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Phoenix to Santa Barbara

1 operator run this water, from 1 h 25.

Every way across

One row per operator and speed. Where a service is sold as fast and its average does not clear 45 km/h, the word appears in quotation marks — the boat is fast craft, the crossing is not.

American Airlines, US Airways PHX → SBA 730 km non-stop CR9 CRJ in the air 2 h 55 est. rate not held 517 km/h average

Other ways to reach Santa Barbara

If this crossing does not suit, these quays also reach Santa Barbara without a change. It is the question a single-route page cannot answer about itself and an atlas can.

Goleta Amtrak – Santa Barbara 11 min Amtrak
Carpinteria Amtrak – Santa Barbara 12 min Amtrak
Los Angeles – Santa Barbara 41 min United Airlines
Oxnard – Santa Barbara 46 min Amtrak
San Francisco – Santa Barbara 1 h 02 United Airlines
Portland – Santa Barbara 2 h 05 Alaska Airlines
Denver – Santa Barbara 2 h 20 Frontier Airlines
Seattle – Santa Barbara 2 h 20 Alaska Airlines
San Luis Obispo – Santa Barbara 2 h 35 Amtrak

And other ways to reach Phoenix

Tucson – Phoenix 43 min American Airlines
Flagstaff – Phoenix 44 min American Airlines
Show Low – Phoenix 46 min Frontier Airlines
Yuma – Phoenix 49 min American Airlines
Page – Phoenix 59 min Great Lakes Airlines
Las Vegas – Phoenix 1 h 01 AirTran Airways
Palm Springs – Phoenix 1 h 01 American Airlines
Hermosillo – Phoenix 1 h 07 AeroMéxico
San Diego – Phoenix 1 h 07 AirTran Airways
Ontario – Phoenix 1 h 09 AirTran Airways

Where else these quays go

Also from Phoenix

Albuquerque · Anchorage · Atlanta · Austin · Bakersfield · Baltimore · Boise · Boston · Buffalo · Burbank · Calgary · Cancún · Charlotte · Chicago

Also from Santa Barbara

Carpinteria Amtrak · Denver · Goleta Amtrak · Los Angeles · Oxnard · Portland · San Francisco · San Luis Obispo · Seattle

Which months this runs

Season not heldwe can say when we looked, not which months run

Our records for the Phoenix–Santa Barbara crossing were read on 11 August 2026 and describe the network as it ran that week. We hold no month-by-month variation, so this page cannot tell you whether a crossing runs in February.

If you are travelling well outside August 2026, confirm with the operator before you plan around it.

What we do not know

No fares. Not for this crossing, not for any crossing, not for any mode.

No departure times. No rate is held for this pair either, so we cannot say how often it runs.