The hotels featured here are reported to be very convenient to the Santa Maria Public Airport/Capt G Allan Hancock Field. If your hotel/inn/B&B/resort is near the Santa Maria Public Airport/Capt G Allan Hancock Field, provides convenient transportation, or is otherwise attractive to pilots, flight crews, and airport users, consider listing it here. Closest airports to Santa Barbara, CA: 1. Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (8.1 miles / 13.0 kilometers). Santa Maria Public Airport (54.4 miles / 87.5 kilometers). San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport (77.8 miles / 125.3 kilometers). See also nearest airports on a map.
Santa Maria is a city in Santa Barbara County, on the Central Coast of California. Santa Maria's population in the 2010 census of 99,553, confirmed what had been known, that it had surpassed that of Santa Barbara (the county seat), making it the largest city in the county. The estimated population of the area is about 161,227, which includes the Santa Maria Valley, the city of Guadalupe and the unincorporated township of Orcutt as well as adjacent Nipomo. The city is notable for its wine industry and Santa Maria Style Barbecue.
The Santa Maria Valley, stretching from the Santa Lucia Mountains toward the Pacific Ocean, was the homeland of the Chumash people for thousands of years. These American Indians made their homes on the slopes of the surrounding hills among the Oaks, the banks of the Santa Maria river among the Sycamores, and along the beach areas. They had plank-built boats, called Tomol, for ocean fishing.
In 1769, the Portolà Expedition passed through the Santa Maria Valley on the first Spanish land exploration up the coast of the Las Californias Province, in route to the Monterey Bay area. Soon Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa was established to the north in 1772 and Mission La Purísima Concepción was established south of the valley near present day Lompoc in 1787. In 1821, when Spain left Alta California after the Mexican War of Independence was won, the mission lands in Santa Maria Valley became a Mexican land grant called Rancho Punta de Laguna in 1844.
Santa Barbara, CA – Airports nearby
- Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (8.1 miles / 13.0 kilometers)
- Santa Maria Public Airport (54.4 miles / 87.5 kilometers)
- San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport (77.8 miles / 125.3 kilometers)
- Hollywood Burbank Airport (78.0 miles / 125.6 kilometers)
Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (SBA)
Santa Barbara Municipal Airport is located approximately 1.0 miles / 1.6 kilometers southwest of Goleta and about 1.5 miles / 2.4 kilometers northeast of Isla Vista. IATA airport code is SBA.
Santa Maria Public Airport (SMX)
Distance from Santa Maria Public Airport to Santa Barbara is 54.4 miles / 87.5 kilometers. Santa Maria Public Airport is located approximately 2.6 miles / 4.2 kilometers northwest of Orcutt and about 3.9 miles / 6.3 kilometers south of Santa Maria. IATA airport code is SMX.
San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport (SBP)
Closest Casino To Santa Barbara California
Distance from San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport to Santa Barbara is 77.8 miles / 125.3 kilometers. San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport is located approximately 3.3 miles / 5.4 kilometers south of San Luis Obispo and about 8.7 miles / 14.0 kilometers north of Arroyo Grande. IATA airport code is SBP.
Hollywood Burbank Airport (BUR)
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Distance from Hollywood Burbank Airport to Santa Barbara is 78.0 miles / 125.6 kilometers. Hollywood Burbank Airport is located approximately 2.3 miles / 3.7 kilometers northeast of North Hollywood and about 3.2 miles / 5.1 kilometers northwest of Burbank. IATA airport code is BUR.