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$125 Find Cheap Flights from Denver to Santa Barbara

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Cheap Flight Deals from Denver Intl to Santa Barbara (DEN-SBA)

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Denver Intl to Santa Barbara that are departing in the next months. While these flights were available on KAYAK in the last 72 hours, prices and availability are subject to change and deals may expire.

Recent round-trip flight deals from Denver to Santa Barbara

Recommended round-trip deals departing in the coming months from the most popular airlines that fly from Denver to Santa Barbara.
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7:42 pm - 9:30 pmDEN-SBA
2h 48mnonstop
5:00 am - 8:27 amSBA-DEN
2h 27mnonstop
$229United Airlines
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Sat, Mar 22 - Tue, Mar 25
5:15 am - 12:09 pmDEN-SBA
7h 54m1 stop
5:00 am - 8:27 amSBA-DEN
2h 27mnonstop
$239United Airlines
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Sat, Mar 22 - Tue, Mar 25
8:31 am - 12:20 pmDEN-SBA
4h 49m1 stop
5:45 am - 10:55 amSBA-DEN
4h 10m1 stop
$248Delta
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Tue, Apr 29 - Sat, May 3
6:05 pm - 11:55 pmDEN-SBA
6h 50m1 stop
1:15 pm - 7:21 pmSBA-DEN
5h 06m1 stop
$264Delta
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Fri, Feb 7 - Mon, Feb 10
9:40 am - 3:55 pmDEN-SBA
7h 15m2 stops
8:35 am - 4:45 pmSBA-DEN
7h 10m1 stop
$269Southwest
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Wed, Feb 5 - Tue, Feb 11
9:40 am - 3:55 pmDEN-SBA
7h 15m2 stops
8:35 am - 4:45 pmSBA-DEN
7h 10m2 stops
$274Southwest
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Wed, Feb 5 - Tue, Feb 11
7:00 am - 6:37 pmDEN-SBA
12h 37m1 stop
7:27 pm - 1:54 pmSBA-DEN
17h 27m2 stops
$301Alaska Airlines
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Thu, Mar 6 - Mon, Mar 10
4:45 pm - 3:29 pmDEN-SBA
23h 44m1 stop
3:53 pm - 11:15 pmSBA-DEN
30h 22m2 stops
$331Alaska Airlines
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Sat, Feb 1 - Sat, Feb 8
12:08 pm - 10:09 pmDEN-SBA
11h 01m2 stops
4:25 pm - 9:49 pmSBA-DEN
4h 24m1 stop
$388American Airlines
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Tue, Apr 29 - Sat, May 3
8:00 am - 6:38 pmDEN-SBA
11h 38m2 stops
4:25 pm - 9:49 pmSBA-DEN
4h 24m1 stop
$389American Airlines
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Tue, Apr 15 - Wed, Apr 23

Flights from Denver to Santa Barbara - Travel Insights & Trends

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Denver to Santa Barbara to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from Denver to Santa Barbara?

The average price of all round-trip flights from Denver to Santa Barbara clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.
When flying from Denver to Santa Barbara, you should consider leaving on a Wednesday and avoid Thursdays if you are looking for the best rates. For your return to Denver, you’ll find the best rates on Saturdays and the most expensive ones on Mondays.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Denver to Santa Barbara?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Denver to Santa Barbara, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the median of all values for each month.
The cheapest month for flights from Denver to Santa Barbara is September, where tickets cost $307 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are November and June, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is $401 and $399 respectively.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Denver to Santa Barbara?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from Denver to Santa Barbara, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each week.
To get a below average price on the flight from Denver to Santa Barbara, you should book around 3 weeks before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 18 weeks before departure.

Good to know

Low season

January

High season

October

Cheapest flight

$125
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 8% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 9% increase in price.
Flight from Denver to Santa Barbara

When to book flights from Denver to Santa Barbara

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from Denver to Santa Barbara based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
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FAQs for booking flights from Denver to Santa Barbara

  • What is the cheapest flight from Denver to Santa Barbara?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from Denver to Santa Barbara was $125 for a one-way ticket and $229 for a round-trip.

  • Do I need a passport to fly between Denver and Santa Barbara?

    Even though you are not required to have a passport, keep in mind that an official ID is needed to board the airplane.

  • Which airports will I be using when flying from Denver to Santa Barbara?

    Denver and Santa Barbara are both served by 1 main airport. You will leave Denver from Denver Intl and will be arriving at Santa Barbara.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from Denver to Santa Barbara?

    The Boeing 737-800 is the aircraft model that flies most regularly on the Denver to Santa Barbara flight route.

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from Denver to Santa Barbara?

    Star Alliance is the only airline alliance operating flights between Denver and Santa Barbara.

  • On which days can I fly direct from Denver to Santa Barbara?

    There are nonstop flights from Denver to Santa Barbara on a daily basis.

