--- iata: SBA name: Santa Barbara Municipal Airport city: Santa Barbara country: United States lastUpdated: '2026-09-13' officialWebsite: 'https://flysba.santabarbaraca.gov/' sources: - 'https://flysba.santabarbaraca.gov/' - 'https://flysba.santabarbaraca.gov/flights-and-airlines' - 'https://flysba.santabarbaraca.gov/2025review' - 'https://flysba.santabarbaraca.gov/flights/faqs' - 'https://flysba.santabarbaraca.gov/airport/parking' - 'https://flysba.santabarbaraca.gov/terminal/dine-shop' - 'https://flysba.santabarbaraca.gov/terminal' - 'https://flysba.santabarbaraca.gov/terminal/ground-transportation' - 'https://flysba.santabarbaraca.gov/terminal/car-rentals' - 'https://flysba.santabarbaraca.gov/contact-sba' - 'https://flysba.santabarbaraca.gov/realid' - 'https://flysba.santabarbaraca.gov/holidaytips25' - >- https://www.aa.com/web/i18n/travelInformation/destinationInformation/sba-airport.html - 'https://www.airnav.com/airport/KSBA' - >- https://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/passenger_allcargo_stats/passenger/arp-cy2025-all-enplanements-preliminary.pdf - 'https://escapelounges.com/us/airport-lounges/' - 'https://sbmtd.gov/fares-passes/' - 'https://sbmtd.gov/routes/route-11/' - 'https://sbmtd.gov/thewave/' quickFacts: - >- Official 26 Jan 2026 year-in-review leftover: CY 2025 **1,481,605** commercial passengers, a record, **+4.4%** vs 2024. FAA prelim CY 2025 enplanements **740,028** (rank **121**, +6.27% vs **696,396**) are boardings only — do not mix. - >- Owner **City of Santa Barbara**. Operator **Santa Barbara Airport Department**. Live Airport Director / AirNav manager **Christopher Hastert**. AirNav leftover ops manager **Michael Smith** (`mjsmith@santabarbaraca.gov`). Terminal **500 James Fowler Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93117**. Admin **601 Firestone Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93117**. Admin **805-967-7111** / **Airport@SantaBarbaraCA.gov**. Official FAQ leftover: admin Monday–Thursday **8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.**, Friday **8:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.**, closed every other Friday. Contact leftover **7:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.** / alternating Fridays **7:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.** is leftover vs that FAQ card. Security Operations Center **805-681-4803** (24/7). Lost & found same number. Parking **Reimagined Parking 805-967-2745**. ADA liaison **Andrew Bermond**, **805-692-4803** / **ABermond@SantaBarbaraCA.gov**. Media **805-319-1400** / **SBAmarketing@SantaBarbaraCA.gov**. Noise **805-967-1900**. TSA leftover **866-289-9673**. - >- Civil one-terminal campus in Goleta, annexed to the City of Santa Barbara. Official leftover: terminal and all parking lots **24/7**. Official clock **90 minutes**; **2 hours** on holidays, Thursday–Sunday, and early morning. Live official airlines page, **five** names: **Alaska, American, Delta, Southwest, United**. Live dest leftover is **U.S. only** — **13** unique cities. AirNav leftover: **no customs personnel or facilities**; international aircraft will not be allowed to land unless an emergency exists. **Do not invent Frontier, jetBlue, Allegiant, Spirit, Breeze, Sun Country, or a live international passenger airline.** **Do not create KSBA as a second page.** **Do not merge SBP (San Luis Obispo), SMX (Santa Maria), OXR (Oxnard), LAX, or BUR.** Historical **MCAS Santa Barbara** branding is gone as passenger branding — this is not an airbase page. - >- **No passenger lounge.** Official dining / amenities / FAQ / terminal pages have no club. American.com clubs **Not Available**. Live Escape US list has **no SBA**. Empty `lounges: []`. **Do not seed a placeholder lounge row.** Aggregator **The Club SBA / Escape SBA / Priority Pass SBA / Admirals Club SBA** is fiction. Perq Soleil VIP is a paid curb-to-gate concierge booked **24 hours** ahead — not a ticketed-pax club. FBO rooms are not ticketed-pax clubs. - >- `lib/airports.json`: IATA **SBA**, ICAO **KSBA**, 34.426697, −119.839939, America/Los_Angeles. AirNav elev **13.5 ft / 4.1 m**, **7 miles W** of Santa Barbara, ZIP **93117**. Wikipedia leftover **13 ft**. AirNav RWY **7/25 6,052×150** asphalt/grooved (the scheduled Part 121 runway). AirNav RWY **15R/33L 4,184×100** and **15L/33R 4,180×75** are **not** for scheduled Part 121 with more than 9 passenger seats; **15L/33R daylight hours only**. ARFF Index **C**. ATCT **0600–2300**. Attendance leftover **0600–2300** is the airfield card, not the 24/7 terminal. Wikipedia leftover **948 acres** is leftover vs official pages that do not print an acreage card. bentoTips: - label: Timing title: 'Trust the 90-minute leftover, then add an hour on Thu–Sun' detail: >- Official pages do not print a standing numeric wait tile. averageSecurityMinutes 12 on the score card is editorial unpublished. ConfirmID $45 is on the official FAQ leftover from 1 Feb 2026. CLEAR is not on official SBA pages. summary: >- Official FAQ clock is 90 minutes, and 2 hours on holidays, Thursday–Sunday, and early morning. TSA leftover opens about 3:30 a.m. and closes