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SBA to RAL: distance & flight time
Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara Municipal Airport) → Riverside (Riverside Municipal Airport)
141 mi
227 km · 122 nm
50m
estimated nonstop flight time
Same time
time difference · heading east
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Flight time details
141 miles nonstop takes roughly 50m gate to gate, flying east. Add 45–90 minutes per connection if there's no nonstop service. Both airports share the same local time, so schedules read exactly as flown.
The two airports
- SBA — Santa Barbara Municipal Airport · Santa Barbara, United States
- RAL — Riverside Municipal Airport · Riverside, United States
Distances are great-circle ("as the crow flies") — the same basis airlines use for frequent-flyer miles.
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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
Near RAL
- ONT · Ontario International Airport11 mi away
- CNO · Chino Airport11 mi away
- RIV · March ARB Airport12 mi away
- LAX · Los Angeles International Airport55 mi away
Frequently asked questions
How far is SBA from RAL?
The flight distance from Santa Barbara (SBA) to Riverside (RAL) is 141 miles (227 km, 122 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from SBA to RAL?
A nonstop flight takes about 50m gate to gate. Actual time varies with winds, routing and season — eastbound transatlantic flights, for example, are usually faster than the return.
What is the cheapest way to fly from SBA to RAL?
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