SBA at a glance
Published airport facts and public business listings help you identify the right contacts before requesting aircraft-specific quotes.
- FAA location identifier
- SBA Source
- ICAO identifier
- KSBA Source
- FAA associated city
- Santa Barbara Source
- FAA county
- Santa Barbara County Source
- Airport elevation
- 13.5 ft MSL Source
- Facility use
- Open to the public Source
- Ownership type
- Publicly owned Source
- Physical runway 07/25
- 6,052 x 150 ft; ASPH Source
- Physical runway 15L/33R
- 4,180 x 75 ft; ASPH Source
- Physical runway 15R/33L
- 4,184 x 100 ft; ASPH Source
- FAA owner record
- CITY OF SANTA BARBARA Source
FAA NASR cycle effective October 1, 2026; next cycle October 29, 2026. Physical runway dimensions are not declared distances or an aircraft suitability determination. Use current charts, notices and qualified operator guidance for flight planning.
Airport management & official information
City of Santa Barbara Airport Department
601 FIRESTONE RD, SANTA BARBARA, CA, 93117
805-967-7111
Public-source directory checked 2026-10-28. Confirm current services, contacts and availability directly. An airport listing does not establish aircraft suitability or a relationship with Jaken Finance Group.
FBOs & aviation businesses
Start with the providers’ published locations and the airport’s business directory. Compare written proposals for the exact aircraft and services you need.
Atlantic Aviation Santa Barbara
1503 Cook Place, Santa Barbara, CA 93117
805-964-6733Current city airport provider directory lists FBO and fuel services.
Signature Aviation Santa Barbara
515 Marxmiller Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93117
805-967-5608Current city airport provider directory lists FBO and fuel services.
The directory is informational. Categories describe published services; no ranking, service guarantee, FAA certificate determination or endorsement is implied. Ask each provider about current capability, availability and contract terms.
Evaluate Santa Barbara Airport as a home base or recurring destination for the actual aircraft, passengers and schedule.
Start with the exact service required
The city airport's general-aviation directory separates service categories and contacts. Use it to identify storage, ground handling, maintenance or charter questions, then verify the selected provider's current scope directly. A charter company's listing does not establish that it will manage the buyer's aircraft, and a service directory does not establish hangar availability or a financing relationship.
Compare coastal basing alternatives
For an owner traveling among Santa Barbara, Ventura and the greater Los Angeles area, compare Santa Barbara and Camarillo against a realistic month of travel. Include the cost of empty positioning, maintenance visits and where the passengers originate. The choice may differ for a full-time coastal resident and someone making occasional leisure visits. Use actual transfer estimates rather than a fixed regional travel-time promise.
Plan for service interruptions without predicting them
Ask the flight department and provider how notices, construction, weather disruptions and temporary service changes are communicated. Use current official operational information for the intended aircraft and trip. A purchase plan should include an alternate ground and aircraft-arrangement budget, without presenting historical weather events or airport marketing as a forecast of future access.
Get a written coastal ownership budget
Ask for storage term, dimensions, access, towing, fuel and after-hours conditions, and clarify any maintenance or management costs that are not included. Keep recurring expenses separate from financing and acquisition cash. Discuss Santa Barbara County aircraft reporting with the appropriate adviser using actual basing records; a coastal address alone cannot establish the amount or treatment of tax.
Build a base-comparison worksheet
Prepare an SBA-versus-CMA worksheet with actual Santa Barbara, Ventura and recurring Los Angeles destinations, contracted storage, model-specific support and repositioning. Use the city airport's directory to identify the appropriate service category, then obtain current terms from each actual provider. Ask which services are delivered directly and which require another business or a flight elsewhere. Include a temporary-alternate-base cost scenario with no assumption that disruption will occur. A coastal photograph and a full-service label should not replace verification of the exact aircraft, agreement and recurring annual travel plan.
Confirm the local reporting and contract roles
Ask city airport administration which airport requirements and charges apply, and distinguish them from the provider's service contract. Direct aircraft assessment questions to Santa Barbara County or the tax adviser using real basing facts. If the aircraft splits time between Ventura and Santa Barbara arrangements, retain dates and evidence rather than infer tax allocation from home addresses. Confirm how the owner's legal entity receives official correspondence when a manager handles daily service interactions.
Compare your basing alternatives
Use this worksheet to request like-for-like evidence for the actual aircraft and recurring trips. Blank or unconfirmed items remain decisions to investigate, not implied airport capabilities.
| Decision variable | SBA evidence | Alternative evidence | Owner priority / unresolved question |
|---|---|---|---|
| Actual passenger ground itinerary | Obtain current route estimate | Use the same dates and destinations | No fixed transfer-time promise |
| Storage rights and availability | Signed offer, conditional offer or inquiry | Record the same evidence category | Do not price unavailable space as confirmed |
| Airport and provider charges | Request itemized current proposal | Match aircraft and annual activity | Identify excluded or unquoted items |
| Operating and noise review | Current source and qualified operator review | Use each airport's own rules | Distinguish mandatory and voluntary only when verified |
| Assessment and records | Ask the appropriate assessor or adviser | Document actual changed basing facts | No automatic situs or exemption conclusion |
Your next-step checklist
- Which provider performs each required service?
- What is the plan if the normal base is temporarily unavailable?
- How do empty positioning costs compare with CMA?
Sources & further reading
Primary sources support the relevant facts. Our planning questions and illustrative exercises are editorial analysis; they do not replace transaction-specific advice.
- Santa Barbara Airport — official source 1 · accessed 2026-10-28
- Santa Barbara Airport — official source 2 · accessed 2026-10-28
- FAA NASR · APT_BASE.csv; ARPT_ID=SBA · accessed 2026-10-28