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283.5 Mi - Total Flight Distance from San Francisco to Santa Barbara, Connected by Big Sur

You take off from San Francisco and fly 102.5 Mi to Big Sur, then fly another 181 Mi from Big Sur to Santa Barbara for 283.5 Miles.

If you were to fly directly to Santa Barbara, your flight would be 277.1 miles - the extra 6.4 miles is due to your in between flight to Big Sur, CA, USA.

Flight Distance in Kilometers

  • 456.3 kilometers total air travel to Big Sur, CA, USA.
  • 165 Km from San Francisco to Big Sur.
  • 291.3 Km from Big Sur to Santa Barbara.

Flight Distance in Nautical Miles

  • 246.4 nautical miles total air travel to Big Sur, CA, USA.
  • 89.1 NM from San Francisco to Big Sur.
  • 157.3 NM from Big Sur to Santa Barbara.

Flight Coordinates

San Francisco Lat: 37.77493
San Francisco Long: -122.419416
Big Sur Lat: 36.361475
Big Sur Long: -121.856261
Santa Barbara Lat: 34.42083
Santa Barbara Long: -119.69819

Using a 16-point compass rose, we determine:

  • Big Sur, CA, USA being SSE or 157.50° of San Francisco, CA, USA
  • Santa Barbara, CA, USA being SE or 135° of San Francisco, CA, USA

See geographic coordinates for Santa Barbara as well as coordinates for Big Sur.

Flight Distance Summary

Your flight distance starts from San Francisco and ends at Santa Barbara. You will have a connecting flight in Big Sur.

If you're still considering flying, you may want to know how long it will take you to get to your destination. For details, see the flight time from San Francisco to Big Sur to Santa Barbara.

In addition to knowing the flight time to Santa Barbara, you may also want to know how elevated the land is due to the fact that this can have an impact on the altitude at which the plane flies. For more details see: route elevation from San Francisco to Big Sur to Santa Barbara.

If you'd prefer to drive, it's possible to reach Santa Barbara by car. To see how far from San Francisco it is, see distance from San Francisco to Big Sur to Santa Barbara.

If you'd like, you can also see a map of the trip so that you can get a better look at the road. See the road map from San Francisco to Big Sur to Santa Barbara.

If you're up for the road trip, you can take a look at the driving directions from San Francisco to Big Sur to Santa Barbara.

Of course you may also want to figure out whether it's worth driving as opposed to flying and you can do so by calculating the fuel cost from San Francisco to Big Sur to Santa Barbara.

So how long would it take you to drive to Santa Barbara? Check out the travel time from San Francisco to Big Sur to Santa Barbara.

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