There are 10 ways to get from Santa Barbara to Kalamazoo by plane, bus, train, bus (Flixbus, Greyhound), or car
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Fly Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Kalamazoo-Battle Creek International Airport
best- Fly from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (SBA) to Kalamazoo-Battle Creek International Airport (AZO)plane SBA - AZO
10h 55m$132–604Bus, train
- Take the bus from Santa Barbara Bus Stop to Los Angeles Union Stationbus
- Take the train from Los Angeles to Chicago Union Stationtrain
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Kalamazootrain
2d 1h$226–648Bus
- Take the bus from Santa Barbara Bus Stop to Los Angeles Union Stationbus
- Take the bus from Los Angeles Union Station to St Louis Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from St Louis Bus Station to Chicago Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Chicago Bus Station to Kalamazoo Bus Stopbus
2d 6h$184–448Drive 2,212.7 mi
- Drive from Santa Barbara to Kalamazoocar 2,212.7 mi
35h 22m$404–584Fly Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport, train
- Fly from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (SBA) to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD)plane SBA - ORD
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Kalamazootrain
9h 49m$134–535Fly Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Gerald R. Ford International Airport, bus
- Fly from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (SBA) to Gerald R. Ford International Airport (GRR)plane SBA - GRR
- Take the bus from Grand Rapids, MI to Kalamazoo, MIbus
12h 10m$284–1,331Train to Los Angeles International Airport, fly to Chicago O'Hare International Airport, train
- Take the train from Santa Barbara to Los Angelestrain
- Fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD)plane LAX - ORD
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Kalamazootrain
12h 33m$163–545Train to Los Angeles International Airport, fly to Chicago Midway International Airport, train
- Take the train from Santa Barbara to Los Angelestrain
- Fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW)plane LAX - MDW
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Kalamazootrain
12h 28m$185–692Fly Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to South Bend, train, bus
- Fly from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (SBA) to South Bend (SBN)plane SBA - SBN
- Take the train from South Bend Airport to Garytrain
- Take the bus from Gary Bus Station to Kalamazoo Bus Stopbus
13h 31m$220–924Train to Los Angeles International Airport, fly to Detroit, train
- Take the train from Santa Barbara to Los Angelestrain
- Fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Detroit (DTW)plane LAX - DTW
- Take the train from Dearborn to Kalamazootrain
13h 14m$201–514
Santa Barbara to Kalamazoo by bus, foot, and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Santa Barbara to Kalamazoo is to bus which costs $180 - $450 and takes 2 days 6h.
The fastest way to get from Santa Barbara to Kalamazoo is to fly and train which takes 9h 49m and costs $130 - $550.
No, there is no direct bus from Santa Barbara to Kalamazoo. However, there are services departing from Santa Barbara Bus Stop and arriving at Kalamazoo Bus Stop via Los Angeles Union Station, St Louis Bus Station and Chicago Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 6h.
The distance between Santa Barbara and Kalamazoo is 1950 miles. The road distance is 2225.6 miles.
The best way to get from Santa Barbara to Kalamazoo without a car is to bus and train which takes 2 days 1h and costs $220 - $650.
It takes approximately 10h 55m to get from Santa Barbara to Kalamazoo, including transfers.
Santa Barbara to Kalamazoo bus services, operated by Flixbus USA, depart from Santa Barbara Bus Stop station.
The best way to get from Santa Barbara to Kalamazoo is to fly which takes 10h 55m and costs $130 - $650. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs $180 - $450 and takes 2 days 6h.
Santa Barbara to Kalamazoo bus services, operated by Flixbus USA, arrive at Los Angeles Union Station.
Kalamazoo is 3h ahead of Santa Barbara. It is currently 2:55 AM in Santa Barbara and 5:55 AM in Kalamazoo.
What companies run services between Santa Barbara, CA, USA and Kalamazoo, MI, USA?
United Airlines, American Airlines, and two other airlines fly from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (SBA) to Kalamazoo-Battle Creek International Airport (AZO) 4 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Santa Barbara Bus Stop to Kalamazoo Bus Stop via Los Angeles Union Station, St Louis Bus Station, and Chicago Bus Station in around 2d 6h.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–460
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–460
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–460
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Gerald R. Ford International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,300
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Gerald R. Ford International Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,300
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–350
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to South Bend via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–850
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to South Bend via Denver, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–850
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to South Bend via Los Angeles International Airport, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–850
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–460
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Gerald R. Ford International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,300
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Gerald R. Ford International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,300
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–500
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport via Kansas City
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–550
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–500
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport via St. Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $110–550
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Detroit via Chicago Midway International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–490
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Kalamazoo-Battle Creek International Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Kalamazoo-Battle Creek International Airport via Phoenix, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 56m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–650
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Kalamazoo-Battle Creek International Airport via Denver, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 23m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–470
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–500
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Gerald R. Ford International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,300
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–350
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Kalamazoo-Battle Creek International Airport via Denver, Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 46m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–650
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–460
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–350
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–490
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Detroit via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–500
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Detroit via Indianapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $110–500
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Detroit via Kansas City
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–490
- Website
- spirit.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–350
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–320
- Website
- allegiantair.com
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Gerald R. Ford International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 23m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,300
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to South Bend via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 3m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–850
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via San Diego
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–470
- Website
- flyfrontier.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $75–350
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Los Angeles to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 43h 23m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $180–550
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Chicago Union Station to Kalamazoo
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $29–65
- 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 Dearborn to Kalamazoo
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $35–70
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1 219-926-5744
- Website
- mysouthshoreline.com
Train from South Bend Airport to Gary
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $10–12
- Schedules at
- mysouthshoreline.com
- Adults 14-64
- $10–12
- 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
- $17–35
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Bus from St Louis Bus Station to Chicago Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $35–60
- 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 St Louis Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 40h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $110–310
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Chicago Bus Station to Kalamazoo Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $22–45
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Gary Bus Station to Kalamazoo Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $29–60
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
- Phone
- +1 989-725-5105
- Website
- indiantrails.com
Bus from Grand Rapids, MI to Kalamazoo, MI
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $9–25
- Website
- https://indiantrails.com
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More Questions & Answers
Yes, the driving distance between Santa Barbara to Kalamazoo is 2226 miles. It takes approximately 35h 22m to drive from Santa Barbara to Kalamazoo.
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