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
20h 28m$334–1,315Fly 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 14m$389–1,291Train 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
21h 5m$378–784Fly 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 21m$693–1,477Train 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 28m$494–1,307Fly Edinburgh Airport to John Wayne Airport Orange County, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to John Wayne Airport Orange County (SNA)plane EDI - SNA
- Take the train from Fullerton Amtrak Station to Santa Barbaratrain
25h$482–1,797
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 $380 - $1,300 and takes 20h 14m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Santa Barbara is to fly and train which takes 20h 14m and costs $380 - $1,300.
The distance between Edinburgh and Santa Barbara is 5213 miles.
It takes approximately 20h 28m to get from Edinburgh to Santa Barbara, including transfers.
Santa Barbara is 8h behind Edinburgh. It is currently 2:33 PM in Edinburgh and 6:33 AM in Santa Barbara.
There are 297+ hotels available in Santa Barbara.
What companies run services between Edinburgh, Scotland and Santa Barbara, CA, USA?
United Airlines, Aer Lingus, and four other airlines fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (SBA) 3 times a day.
- 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
- $330–1,300
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Calgary, San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 34m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,400
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Dublin, Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 14m
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Calgary, Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 44m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,400
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–1,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 44m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–1,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to John Wayne Airport Orange County via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $430–1,700
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to John Wayne Airport Orange County via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $440–1,800
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Calgary, San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 34m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,400
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Dublin, Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 14m
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Calgary, Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 44m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,400
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–1,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 44m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to John Wayne Airport Orange County via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $430–1,700
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to John Wayne Airport Orange County via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $440–1,800
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 14m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from Newcastle to Los Angeles International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,300
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from Newcastle to Los Angeles International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 36m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,300
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Dublin, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Calgary, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Burbank Bob Hope Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas, Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,600
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Burbank Bob Hope Airport via Dublin, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,900
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 48m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–1,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to John Wayne Airport Orange County via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 42m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,800
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 13m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 33m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Burbank Bob Hope Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $420–1,700
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas, Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 19m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,300
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Burbank Bob Hope Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas, Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 44m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,600
- Website
- westjet.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Calgary
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 8m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to John Wayne Airport Orange County via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas, Calgary
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 14m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,900
- Website
- jsx.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Burbank Bob Hope Airport via Dublin, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,900
- Website
- icelandair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Burbank Bob Hope Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas, Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 44m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,600
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
- $29–65
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Van Nuys to Santa Barbara
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $24–55
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Fullerton Amtrak Station to Santa Barbara
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $35–80
- 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
- $27–50
- 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
- $45–75
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $85–130
- 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
- $60–100
- 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 40m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $35–60
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
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