SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – The Santa Barbara Airport started a phased reopening Tuesday afternoon, one day after flooding closed the air traffic control tower and grounded all flights.

Locals have already called the Santa Barbara Airport FAA tower asking to use drones to take aerial photos of nearby buildings, Smith said, unaware that some uses now require registration.

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – A Piper Sport airplane with a damaged front landing gear made an emergency landing at Santa Barbara Airport on Friday. The pilot was uninjured. Around 11:20 a.m. on ...

A small plane made a hard landing Friday at the Santa Barbara Airport, in an incident that temporarily closed one of the facility’s secondary runways. The pilot was uninjured. (Santa Barbara ...

(July 15, 2020) - The air traffic control tower at the Santa Maria Public Airport is closed after an employee at the facility tested positive for COVID-19. According to the FAA, the employee ...

The Santa Barbara Airport has reopened after a 19-hour shutdown following the crash-landing of a large transport plane. The airport’s main runway was put back in service at 4:45 p.m. Monday even ...

Hollywood director recalls scary “near miss” landing at Santa Barbara airport Tom Bolton. Noozhawk.com. October 20, 2016 6:09 AM.

santa barbara, ca – june 12, 2025 Santa Barbara Airport (SBA) is excited to announce a new partnership with local nonprofit Pacific Pride Foundation (PPF). This partnership will support mutual ...

The Santa Barbara Airport flooded twice in February 2024. The airport recently released a climate change study and has sought community feedback to plan for the airport’s future.

The pilot of a plane that went missing Sunday off the coast of Santa Barbara has been identified as a Tahoe City attorney. Debra Nicholson, 61, is believed to have been the only person on board ...