There are 6 ways to get from Santa Barbara to Geneva by plane or train
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Fly Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Geneva International Airport
best- Fly from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (SBA) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane SBA - GVA
18h 21mCHF 280–1,101Train to Burbank Bob Hope Airport, fly to Geneva International Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Santa Barbara to Van Nuystrain
- Fly from Burbank Bob Hope Airport (BUR) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane BUR - GVA
21h 9mCHF 263–985Train to Los Angeles International Airport, fly to Geneva International Airport
- Take the train from Santa Barbara to Los Angelestrain
- Fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane LAX - GVA
18h 24mCHF 314–697Fly Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (SBA) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane SBA - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich Flughafen to Genèvetrain
20h 43mCHF 330–1,211Train to Los Angeles International Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the train from Santa Barbara to Los Angelestrain
- Fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane LAX - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich Flughafen to Genèvetrain
20h 51mCHF 324–707Train to Los Angeles International Airport, fly to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport, train
- Take the train from Santa Barbara to Los Angelestrain
- Fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS)plane LAX - LYS
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain
22h 12mCHF 341–931
Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (SBA) to Geneva International Airport (GVA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Santa Barbara to Geneva is to train and fly which costs SFr 320 - SFr 750 and takes 20h 51m.
The fastest way to get from Santa Barbara to Geneva is to fly which takes 18h 21m and costs SFr 280 - SFr 1100.
The distance between Santa Barbara and Geneva is 9555 km.
It takes approximately 18h 21m to get from Santa Barbara to Geneva, including transfers.
Geneva is 9h ahead of Santa Barbara. It is currently 5:03 AM in Santa Barbara and 2:03 PM in Geneva.
There are 1250+ hotels available in Geneva.
What companies run services between Santa Barbara, CA, USA and Geneva, Switzerland?
United Airlines, Lufthansa, and four other airlines fly from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (SBA) to Geneva International Airport (GVA) 4 times a day.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Geneva International Airport via Denver, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–1,200
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Geneva International Airport via Chicago O'Hare, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 330–1,300
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Geneva International Airport via Denver, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–1,100
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–650
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Geneva International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–800
Flights from Burbank Bob Hope Airport to Geneva International Airport via Denver, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–1,100
Flights from Burbank Bob Hope Airport to Geneva International Airport via Denver, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–900
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Zurich Airport via Denver, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–1,200
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Zurich Airport via Denver, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 16m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–1,200
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Zurich Airport via Chicago O'Hare, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 320–1,200
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–550
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–650
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–480
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–480
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Geneva International Airport via Denver, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 36m
- When
- Thursday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–1,100
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Geneva International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–380
Flights from Burbank Bob Hope Airport to Geneva International Airport via Denver, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- When
- Thursday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–950
Flights from Burbank Bob Hope Airport to Geneva International Airport via St. Louis, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–950
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Zurich Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–410
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–900
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Geneva International Airport via Denver, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 16m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–1,100
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–800
Flights from Burbank Bob Hope Airport to Geneva International Airport via Denver, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–900
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Zurich Airport via Denver, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 21m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–1,100
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Zurich Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–800
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–850
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–850
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–650
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–650
Flights from Burbank Bob Hope Airport to Geneva International Airport via Denver, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–1,100
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Zurich Airport via Denver, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 320–1,200
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–650
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–480
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–480
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Geneva International Airport via Denver, Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 51m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–1,100
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Geneva International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–800
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–600
Flights from Burbank Bob Hope Airport to Geneva International Airport via Denver, Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–900
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Zurich Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 46m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–1,100
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–550
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–850
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–800
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–850
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Burbank Bob Hope Airport to Geneva International Airport via Indianapolis, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 46m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–1,100
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Zurich Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 330–650
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Zurich Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 46m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–1,100
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–400
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–1,200
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Santa Barbara to Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–90
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Santa Barbara to Van Nuys
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 20–80
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich Flughafen to Genève
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–110
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 23–35
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–120
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
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