Santa Barbara Municipal
SBA · KSBA · Santa Barbara, California · Santa Barbara County · map
Santa Barbara Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Santa Barbara, 7 miles west of Santa Barbara, California, 14 feet above sea level. It has 3 runways; the longest, 07/25, is 6,052 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KSBA · observed 12:53 pm PDT (19:53 UTC), 42 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the west (260°) at 7 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 87°F (31°C), dew point 63°F (17°C)
- Altimeter 29.85 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 10:20 am PDT (17:20 UTC), good until Wed 11:00 am PDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 11:00 am PDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the south at 7 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Tue 2:00 pm PDT (21:00 UTC): wind from the west-southwest at 7 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Tue 7:00 pm PDT (02:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KSBA 061953Z 26007KT 10SM CLR 31/17 A2985 RMK AO2 SLP107 T03060172 $
TAF KSBA 061720Z 0618/0718 18007KT P6SM SKC FM062100 25007KT P6SM SKC FM070200 VRB03KT P6SM SKC
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA SBA · ICAO KSBA
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Santa Barbara
- Elevation
- 14 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower with a TRACON · 6:00 am to 11:00 pm
- Attended
- every day, 6:00 am to 11:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- Notes
- landing fee · certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Los Angeles sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 14E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runways 3
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 07/25 | 6,052 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| 15R/33L | 4,184 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 15L/33R | 4,180 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good |
- Runway 07: ILS with DME, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), right-hand traffic pattern, tree 77 ft high 3,100 ft from the end
- Runway 25: PAPI, four lights on the left, fence 6 ft high 275 ft from the end
- Runway 15R: tree 53 ft high 600 ft from the end
- Runway 33L: right-hand traffic pattern, tree 65 ft high 1,300 ft from the end
- Runway 15L: 3,963 ft available for landing, building 37 ft high 900 ft from the end
- Runway 33R: right-hand traffic pattern
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 119.7 | Santa Barbara |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 132.65 | Santa Barbara |
| Clearance delivery | 132.9 | Santa Barbara |
| Ground | 121.7 | Santa Barbara |
| Approach and departure · Class C airspace · Departure procedure (GAUCH) arriving from headings 151 to 329 | 120.55 | Santa Barbara |
| Approach and departure | 124.15 | Santa Barbara |
| Approach and departure · Class C airspace arriving from headings 330 to 150 | 125.4 | Santa Barbara |
| Approach and departure | 127.725 | Santa Barbara |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Santa Barbara |
| Santa Barbara Center (remote transmitter) Low | 119.05 | Santa Barbara |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 805-957-6133.
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Aircraft registered in Santa Barbara from the FAA register
158 aircraft are registered to owners in Santa Barbara, California: 110 piston singles, 10 turboprops, 10 business jets, 9 piston twins, 9 gliders. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in California.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 50 since 1982, 13 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Landing fee for part 135 operators and transient aircraft with maximum gross weight of 10000 pounds or more. Fees will be billed/mailed.
- When the control tower closed activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 07; runway end identifier lights runways 15R and 25; high-intensity runway lights runway 07/25; medium-intensity runway lights runway 15R/33L - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runway 25 operates continuously.
- Pattern altitude 990 feet small aircraft; 1490 feet large aircraft.
- 100LL fuel 24 hour credit card service available.
- Runway 15L/33R not available for part 121/PART 380 operations with schedule passenger carrying operations more than 9 passenger seats and unscheduled passenger carrying operations more than 30 passenger seats.
- Runway 15R/33L not available for part 121/PART 380 operations with schedule passenger carrying operations more than 9 passenger seats and unscheduled passenger carrying operations more than 30 passenger seats.
- Numerous flocks of birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Pure jet touch-and-go or low approaches prohibited.
- Runway 15L/33R daylight hours only.
- Commercial airline ramp closed to all general aviation aircraft.
- No customs personnel or facilities are available and international aircraft will not be allowed to land unless an emergency exists.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.