Photograph of passengers arriving to SBA

Passengers arrive at the Santa Barbara Airport

Statistics

On any given day; an average of 2,100 passengers arrive and depart from Santa Barbara Airport.
Santa Barbara is the busiest airport on the California coast between Los Angeles & San Jose serving more than 750,000 passengers annually.
Located eight miles northwest of downtown Santa Barbara, the Airport sits on 954 acres.
5 passenger airlines and 1 cargo carrier operate approximately 40 daily departures.
The Airport contributes over 1/2 billion dollars annually to Santa Barbara County’s economy & directly or indirectly supports over 2,500 jobs in the County. Besides operation and maintenance of the Airline Terminal and airfield, the Airport is landlord to 76 buildings and 120 tenants.
The Airport is steward to 430 acres of the Goleta Slough State Marine Park and home to 279 seasonal bird species.
221 General Aviation aircraft based at SBA are valued at more than $128 million.
(2008 County Assessor)
There are approximately 15,000 take-offs and landings each month (General Aviation: commercial & military).
180,000 annual aircraft operations
Commercial runway - 6,052 feet long.
Two parallel general aviation runways - approximately 4, 000 feet long (each).
20,000 square foot Airline Terminal building.
67,000 square ft. two story new Airline Terminal under construction with completion date of 2012 that will meet LEED standards.
30 aviation service companies.
Helicopter base supporting offshore oil operations.
Fixed base operators, flight schools, aircraft maintenance facilities and charter services.
Annually close to 5, 000 students come to the Vistitor’s Center and receive Airport tours and aviation educational materials.