We advise on flying into this airport out of convenience. If you do not want to rent a car or drive 2 hours this will be more cost effective. You may have a connecting flight as this is a smaller airport.
You can fly into LAX which is around a 2 hour drive to Santa Barbara. You can either rent a car, Uber, take the Amtrak Pacific Surfrider, or take the shuttle from LAX to and from Santa Barbara.
You can fly into Burbank Airport which is around a 1.5 hour drive.