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Route Reliability

Los Angeles → SBA

LAX–SBA · 89 miles · Los Angeles International Airport to SBA Airport

88
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
89%
Arrive within 15 minutes
3 min
Average arrival delay
1.3%
Cancelled
687
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

United Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 89% of the time across 687 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

LAX–SBA flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 100% of the time, versus 82% between 12–3 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

LAX–SBA flights arrived on time 96% of the time on Wednesdays. On Sundays: 81%.

Best historical flights

Ranked by on-time arrivals, minimum 100 flights. Past performance, not a promise.

Top flights by on-time rate

More flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon92%(98 flights)
  • Tue93%(89 flights)
  • Wed96%(97 flights)
  • Thu87%(98 flights)
  • Fri86%(99 flights)
  • Sat89%(89 flights)
  • Sun81%(102 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM100%(11 flights)
  • 12–3 PM82%(111 flights)
  • 3–6 PM91%(198 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM90%(352 flights)
On-time trend by month
90%
May

Jun 88% → May 90% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202588%58
July 202595%58
August 202584%62
September 202586%57
October 202593%56
November 202580%49
December 202582%44
January 202692%60
February 202693%54
March 202691%54
April 202693%59
May 202690%61

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Based on 687 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.