flights from Brussels Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,000
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,200
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,700
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via San Diego International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,700
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,500
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, San Diego International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,500
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Dublin, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,700
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 37m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,300
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $330–600
Flights from Frankfurt to Los Angeles International Airport via Portland
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 4m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $330–600
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 46m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $310–850
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $330–600
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Horst-Sevenum to Den Haag Laan v NOI
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $35–130
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- $35–55
- 1st Class
- $75–130
Train from Venlo to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $12–40
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- $12–19
- 1st Class
- $21–40
Train from Venlo to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $45–160
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- $45–70
- 1st Class
- $90–160
Train from Horst-Sevenum to Eindhoven
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $9–25
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- $9–14
- 1st Class
- $14–25
Train from Eindhoven to Breda
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $12–35
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- $12–19
- 1st Class
- $21–35
Train from Breda to Brussels Airport-Zaventem
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $18–60
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- $18–28
- 1st Class
- $35–60
- Phone
- 0180 6 9 27 37 27
- info@eurobahn.de
- Website
- eurobahn.de
Train from Venlo to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $15–21
- Website
- https://www.eurobahn.de/en/
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Los Angeles to Santa Barbara
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $23–55
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from San Diego Old Town Transportation Center to Santa Barbara
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 39m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $50–120
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from San Jose to Santa Barbara
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 46m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $70–170
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Venlo to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $55–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +1 800-660-4287
- Website
- caltrain.com
Train from Millbrae Caltrain Southbound to San Jose Diridon Caltrain Southbound
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $7–10
- Website
- https://www.caltrain.com
- Schedules at
- https://www.caltrain.com/?active_tab=route_explorer_tab
- One-way Adult
- $7–10
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