There are 9 ways to get from Santa Barbara to Destin by plane, bus, taxi, train, or car
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Fly Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Destin–Fort Walton Beach Airport
best- Fly from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (SBA) to Destin–Fort Walton Beach Airport (VPS)plane SBA - VPS
8h 20m$180–707Train to Los Angeles International Airport, fly to Destin–Fort Walton Beach Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Santa Barbara to Los Angelestrain
- Fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Destin–Fort Walton Beach Airport (VPS)plane LAX - VPS
10h 51m$159–526Bus, taxi
- Take the bus from Santa Barbara Bus Stop to Los Angeles Union Stationbus
- Take the bus from Los Angeles Union Station to El Paso Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from El Paso to Houstonbus
- Take the bus from Houston to McDonald's - Crestviewbus
- Take the taxi from McDonald's - Crestview to Destintaxi
41h 59m$377–772Bus, train, taxi
- Take the bus from Santa Barbara Bus Stop to Los Angeles Union Stationbus
- Take the train from Los Angeles to Houstontrain
- Take the bus from Houston - Harrisburg Blvd to Crestviewbus
- Take the taxi from Crestview to Destintaxi
2d 3h$379–1,489Drive 2,171.1 mi
- Drive from Santa Barbara to Destincar 2,171.1 mi
35h 39m$397–573Fly Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Pensacola International Airport, taxi
- Fly from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (SBA) to Pensacola International Airport (PNS)plane SBA - PNS
- Take the taxi from Pensacola-Airport-PNS to Destintaxi
9h 9m$290–962Fly Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport, taxi
- Fly from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (SBA) to Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport (ECP)plane SBA - ECP
- Take the taxi from Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport (ECP) to Destintaxi
9h 1m$260–802Bus to Meadows Field Airport, fly to Destin–Fort Walton Beach Airport
- Take the bus from Santa Barbara to Bakersfieldbus
- Fly from Meadows Field Airport (BFL) to Destin–Fort Walton Beach Airport (VPS)plane BFL - VPS
12h 2mTrain to Burbank Bob Hope Airport, fly to Destin–Fort Walton Beach Airport
- Take the train from Santa Barbara to Van Nuystrain
- Fly from Burbank Bob Hope Airport (BUR) to Destin–Fort Walton Beach Airport (VPS)plane BUR - VPS
11h 1m$179–711
Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (SBA) to Destin–Fort Walton Beach Airport (VPS) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Santa Barbara to Destin is to train and fly which costs $150 - $550 and takes 10h 51m.
The fastest way to get from Santa Barbara to Destin is to fly which takes 8h 20m and costs $180 - $750.
The distance between Santa Barbara and Destin is 1987 miles. The road distance is 2183.7 miles.
The best way to get from Santa Barbara to Destin without a car is to bus and taxi which takes 41h 59m and costs $370 - $800.
It takes approximately 8h 20m to get from Santa Barbara to Destin, including transfers.
Destin is 2h ahead of Santa Barbara. It is currently 2:38 AM in Santa Barbara and 4:38 AM in Destin.
Yes, the driving distance between Santa Barbara to Destin is 2184 miles. It takes approximately 35h 39m to drive from Santa Barbara to Destin.
There are 6375+ hotels available in Destin.
What companies run services between Santa Barbara, CA, USA and Destin, FL, USA?
American Airlines, United Airlines, and two other airlines fly from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (SBA) to Destin–Fort Walton Beach Airport (VPS) twice daily.
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Destin–Fort Walton Beach Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 14m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–650
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Pensacola International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–800
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–650
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Destin–Fort Walton Beach Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–470
Flights from Meadows Field Airport to Destin–Fort Walton Beach Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–650
Flights from Burbank Bob Hope Airport to Destin–Fort Walton Beach Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–550
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Destin–Fort Walton Beach Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $150–650
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Pensacola International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $150–650
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Destin–Fort Walton Beach Airport via Houston Hobby Apt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $110–480
Flights from Meadows Field Airport to Destin–Fort Walton Beach Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $140–650
Flights from Burbank Bob Hope Airport to Destin–Fort Walton Beach Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $130–600
- Website
- allegiantair.com
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Destin–Fort Walton Beach Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 32m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–650
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Destin–Fort Walton Beach Airport via Fayetteville
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 46m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $110–490
Flights from Meadows Field Airport to Destin–Fort Walton Beach Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 36m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–650
Flights from Burbank Bob Hope Airport to Destin–Fort Walton Beach Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from Burbank Bob Hope Airport to Destin–Fort Walton Beach Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 51m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–550
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Pensacola International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 8m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 31m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $150–650
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Destin–Fort Walton Beach Airport via Austin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 51m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $100–480
Flights from Burbank Bob Hope Airport to Destin–Fort Walton Beach Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–600
- Website
- flyfrontier.com
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Pensacola International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 7m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Los Angeles to Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $180–1,200
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Santa Barbara to Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–110
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Santa Barbara to Van Nuys
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $25–100
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- flixbus.com
Bus from Santa Barbara Bus Stop to Los Angeles Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $16–50
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- ifsr@greyhound.com
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from Los Angeles Union Station to El Paso Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $65–150
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
- Phone
- +1 888 358 6762
- info@tornadobus.com
- Website
- tornadobus.com
Bus from El Paso to Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 26m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $120–260
- Schedules at
- tornadobus.com
- Adults 11-59
- $120–260
Bus from Houston to McDonald's - Crestview
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $100–220
- Schedules at
- tornadobus.com
- Adults 11-59
- $100–220
- Phone
- +1 800-923-1799
- contactus@omexusa.net
- Website
- omnibusexpress.com
Bus from Houston - Harrisburg Blvd to Crestview
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 17m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $100–140
- Schedules at
- omnibusexpress.com
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Bus from Santa Barbara to Bakersfield
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Estimated price
- $75–160
Choice Taxi
- Phone
- +1 850-529-1806
- Website
- mychoicetaxi.com
Able Shuttle and Taxi
- Phone
- +1 850-607-0209
Red Cabs of Panama City
- Phone
- +1 850-733-2227
- Website
- myfloridacabs.com
H2O Shuttle Taxi and Limo
- Phone
- +1 850-708-2870
Emerald Taxi
- Phone
- +1 850-792-2546
- Website
- emeraldtaxiandshuttle.com
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