There are 6 ways to get from Edinburgh to Santa Barbara by plane or train
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Fly Edinburgh Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport
best- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (SBA)plane EDI - SBA
19h 23m$324–1,215Fly Edinburgh Airport to Los Angeles International Airport, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)plane EDI - LAX
- Take the train from Los Angeles to Santa Barbaratrain
20h 26m$394–1,637Train to Glasgow Airport, fly to Los Angeles International Airport, train
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)plane GLA - LAX
- Take the train from Los Angeles to Santa Barbaratrain
22h 12m$405–1,348Fly Edinburgh Airport to Burbank Bob Hope Airport, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Burbank Bob Hope Airport (BUR)plane EDI - BUR
- Take the train from Van Nuys to Santa Barbaratrain
22h 56m$694–1,722Train to Newcastle, fly to Los Angeles International Airport, train
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastletrain
- Fly from Newcastle (NCL) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)plane NCL - LAX
- Take the train from Los Angeles to Santa Barbaratrain
25h 54m$340–1,434Train to Dundee Riverside Airport, fly to Los Angeles International Airport, train
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Dundeetrain
- Fly from Dundee Riverside Airport (DND) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)plane DND - LAX
- Take the train from Los Angeles to Santa Barbaratrain
23h 38m$380–1,527
Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (SBA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to Santa Barbara is to fly and train which costs $390 - $1,700 and takes 20h 26m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Santa Barbara is to fly which takes 19h 23m and costs $320 - $1,300.
The distance between Edinburgh and Santa Barbara is 5213 miles.
It takes approximately 19h 23m to get from Edinburgh to Santa Barbara, including transfers.
Santa Barbara is 8h behind Edinburgh. It is currently 10:37 AM in Edinburgh and 2:37 AM in Santa Barbara.
There are 184+ hotels available in Santa Barbara.
What companies run services between Edinburgh, Scotland and Santa Barbara, CA, USA?
United Airlines, WestJet, and two other airlines fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (SBA) twice daily.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,200
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Calgary, San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,400
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Calgary, Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 39m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,400
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Dublin, Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 44m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 17m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–900
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–900
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–900
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–900
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 9m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–950
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from Newcastle to Los Angeles International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,200
Flights from Dundee Riverside Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 58m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,400
Flights from Dundee Riverside Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via London Heathrow, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 11m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Calgary, San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,400
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Calgary, Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 39m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,400
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Dublin, Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 44m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 17m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–900
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–900
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–900
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 9m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–950
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–950
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Burbank Bob Hope Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $370–1,400
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–950
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–950
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from Newcastle to Los Angeles International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,200
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from Newcastle to Los Angeles International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,200
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Calgary, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,400
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Dublin, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Burbank Bob Hope Airport via Dublin, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,600
- Website
- westjet.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Calgary
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 53m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 40m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 57m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $260–950
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 8m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–950
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–950
- Website
- icelandair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Burbank Bob Hope Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas, Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 59m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,400
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
- $30–110
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Van Nuys to Santa Barbara
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $25–100
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $24–25
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Dundee
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $15–40
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $25–55
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Dundee
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $14–22
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $28–50
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Dundee
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $8–35
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $6–21
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $80–110
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- $280–310
- Sleeper Seat
- $80–110
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- $330–390
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Dundee
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $80–110
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- $280–310
- Sleeper Seat
- $80–110
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- $310–360
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