United Airlines, American, and Southwest fly to Santa Barbara, CA with a layover. You will then be about 15 minutes from all locations in Santa Barbara.

For those flying from Des Moines: Allegiant Air flies directly to Orange County, CA. This would require a 2.5 hour drive to Santa Barbara.

Flying in to Los Angeles would give you the option to take the Santa Barbara Airbus to Santa Barbara. $120 round trip or $69 one way. LAX is about 90 miles south of Santa Barbara.

Airbus drives from LAX to SB for $69 one way or $120 roundtrip.