about 15 minutes after the last departure. category: timing - label: One hall title: One civil hall after one screening story detail: >- Commons leftover still shows Gates 1–5 and a Coffee Bean mark. Official dining leftover is Santa Barbara Roasting Company, not Coffee Bean. Terminal Improvement Project leftover is in federal environmental review — not a live second hall. Do not treat SBP, SMX, OXR, LAX, or BUR as this campus. summary: >- One building. Official leftover: security on the second floor; lactation pod near Gate 2; charging stations on the second floor past TSA. Official pages do not print a live airline-to-gate map. category: terminal - label: Food title: Costa Terraza after TSA; Silvergreens on both sides detail: >- Official pages do not print a bottle price or map a filler. Wikipedia leftover Coffee Bean is leftover vs the live roasting-company card. Perq Soleil is concierge, not a kitchen. summary: >- Official leftover: Costa Terraza 9:00 a.m.–7:00 p.m. airside; Santa Barbara Roasting Company 4:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m. airside; News & Gifts 4:30 a.m.–8:00 p.m. airside; Silvergreens 24/7 at bag claim and near Gate 2. category: food - label: Live checks title: 'Read the live airlines page, not the PHX / ATL leftovers' detail: >- Wikipedia leftover Southwest PHX and Delta ATL are leftover vs the live table. 2025 review leftover still says about 26 daily flights; the live airlines page leftover is 28 daily to 13 dests. Confirm FIDS. summary: >- Five live names only. Official leftover dests: AS PDX/SAN/SEA; AA DFW/PHX; DL SLC; WN LAS/OAK/SMF/DEN/SAN; UA ORD/DEN/LAX/SFO. That is 13 unique U.S. cities. category: status lounges: [] waterOptions: - kind: purchase name: Santa Barbara News & Gifts bottled water zone: airside price: posted register price summary: >- Official printed airside shop after screening. Official pages do not print a bottle price or map a filler. Use the posted register price. location: >- Official leftover — Santa Barbara News & Gifts post-security, 4:30 a.m.–8:00 p.m. daily, (805) 967-3567 terminal: 'Main Terminal, airside' isBestValue: true - kind: purchase name: Costa Terraza bottled water zone: airside price: posted register price summary: >- Official leftover sit-down kitchen after TSA. Official pages do not print a bottle price. Best sit-down option, not a lounge. location: >- Official leftover — Costa Terraza Restaurant & Tapas Bar post-security, 9:00 a.m.–7:00 p.m. daily, (805) 770-2382 terminal: 'Main Terminal, airside' isBestQuality: true - kind: purchase name: Silvergreens Smart Fridge bottled water zone: landside price: posted register price summary: >- Official leftover 24/7 fridge on both sides of screening. Official pages do not map a bottle filler. Landside option for greeters. location: >- Official leftover — Silvergreens 24/7 at baggage claim (pre-security) and near Gate 2 (post-security), (619) 851-2051 terminal: 'Main Terminal, bag claim and Gate 2' airportistScore: 7.3 slug: sba region: North America --- > Markdown for [/airports/sba](/airports/sba). Append `.md` to any page URL (or send `Accept: text/markdown`) for an agent-readable copy. - [HTML page](/airports/sba) - [Lounge directory](/airports/sba/lounges.md) - [Sitemap](/sitemap.md) # Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (SBA) Santa Barbara, United States · North America SBA is a one-hall Goleta field — 90-minute leftover, $18 Economy, five U.S. carriers, and no ticketed-pax lounge — as long as you treat the live airlines page as current and the PHX / ATL leftovers as leftover. ## Airportist Score **7.3 / 10** Weighted sum of the six published categories (no holistic fudge). - Ease of use (25%): 8.6 — Wayfinding, security wait, and layout. - Comfort & amenities (20%): 7.6 — Seating, Wi-Fi, cleanliness, and quiet. - Food & retail (15%): 7.2 — Food and retail quality and variety. - Ground access (15%): 7.4 — Transit, taxi, and parking to the city. - Reliability (15%): 8.0 — Delays, cancellations, and weather resilience. - Lounges (10%): 2.0 — Worth-it density and access quality. ## At a glance - Passengers: 1,481,605 - Terminals: 1 - Typical security: 12 min - On-time: 80% - Disruption: normal ## Best for - Santa Barbara / Goleta / UCSB origin and destination trips that can skip LAX and BUR - Drivers who will use the $18 Economy Lot on the live Reimagined Parking card - Alaska, American, Delta, Southwest, or United itineraries from one building ## Watch out for - No ticketed-pax lounge and no Priority Pass room - Wikipedia leftover Southwest PHX and Delta ATL are leftover vs the live dest table - Official dest table is U.S. only; AirNav leftover has no customs - Winter-storm leftover closed the airfield three times in late Dec 2025 / early Jan 2026 ## More intel - [Lounge directory](/airports/sba/lounges.md) (free) - [Getting there](/airports/sba/getting-there.md) (free) - [Amenities](/airports/sba/amenities.md) - [Traveler tips](/airports/sba/tips.md) - [Water](/airports/sba/water.md) - [Full guide](/airports/sba/guide.md) - [Disruptions](/airports/sba/disruptions.md) - [Reviews](/airports/sba/reviews.md) (free)