There are 6 ways to get from Lax to Goleta by train, plane, or bus
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Train, train to Zurich Airport, fly to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport
best- Take the train from Brig to Bern
- Take the train from Bern to Zürich Flughafen
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (SBA)ZRH - SBA
20h 42m$431–1,377Train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Domodossola to Gallarate
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (SBA)MXP - SBA
23h 45m$351–1,298Train, train to Zurich Airport, fly to Los Angeles International Airport, bus
- Take the train from Brig to Bern
- Take the train from Bern to Zürich Flughafen
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)ZRH - LAX
- Take the bus from Los Angeles Airport, CA to Santa Barbara Airport
21h 43m$430–710Train to Basel, fly to Los Angeles International Airport, bus
- Take the train from Brig to Basel SBB
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)BSL - LAX
- Take the bus from Los Angeles Airport, CA to Santa Barbara Airport
23h 20m$539–1,071Train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Los Angeles International Airport, bus
- Take the train from Domodossola to Gallarate
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)MXP - LAX
- Take the bus from Los Angeles Airport, CA to Santa Barbara Airport
25h 21m$370–831Train, train to Zurich Airport, fly to San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport
- Take the train from Brig to Bern
- Take the train from Bern to Zürich Flughafen
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport (SBP)ZRH - SBP
- Take the train from San Luis Obispo to Goleta Station
25h 47m$467–1,424
Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (SBA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Lax to Goleta is to train and fly and bus which costs $430 - $750 and takes 21h 43m.
The fastest way to get from Lax to Goleta is to train and fly which takes 20h 42m and costs $430 - $1,400.
The distance between Lax and Goleta is 6130 miles.
It takes approximately 20h 42m to get from Lax to Goleta, including transfers.
Goleta is 9h behind Lax. It is currently 7:50 AM in Lax and 10:50 PM in Goleta.
There are 230+ hotels available in Goleta.
What companies run services between Lax, Switzerland and Goleta, CA, USA?
There is no direct connection from Lax to Goleta. However, you can take the train to Brig Bahnhofplatz, walk to Brig, take the train to Bern, take the train to Zürich Flughafen, walk to Zurich Airport (ZRH) airport, fly to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (SBA), walk to Santa Barbara Airport, then take the line 11 bus to Hollister & Kellogg. Alternatively, you can take the train to Brig Bahnhofplatz, walk to Brig, take the train to Domodossola, take the train to Gallarate, take the train to Malpensa Aeroporto T1, walk to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) airport, fly to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (SBA), walk to Santa Barbara Airport, then take the line 11 bus to Hollister & Kellogg.
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- Website
- united.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 54m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,300
Flights from Zurich Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,200
Flights from Zurich Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 57m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,300
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,200
Flights from Zurich Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–480
Flights from Zurich Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–850
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–900
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–850
Flights from Zurich Airport to San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–1,300
Flights from Zurich Airport to San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport via Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,200
Flights from Zurich Airport to San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 3m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,300
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 32m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Basel to Los Angeles International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,400
Flights from Basel to Los Angeles International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,400
Flights from Basel to Los Angeles International Airport via London Heathrow, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 21m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,400
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 8m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–900
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 17m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–900
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Basel to Los Angeles International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,400
Flights from Basel to Los Angeles International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,400
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 8m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–900
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 17m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–900
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 54m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,300
Flights from Zurich Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 43m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–850
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–850
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 19m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $240–850
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–900
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $250–900
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,300
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via London Heathrow, Portland
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 28m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,500
Flights from Zurich Airport to San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,300
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via London Heathrow, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,500
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–480
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Basel to Los Angeles International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,400
- Website
- flynorse.com
Flights from Basel to Los Angeles International Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $280–800
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Brig to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40–75
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Bern to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40–80
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Brig to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $65–110
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Domodossola to Gallarate
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $7–10
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Domodossola to Gallarate
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $7–18
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- $12–18
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Brig to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $55–110
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- $75–110
- 2nd Class
- $55–75
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from San Luis Obispo to Goleta Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $35–45
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1 800-470-8818
- cclax@cclax.com
- Website
- centralcoastshuttle.com
Bus from Los Angeles Airport, CA to Santa Barbara Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $70–85
- Website
- https://www.centralcoastshuttle.com
- one way non-prepaid
- $75–85
- One-way prepaid 48 hours advance
- $70–80
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