Ready for summer vacation? We found 5 flights under $100 from SLO airport
Looking for a great getaway this summer?
Airports in San Luis Obispo, Santa Maria and Santa Barbara offer a range of flights to vacation destinations across the country.
For less than $100, you can find yourself lounging on a beautiful beach or soaking up big city sights.
Here are the some of the most affordable flights you can take from the Central Coast:
Where can you fly nonstop from Central Coast airports?
San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport offers direct flights to eight locations across the United States, including Dallas, Denver, Los Angeles and Phoenix.
Nonstop flights are also available to San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle and Portland, Oregon.
At Santa Barbara Airport, you can choose from 23 daily nonstop flights to 12 major hubs, including Atlanta, Oakland and Salt Lake City, the airport said on its website.
Santa Maria Airport has nonstop flights to Las Vegas.
If you don’t mind catching a connecting flight, you can fly to a host of other destinations from the SLO, Santa Barbara and Santa Maria airports for cheap.
What are cheap one-way flights from SLO?
The Tribune searched through Google Flights to find the most affordable one-way plane trip options for San Luis Obispo-area travelers during the months of June, July and August.
These were the least expensive nonstop and indirect flights available from the SLO airport as of Thursday, May 8:
What are ticket prices for flights from Santa Barbara Airport?
Santa Barbara Airport is also offering a variety of inexpensive flights in June, July and August, including some nonstop trips.
According to Google Flights, these were the most affordable one-way flights from Santa Barbara as of Thursday, May 8.
How much does it cost to fly from Santa Maria to Las Vegas?
Santa Maria Airport offers flights to just one destination — Las Vegas — through Allegiant Air.
Despite its limited options, the airline has the most inexpensive flights on the Central Coast this summer.
As of Thursday, May 8, you could fly nonstop to Sin City for less than $50 via Allegiant Air in June and July, according to Google Flights.
When does summer vacation start for SLO-area schools, colleges?
Summer holidays vary across the Central Coast, depending on the school district or higher education institution.
Here’s when San Luis Obispo-area colleges and universities begin summer vacation:
- Cal Poly: June 16
- Cuesta College: May 26
- UC Santa Barbara: June 16
Here’s when Central Coast School districts serving students in kindergarten through 12th grade observe summer break, according to the San Luis Obispo County Office of Education.
- Atascadero Unified School District: June 6
- Coast Unified School District: June 5
- Cayucos Elementary School District: June 5
- Lucia Mar Unified School District: June 9
- Paso Robles Joint Unified School District: June 6
- Pleasant Valley School District: June 16
- San Luis Coastal Unified School District: June 6
- San Miguel Joint Union School District: June 9
- Shandon Joint Unified School District: June 6
- Templeton Unified School District: June 6
