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Closed again! The latest storm shuts down Santa Barbara Airport

Crews work to deal with flooding at Santa Barbara Airport which affected flight operations two weeks ago. The latest storm closed the airport to commercial flight operations Monday.
Santa Barbara Airport
Crews work to deal with flooding at Santa Barbara Airport which affected flight operations two weeks ago. The latest storm closed the airport to commercial flight operations Monday.

At least 20 commercial flights impacted.

The storm hitting the Tri-Counties has once again shut down the busiest commercial airport in the region.

Santa Barbara Airport is having flooding issues. At least 20 scheduled commercial airline flights have been cancelled by Monday's closure. The terminal is also shut down.

There's no word on when it will reopen.

Flooding from a major storm two weeks ago closed the airport for two days.

Lance Orozco has been News Director of KCLU since 2001, providing award-winning coverage of some of the biggest news events in the region, including the Thomas and Woolsey brush fires, the deadly Montecito debris flow, the Borderline Bar and Grill attack, and Ronald Reagan's funeral.