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MUO to SBA: distance & flight time
Mountain Home (Mountain Home Air Force Base) → Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara Municipal Airport)
632 mi
1,018 km · 550 nm
1h 50m
estimated nonstop flight time
-1h
time difference · heading south
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Flight time details
632 miles nonstop takes roughly 1h 50m gate to gate, flying south. Add 45–90 minutes per connection if there's no nonstop service. Remember to factor the 1-hour time set-back when reading arrival times on your ticket.
The two airports
- MUO — Mountain Home Air Force Base · Mountain Home, United States
- SBA — Santa Barbara Municipal Airport · Santa Barbara, United States
Distances are great-circle ("as the crow flies") — the same basis airlines use for frequent-flyer miles.
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Near MUO
- BOI · Boise Air Terminal/Gowen Field40 mi away
- TWF · Joslin Field Magic Valley Regional Airport80 mi away
- SUN · Friedman Memorial Airport85 mi away
- ONO · Ontario Municipal Airport88 mi away
Near SBA
- SQA · Santa Ynez Airport18 mi away
- OXR · Oxnard Airport39 mi away
- LPC · Lompoc Airport39 mi away
- NTD · Point Mugu Naval Air Station (Naval Base Ventura Co)46 mi away
Frequently asked questions
How far is MUO from SBA?
The flight distance from Mountain Home (MUO) to Santa Barbara (SBA) is 632 miles (1,018 km, 550 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from MUO to SBA?
A nonstop flight takes about 1h 50m gate to gate. Actual time varies with winds, routing and season — eastbound transatlantic flights, for example, are usually faster than the return.
Are there nonstop flights from MUO to SBA?
Nonstop service on MUO–SBA depends on the season and the day of week. Run the fare search on this page with the nonstop filter applied to see current direct options; when there is no nonstop, a single connection through a carrier hub adds roughly 2–4 hours to the 1h 50m nonstop estimate.
What is the time difference between Mountain Home and Santa Barbara?
Santa Barbara is 1 hour behind Mountain Home.
What is the cheapest way to fly from MUO to SBA?
Compare live fares online, then call CheapoTrav — our agents have unpublished consolidator fares on MUO–SBA that never appear on search engines, with no booking fees.
Why are some MUO to SBA fares phone-only?
Consolidator contracts let us sell certain MUO–SBA tickets below the price airlines permit us to publish online, so those fares can only be quoted over the phone. Call the travel desk and an agent will check phone-only inventory for your dates.