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Airport Reliability

SBA · Santa Barbara

Santa Barbara, CA (SBA)

83%
Departures within 15 minutes
10 min
Average departure delay
83%
Arrivals within 15 minutes
1.4%
Departures cancelled

Based on 9,057 departures and 9,058 arrivals. Data through May 2026.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

Departures from SBA departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 95% of the time, versus 72% between 6–9 PM.

Tuesday comes out ahead.

A small edge: 86% on time on Tuesdays against 80% on Mondays.

Slipping a little lately.

Departures from SBA arrived on time 82% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 85% in the three months before that.

When SBA gets messy

On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM95%(1050 flights)
  • 6–9 AM85%(1868 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM81%(977 flights)
  • 12–3 PM78%(2401 flights)
  • 3–6 PM83%(1357 flights)
  • 6–9 PM72%(1264 flights)
On-time by weekday
  • Mon80%(1339 flights)
  • Tue86%(1196 flights)
  • Wed82%(1202 flights)
  • Thu82%(1324 flights)
  • Fri81%(1329 flights)
  • Sat83%(1164 flights)
  • Sun80%(1363 flights)
On-time trend by month
80%
May

Jun 76% → May 80% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202576%760
July 202578%760
August 202579%738
September 202584%727
October 202584%791
November 202580%736
December 202580%710
January 202689%672
February 202687%640
March 202686%762
April 202681%760
May 202680%861

Airlines departing SBA

Busiest routes from SBA

Based on 9,057 historical flights, because apparently we checked. Historical flight data: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, June 2025 – May 2026. Data through May 2026. How we calculate this.