There are 5 ways to get from Milan to Santa Barbara by train or plane
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Train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport
best- Take the train from Milano Porta Garibaldi to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (SBA)plane MXP - SBA
22h 19m$376–958Train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Los Angeles International Airport, train
cheapest- Take the train from Milano Porta Garibaldi to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)plane MXP - LAX
- Take the train from Los Angeles to Santa Barbaratrain
23h 30m$278–2,679Fly Milan Linate Airport to Los Angeles International Airport, train
- Fly from Milan Linate Airport (LIN) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)plane LIN - LAX
- Take the train from Los Angeles to Santa Barbaratrain
22h 1m$285–1,175Fly Milan Linate Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport
- Fly from Milan Linate Airport (LIN) to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (SBA)plane LIN - SBA
20h 58m$353–1,504Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Los Angeles International Airport, train
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Zuerich Hbtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)plane ZRH - LAX
- Take the train from Los Angeles to Santa Barbaratrain
22h 25m$372–753
Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (SBA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Milan to Santa Barbara is to train and fly which costs $270 - $2,700 and takes 23h 30m.
The fastest way to get from Milan to Santa Barbara is to fly which takes 20h 58m and costs $350 - $1,500.
The distance between Milan and Santa Barbara is 6116 miles.
It takes approximately 22h 19m to get from Milan to Santa Barbara, including transfers.
Santa Barbara is 9h behind Milan. It is currently 3:23 AM in Milan and 6:23 PM in Santa Barbara.
There are 294+ hotels available in Santa Barbara.
What companies run services between Milan, Italy and Santa Barbara, CA, USA?
British Airways, Southwest Airlines, and four other airlines fly from Milan Linate Airport (LIN) to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (SBA) 3 times a day.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 53m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via London Heathrow, Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,300
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via London Gatwick, Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 49m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $370–950
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,500
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 24m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–950
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–1,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 39m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–950
Flights from Zurich Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $320–700
Flights from Zurich Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $320–700
Flights from Zurich Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via London Heathrow, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,300
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via London Heathrow, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,500
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Dublin, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 25m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,800
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 22h
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,500
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via London Heathrow, Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,300
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via London Gatwick, Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 49m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $370–950
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,500
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 24m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–950
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 39m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–950
Flights from Zurich Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 9m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–1,100
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,300
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–1,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 26m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–1,100
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–1,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 26m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,000
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 57m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 53m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,000
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,300
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–1,000
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $320–700
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Milano Porta Garibaldi to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $5–7
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- 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
- $26–60
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $65–120
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- $85–120
- 2nd Class
- $65–90
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