SBA

Santa Barbara Municipal Airport

ICAO KSBA34.4262°N 119.8400°W14 ft / 4 mMedium airport
On the map
SBA - FAA airport diagram
United States Federal Aviation Administration · Public domain · Commons

Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (IATA: SBA, ICAO: KSBA) is a medium airport in Santa Barbara, California, United States. It opened in 1932. It has 3 runways; the longest is 6,052 ft (1,845 m). It is operated by Santa Barbara. In 2025 it handled 1.5 million passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1932–1932
1932
OpenedSanta Barbara Municipal Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap · FAA diagram PDF
Santa Barbara Airport Terminal
07/25089° / 269° · LIT
LENGTH6,052 ft1,845 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEAsphalt
15R/33L166° / 346° · LIT
LENGTH4,184 ft1,275 mWIDTH100 ft31 mSURFACEAsphalt
15L/33R166° / 346°
LENGTH4,180 ft1,274 mWIDTH75 ft23 mSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2014–2025
663K
627K
653K
707K
800K
1.0M
386K
895K
1.2M
1.3M
1.4M
1.5M
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Routes

10 destinations · 1 country
Year-round10
LAXLos Angeles International AirportUnited States · United Express142 km88 miSANSan Diego International AirportUnited States · Southwest Airlines, Alaska Airlines309 km192 miSFOSan Francisco International AirportUnited States · United Express422 km262 miOAKOakland San Francisco Bay AirportUnited States · Southwest Airlines424 km263 miLASHarry Reid International AirportUnited States · Southwest Airlines464 km288 miSMFSacramento International AirportUnited States · Southwest Airlines500 km311 miPHXPhoenix Sky Harbor International AirportUnited States · American Eagle, Southwest Airlines731 km454 miPDXPortland International AirportUnited States · Alaska Airlines1,263 km785 miSEASeattle–Tacoma International AirportUnited States · Alaska Airlines1,463 km909 miDENDenver International AirportUnited States · United Express, Southwest Airlines1,471 km914 mi
Most destinationsSouthwest Airlines 6United Express 3Alaska Airlines 3American Eagle 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from SBA. From the Wikipedia article “Santa Barbara Municipal Airport” (revision of 30 Aug 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers1.5M (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#689of 3,974 · #168 North America · #118 USLongest runway6,052 ft1,845 m46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft#4,464of 29,823 · #1,204 North America · #937 USElevation14 ft4 m-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=42,017of 43,341 · =18,961 North America · =15,484 USAgeOpened 19322026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=486of 15,079 · =113 North America · =99 USRunways31 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=151of 29,943 · =83 North America · =81 US
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

11 channels
A/D151-329° INITIAL CONTACT120.550
A/DA/D SANTA BARBARA127.725
ATISATIS132.650
CLDCLNC DEL132.900
CTAFCTAF119.700
GNDGND121.700
TWRTWR119.700
UNICUNICOM122.950
A/DA/D SANTA BARBARA124.150
A/D330-150° INITAL CONTACT125.400
CTRLOS ANGELES CENTER119.050