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Airport Reliability

SMX · Santa Maria

Santa Maria, CA (SMX)

82%
Departures within 15 minutes
15 min
Average departure delay
84%
Arrivals within 15 minutes
1.0%
Departures cancelled

Based on 510 departures and 510 arrivals. Data through May 2026.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

Departures from SMX departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 88% of the time, versus 71% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Monday is the weak spot.

Departures from SMX arrived on time 92% of the time on Tuesdays. On Mondays: 77%.

Ticking up lately.

Departures from SMX arrived on time 85% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 80% in the three months before that.

When SMX gets messy

On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM88%(198 flights)
  • 12–3 PM—(2 flights)
  • 3–6 PM80%(229 flights)
  • 6–9 PM78%(27 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM71%(49 flights)
On-time by weekday
  • Mon77%(57 flights)
  • Tue92%(61 flights)
  • Wed83%(59 flights)
  • Thu79%(107 flights)
  • Fri83%(57 flights)
  • Sat86%(58 flights)
  • Sun81%(106 flights)
On-time trend by month
76%
May

Oct 90% → May 76% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
October 202590%40
November 202579%68
December 202583%69
January 202681%70
February 202675%64
March 202688%69
April 202690%69
May 202676%21

Airlines departing SMX

Busiest routes from SMX

Based on 510 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.