  • Which is the best airline for flights from Denver to Santa Barbara, Southwest or Delta?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from Denver to Santa Barbara are Southwest and Delta. With an average price for the route of $403 and an overall rating of 8.1, Southwest is the most popular choice. Delta is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $248 and an overall rating of 8.0.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Denver to Santa Barbara?

    KAYAK is a travel search engine. That means we look across the web to find the best prices we can find for our users. With over 2 billion flight queries processed yearly, we are able to display a variety of prices and options on flights from Denver to Santa Barbara.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from Denver to Santa Barbara?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Santa Barbara from Denver is likely to change within 7 days, so travelers know whether to wait or book now.

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights from Denver to Santa Barbara?

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional round-trip ticket. You could then fly to Santa Barbara with an airline and back to Denver with another airline. Booking your flights between Denver and SBA can sometimes prove cheaper using this method.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from Denver to Santa Barbara?

    Sometimes travel dates aren't set in stone. If your preferred travel dates have some wiggle room, flexible dates will show you all the options when flying to Santa Barbara from Denver up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

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KAYAK’s top tips for finding a cheap flight from Denver to Santa Barbara

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found flights on this route for $164 or less one-way and $304 or less round-trip.

Prefer to fly direct from Denver to Santa Barbara?

Find which airlines fly direct from Denver Intl Airport to Santa Barbara Airport, which days they fly and book direct flights.

Direct departures

Denver Intl to Santa Barbara

Monday

Copa Airlines, United Airlines

Copa Airlines, United Airlines

Tuesday

Copa Airlines, United Airlines

Copa Airlines, United Airlines

Wednesday

Copa Airlines, United Airlines

Copa Airlines, United Airlines

Thursday

Copa Airlines, United Airlines

Copa Airlines, United Airlines

Friday

Copa Airlines, United Airlines

Copa Airlines, United Airlines

Saturday

Copa Airlines, United Airlines

Copa Airlines, United Airlines

Sunday

Copa Airlines, United Airlines

Copa Airlines, United Airlines

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Direct returns

Santa Barbara to Denver Intl

Monday

Copa Airlines, United Airlines

Copa Airlines, United Airlines

Tuesday

Copa Airlines, United Airlines

Copa Airlines, United Airlines

Wednesday

Copa Airlines, United Airlines

Copa Airlines, United Airlines

Thursday

Copa Airlines, United Airlines

Copa Airlines, United Airlines

Friday

Copa Airlines, United Airlines

Copa Airlines, United Airlines

Saturday

Copa Airlines, United Airlines

Copa Airlines, United Airlines

Sunday

Copa Airlines, United Airlines

Copa Airlines, United Airlines

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Top 4 airlines serving from Denver to Santa Barbara

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Denver to Santa Barbara. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
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8.1
SouthwestOverall score based on 4659 reviews
8.2Boarding
7.7Entertainment
7.2Food
8.1Comfort
8.7Crew
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I really like open seating. I hate that I've heard this is going away. This is one of the unique things that makes Southwest my goto choice.

8.0 ExcellentGavin, Jan 2025DEN - MEM
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I really like open seating. I hate that I've heard this is going away. This is one of the unique things that makes Southwest my goto choice.

Fine, but how to board on SW versus othrr airlines, is just lame. Goood staff though and all was solid otherwise.

It seems as though the provisions are even less. Although SWA used to be an economy Airline, that isn't really the case anymore. I paid over $700. for a round trip to Denver and I could have flown just about any airline for the price. The drinks are now in a 6-ounce cup and with ice I'm sure a can would fill more than 2 cups. However, I am very proud of SWA for using paper rather than continuing to contribute to the millions of plastic cups being used each day. I've thought of this fr many years and am so glad to see it come to fruition, if not by only SWA so far.

Was as expected. Crowed planes. Too many carryons delaying takeoff. But the ride only took an hour and saved me a lot of time SFO is a not a great airport.

Was as expected. Crowed planes. Too many carryons delaying takeoff. But the ride only took an hour and saved me a lot of time SFO is a hell hole of an airport. It is the new LaGuardia. Everything Cobbled together. Security gates closed. Terri directional signage

My original flight was extremely delayed but I was able to join the standby list for an earlier flight. I was grateful for this feature but I wish I could’ve gotten my standby confirmation sooner.

I will be flying again Southwest Airlines. Friendly crew, comfortable and affordable.

The plane arrived 25 minutes late, and the Wi-Fi was slower than it usually is.

Forget beverage, they didn't even have water for half the passangers?

Can not wait for seating change to reduce the amount of pre boards - it’s disheartening the abuse. And then then deplaning

If I pay extra for "comfort+" I expect leg room where I can stretch my legs. I was seated with an attendant's seat blocking my feet. Knee space was fine but my feet had less room than the non-"comfort+" seats. Also, don't go cheap on food when you have flights of 3+ hours. It's insulting.

