There are 5 ways to get from Santa Barbara Airport (SBA) to Liberia by plane, bus, train, or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Liberia International Airport
best- Fly from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (SBA) to Liberia International Airport (LIR)plane SBA - LIR
9h 52m$290–887Fly Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport, bus
cheapest- Fly from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (SBA) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane SBA - SJO
- Take the bus from 50 m este Del Aeropuerto to Paseo Colon Frente A Torre Mercedesbus
- Take the bus from Central Autobusera Inteligente to Liberiabus
15h 43m$149–532Bus to Los Angeles International Airport, fly to Liberia International Airport
- Take the bus from Santa Barbara Airport to Los Angeles Airport, CAbus
- Fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Liberia International Airport (LIR)plane LAX - LIR
11h 10m$376–1,102Train, bus
- Take the train from Goleta Station to Los Angelestrain
- Take the bus from Los Angeles to Managuabus
- Take the bus from Terminal Managua - CCA to Peñas Blancasbus
- Take the bus from Peñas Blancas to Liberia - Estación de Servicio EMESAbus
4d 16h$385–504Drive 5,298.7 km
- Drive from Santa Barbara Airport (SBA) to Liberiacar 5,298.7 km
2d 16h$711–1,027
Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (SBA) to Liberia International Airport (LIR) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Santa Barbara Airport (SBA) to Liberia is to fly and bus which costs $140 - $550 and takes 15h 43m.
The fastest way to get from Santa Barbara Airport (SBA) to Liberia is to fly which takes 9h 52m and costs $290 - $900.
The distance between Santa Barbara Airport (SBA) and Liberia is 4384 km. The road distance is 5298.7 km.
The best way to get from Santa Barbara Airport (SBA) to Liberia without a car is to train and bus which takes 4 days 16h and costs $380 - $550.
It takes approximately 9h 52m to get from Santa Barbara Airport (SBA) to Liberia, including transfers.
Liberia is 1h ahead of Santa Barbara Airport (SBA). It is currently 12:35 PM in Santa Barbara Airport (SBA) and 1:35 PM in Liberia.
Yes, the driving distance between Santa Barbara Airport (SBA) to Liberia is 5299 km. It takes approximately 2 days 16h to drive from Santa Barbara Airport (SBA) to Liberia.
There are 108+ hotels available in Liberia.
What companies run services between Santa Barbara Airport (SBA), USA and Liberia, Costa Rica?
United Airlines and Alaska Airlines, Inc. fly from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (SBA) to Liberia International Airport (LIR) twice daily.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Liberia International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–850
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Liberia International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 4m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $220–850
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 41m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–950
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–1,000
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 32m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–600
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $160–600
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Liberia International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,400
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Liberia International Airport via Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 59m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,400
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 53m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,700
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $250–950
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Liberia International Airport via Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 59m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,400
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 52m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,700
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 52m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,100
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $250–950
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Houston Hobby Apt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,000
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $140–550
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Goleta Station to Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $35–75
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1 800-470-8818
- [email protected]
- Website
- centralcoastshuttle.com
Bus from Santa Barbara Airport to Los Angeles Airport, CA
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $70–85
- Website
- https://www.centralcoastshuttle.com
- one way non-prepaid
- $75–85
- One-way prepaid 48 hours advance
- $70–80
- Phone
- +1 213 368 1172
- [email protected]
- Website
- busesusatours.com
Bus from Los Angeles to Managua
- Ave. Duration
- 4d 6h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $330–400
- Schedules at
- busesusatours.com
- Phone
- +504 9919 5375
- Website
- cristobalcolon.com.gt
Bus from Terminal Managua - CCA to Peñas Blancas
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $11–16
- Schedules at
- cristobalcolon.com.gt
- Road
- $11–16
Bus from Peñas Blancas to Liberia - Estación de Servicio EMESA
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $5–8
- Schedules at
- cristobalcolon.com.gt
- Road
- $5–8
- Phone
- +506 2442 6900
- [email protected]
- Website
- grupotuasa.com
Bus from 50 m este Del Aeropuerto to Paseo Colon Frente A Torre Mercedes
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- $1–2
- Schedules at
- grupotuasa.com
- Phone
- +506 4404 0505
- [email protected]
- Website
- tiguanacaste.com
Bus from Central Autobusera Inteligente to Liberia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $9–18
- Schedules at
- tiguanacaste.com
- Book at
- tiguanacaste.com
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