There are 9 ways to get from Santa Barbara to Destin by plane, bus, taxi, 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 Destin–Fort Walton Beach Airport
best- Fly from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (SBA) to Destin–Fort Walton Beach Airport (VPS)plane SBA - VPS
8h 40m$150–527Bus, taxi
- Take the bus from Santa Barbara Bus Stop to Los Angeles Union Stationbus
- Take the bus from Los Angeles Union Station to Dallas Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Dallas Bus Station to Houston Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Houston - Harrisburg Blvd to Crestviewbus
- Take the taxi from Crestview to Destintaxi
2d 2h$500–722Train, bus, taxi
- Take the train from Santa Barbara to Los Angelestrain
- Take the train from Los Angeles to New Orleans Union Passenger Terminaltrain
- Take the train from New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal to Gulfport Amtrak Statrain
- Take the bus from Gulfport to Crestviewbus
- Take the taxi from Crestview to Destintaxi
2d 8h$1,227–2,022Drive 2,171 mi
- Drive from Santa Barbara to Destincar 2,171 mi
35h 41m$397–573Fly Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Pensacola International Airport, taxi
- Fly from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (SBA) to Pensacola International Airport (PNS)plane SBA - PNS
- Take the taxi from Pensacola-Airport-PNS to Destintaxi
10h 23m$210–432Fly Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport, taxi
- Fly from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (SBA) to Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport (ECP)plane SBA - ECP
- Take the taxi from Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport (ECP) to Destintaxi
9h 20m$250–662Train to Los Angeles International Airport, fly to Destin–Fort Walton Beach Airport
- Take the train from Santa Barbara to Los Angelestrain
- Fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Destin–Fort Walton Beach Airport (VPS)plane LAX - VPS
11h 21m$204–595Bus to Meadows Field Airport, fly to Destin–Fort Walton Beach Airport
- Take the bus from Santa Barbara to Bakersfieldbus
- Fly from Meadows Field Airport (BFL) to Destin–Fort Walton Beach Airport (VPS)plane BFL - VPS
12h 30mTrain to Burbank Bob Hope Airport, fly to Destin–Fort Walton Beach Airport
- Take the train from Santa Barbara to Simi Valley Amtraktrain
- Fly from Burbank Bob Hope Airport (BUR) to Destin–Fort Walton Beach Airport (VPS)plane BUR - VPS
11h 35m$194–623
Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (SBA) to Destin–Fort Walton Beach Airport (VPS) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Santa Barbara to Destin is to fly and taxi which costs $210 - $440 and takes 10h 23m.
The fastest way to get from Santa Barbara to Destin is to fly which takes 8h 40m and costs $150 - $550.
The distance between Santa Barbara and Destin is 1988 miles. The road distance is 2183.7 miles.
The best way to get from Santa Barbara to Destin without a car is to bus and taxi which takes 2 days 2h and costs $500 - $750.
It takes approximately 8h 40m to get from Santa Barbara to Destin, including transfers.
Destin is 2h ahead of Santa Barbara. It is currently 6:23 PM in Santa Barbara and 8:23 PM in Destin.
Yes, the driving distance between Santa Barbara to Destin is 2184 miles. It takes approximately 35h 41m to drive from Santa Barbara to Destin.
There are 7235+ hotels available in Destin.
What companies run services between Santa Barbara, CA, USA and Destin, FL, USA?
American Airlines, United Airlines, and Southwest Airlines fly from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (SBA) to Destin–Fort Walton Beach Airport (VPS) 4 times a week.
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Destin–Fort Walton Beach Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 28m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $110–470
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Pensacola International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 19m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $85–370
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–480
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Destin–Fort Walton Beach Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 56m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $100–440
Flights from Meadows Field Airport to Destin–Fort Walton Beach Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–650
Flights from Burbank Bob Hope Airport to Destin–Fort Walton Beach Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–500
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Destin–Fort Walton Beach Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $110–500
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Pensacola International Airport via Las Vegas, Dallas
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $85–380
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport via Las Vegas, Houston Hobby Apt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $110–490
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport via Las Vegas, Dallas
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 2m
- When
- Monday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $110–480
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Destin–Fort Walton Beach Airport via Dallas
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $100–440
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Destin–Fort Walton Beach Airport via Houston Hobby Apt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $100–450
Flights from Meadows Field Airport to Destin–Fort Walton Beach Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $150–650
Flights from Burbank Bob Hope Airport to Destin–Fort Walton Beach Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 22m
- When
- Monday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $130–550
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Pensacola International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–390
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 27m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $120–500
- Website
- flyfrontier.com
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Pensacola International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 33m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $90–270
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Burbank Bob Hope Airport to Destin–Fort Walton Beach Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Santa Barbara to Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $55–90
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Los Angeles to New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 45h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $1,000–1,700
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal to Gulfport Amtrak Sta
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $35–60
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Santa Barbara to Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $55–90
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Santa Barbara to Simi Valley Amtrak
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $35–60
- Website
- Amtrak
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Santa Barbara Bus Stop to Los Angeles Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $15–23
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- [email protected]
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Los Angeles Union Station to Dallas Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $260–390
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Dallas Bus Station to Houston Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 39m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $45–70
- Website
- Greyhound
- Phone
- +1 800-923-1799
- [email protected]
- Website
- Omnibus Express
Bus from Houston - Harrisburg Blvd to Crestview
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 17m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $100–140
- Schedules at
- Omnibus Express
Bus from Gulfport to Crestview
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $55–75
- Schedules at
- Omnibus Express
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Bus from Santa Barbara to Bakersfield
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- Amtrak
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Estimated price
- $80–180
Able Shuttle and Taxi
- Phone
- +1 850-607-0209
Choice Taxi
- Phone
- +1 850-529-1806
- Website
- mychoicetaxi.com
Emerald Taxi
- Phone
- +1 850-792-2546
- Website
- emeraldtaxiandshuttle.com
H2O Shuttle Taxi and Limo
- Phone
- +1 850-708-2870
Red Cabs of Panama City
- Phone
- +1 850-733-2227
- Website
- myfloridacabs.com
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