Only one side of the heafphone jack work. Crew was friendly and helpful.

Great. Flight departed early and arrived early. Deplaning and baggage claim ww were quick.

They separated our seats and moved us to the back of the plane. Hundreds of dollars and thousands of miles used and this was my platinum member experience.

AC barely worked on a 50 minute flight. It was very warm the whole flight. Flight was very bumpy and hard landing.

Got on the plane and then needed to deboard the plane because they didn’t have any pilots?

The flight was canceled two hours before departure, it took over five hours to rebook us on another flight.

First, the flight was schedule to leave at 12:08. Delayed to 12:38. It is 12:58 and I am sitting at the gate. The staff are not communicating with us (just tell me it’s gonna be five hours if that’s the case, quit hufflepuffing around like you’re trying to board us when the plane isn’t even here and you don’t know where your crew are. I’m still waiting for any communication about the further delay. This is a rebooked flight from a cancelled flight yesterday, when the airline failed to fulfill its fiduciary responsibility to hotel and cover transport for overnight cancelations. Asking about the food on the flight? What food?!? Delta doesn’t serve meals unless you pay for them and you really want me to give delta a high rating for passing out processed snacks (fun size!)? Can we be for real. Delta is cementing itself in history as one of the cheap, stingy, outdated, glory days are over airlines, and it shows. I took this flight knowing delta was going to provide below level service but this is beyond burgers!! I can’t believe a multi billion or dollar company looked straight in my eyes yesterday and I told me this wasn’t their fault and there for the extra cost in hotel and hundreds of dollars in Ubers are MY RESPONSIBILITY. The only thing I am at fault for is believing delta is reputable company worthy of my dollars. I’m not even sure I want to be compensated unless it is cash because I would rather die never traveling again than to put money in their pockets.

Rough day of travel all the way around. Wrong info given to us multiple times and mistakes in their booking making our trip 10 hours longer than planned. I’m bummed because I fly Delta all the time and love them. Mistakes happen. Just bummed that this was a rare trip our whole family was traveling together.

Meh. A late flight meant I missed my connections, and a 2pm LAX arrival turned into gettin in after midnight.

Overall, it was a good experience. Boarding was good and there was plenty of overhead bin space for everyone’s carryons (even when we boarded toward the end). Only improvement would be to offer trash service more regularly.

David went above and beyond to make our flight the best that it could be

No food service almost missed because of first flight delays

Had a hard time finding my assigned seat. No attendants to assist.

The negative was the wait at the airport coming back. I checked my bags in, an hour before boarding and I get the notification that my flight was delayed. Rather had gotten the notification while I was at the hotel. Then it was delayed 3 x’s. Ugh!

Plane still had screens for watching movies. Good selection too.

There was no air on the plane and it was very hot.

Good even though flight was delayed, the crew was prompt and efficient.

No access to the Wi-Fi, noisy group of people made it difficult for me to hear through my earbuds. Snacks and drinks - limited service when your seat is at the back of the plane - people up front are always served first and the back gets whatever is left. Not pleased.

In this flight we had selected seating for our family in the middle of the plane in a 2x2 format. The airline changed them to the very back row of the plane and split them to 3x1. Why pay for seats that allow seat selection if the airline will just move them to the worst seats in the plane?

The service and food needs to improve to catch up with other international flights

Would have been good to have a meal since it was a 5.5 hour flight

We boarded after several delays due to mechanical failure and a gate change. The seat cushion in the exit row was very compressed and offered no cushion, making the four-hour journey reasonably uncomfortable. The WiFi worked for a few people, but for most, it did not, and you cannot get entertainment unless you can connect—American Airlines flights do not have seatback screens, and you must use your mobile phone.

Timely boarding process, made up for lost time even after a lengthy wait for de-icing

AA is always pretty solid. Was on time all the way around today so can’t complain!

It would have been better if I could have had my flight on time. It was delayed for 5 hours. Caused me to not be able to fulfill my promise to my granddaughters. Other than that it was a good trip.

My boarding pass wouldn't pull up in the app very easily and had to really dig through my email. That caused a delay in TSA..

11h50m total delay. Had to switch to another flight that was still a 7h30m delay.

RE Food: Wish there was a choice for No Rating. Flew from Honolulu to Los Angeles on a Red-Eye flight (11:00 pm to 7:30 am). Other than a package of cookies with a beverage choice offered soon after take-off, and a beverage choice shortly before landing, no other food choices were offered. Everyone slept or rested for most of the trip. Nothing to rate. RE Entertainment: Everyone was sleeping most of the flight. Only saw one passenger watch about 30 minutes of entertainment on his iPad. I never attempted to access any entertainment options.

Baby cried a lot. Nothing anyone could do about it. Just part of flying.

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