There are 6 ways to get from Stuttgart to Santa Barbara by plane or train
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Fly Stuttgart Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport
best- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (SBA)STR - SBA
20h 38m$510–1,014Fly Stuttgart Airport to Los Angeles International Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)STR - LAX
- Take the train from Los Angeles to Santa Barbara
21h 18m$320–1,346Train to Frankfurt, fly to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport
- Take the train from Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (SBA)FRA - SBA
18h 23m$499–1,011Train to Frankfurt, fly to Los Angeles International Airport, train
- Take the train from Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)FRA - LAX
- Take the train from Los Angeles to Santa Barbara
19h 53m$359–893Train, train to Munich International Airport, fly to Los Angeles International Airport
- Take the train from Hauptbahnhof to Pasing
- Take the train from Pasing to Flughafen München
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)MUC - LAX
- Take the train from Los Angeles to Santa Barbara
22h 5m$374–822Train, train to Zurich Airport, fly to Los Angeles International Airport
- Take the train from Hauptbahnhof to Schaffhausen
- Take the train from Schaffhausen to Zürich Flughafen
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)ZRH - LAX
- Take the train from Los Angeles to Santa Barbara
23h 6m$386–823
Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (SBA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Stuttgart to Santa Barbara is to train and fly which costs $370 - $850 and takes 22h 5m.
The fastest way to get from Stuttgart to Santa Barbara is to train and fly which takes 18h 23m and costs $490 - $1,100.
The distance between Stuttgart and Santa Barbara is 5950 miles.
It takes approximately 20h 38m to get from Stuttgart to Santa Barbara, including transfers.
Santa Barbara is 9h behind Stuttgart. It is currently 4:09 PM in Stuttgart and 7:09 AM in Santa Barbara.
There are 305+ hotels available in Santa Barbara.
What companies run services between Stuttgart, Germany and Santa Barbara, CA, USA?
Lufthansa, United Airlines, and two other airlines fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (SBA) twice daily.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Frankfurt, Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,600
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Frankfurt, San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 28m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,500
Flights from Frankfurt to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 48m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,300
Flights from Frankfurt to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–1,500
Flights from Frankfurt to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $370–1,300
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
Flights from Frankfurt to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–650
Flights from Frankfurt to Los Angeles International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 33m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370–700
Flights from Frankfurt to Los Angeles International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Frankfurt to Los Angeles International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 14m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,100
Flights from Frankfurt to Los Angeles International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Munich International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–650
Flights from Munich International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,100
Flights from Munich International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 49m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,200
Flights from Munich International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 56m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,200
Flights from Zurich Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–600
Flights from Zurich Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 28m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Frankfurt, San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 28m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,500
Flights from Frankfurt to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 48m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,300
Flights from Frankfurt to Los Angeles International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 14m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,100
Flights from Frankfurt to Los Angeles International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Munich International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 41m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $350–650
Flights from Munich International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,100
Flights from Munich International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 56m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,200
Flights from Zurich Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 43m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,200
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Frankfurt, San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 41m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,500
Flights from Frankfurt to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 9m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,300
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
Flights from Frankfurt to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–650
Flights from Frankfurt to Los Angeles International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 33m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370–700
Flights from Frankfurt to Los Angeles International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Munich International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–650
Flights from Munich International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 53m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,200
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Portland
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 58m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,100
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $310–950
Flights from Frankfurt to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $320–550
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Frankfurt, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $480–900
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $310–950
Flights from Frankfurt to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $320–550
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–600
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,100
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $17–85
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Pasing
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $21–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Schaffhausen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $27–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $30–110
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- $30–50
- 1st Class
- $65–110
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- 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
- $30–120
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Pasing to Flughafen München
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $12–18
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Schaffhausen to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $28–33
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
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