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 43m$366–1,008Fly Milan Linate Airport to Los Angeles International Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Milan Linate Airport (LIN) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)plane LIN - LAX
- Take the train from Los Angeles to Santa Barbaratrain
21h 56m$297–931Fly Milan Linate Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport
- Fly from Milan Linate Airport (LIN) to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (SBA)plane LIN - SBA
21h 27m$393–1,505Train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Los Angeles International Airport, train
- 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 32m$300–984Train 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$376–760
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 $300 - $1,000 and takes 23h 32m.
The fastest way to get from Milan to Santa Barbara is to fly which takes 21h 27m and costs $390 - $1,500.
The distance between Milan and Santa Barbara is 6116 miles.
It takes approximately 22h 43m to get from Milan to Santa Barbara, including transfers.
Santa Barbara is 9h behind Milan. It is currently 1:00 AM in Milan and 4:00 PM in Santa Barbara.
There are 296+ 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
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via London Heathrow, Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,500
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
- $360–1,000
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
- $390–1,500
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–1,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 39m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,000
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
- 14h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $320–700
Flights from Zurich Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 28m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,200
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via London Heathrow, Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,500
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
- $360–1,000
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
- $390–1,500
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–1,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 39m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 9m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $190–1,500
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,100
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 16m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,200
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via London Heathrow, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 17m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,500
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via London Heathrow, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 42m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,700
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Dublin, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,800
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,500
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,100
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 16m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,000
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,000
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,000
- 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
- $28–65
- 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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