Skip to content
WanderNerd
Check a flight

Route Reliability

Phoenix → SBA

PHX–SBA · 455 miles · Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport to SBA Airport

83
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
82%
Arrive within 15 minutes
9 min
Average arrival delay
1.3%
Cancelled
1,432
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Airlines on this route

  • American Airlines81% on time · 1,420 flights
  • Southwest Airlines92% on time · 12 flights

Too little history on this route to call a winner. We rank airlines only after 100 flights each.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

PHX–SBA flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 96% of the time, versus 72% between 6–9 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

PHX–SBA flights arrived on time 86% of the time on Tuesdays. On Sundays: 75%.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon82%(211 flights)
  • Tue86%(181 flights)
  • Wed85%(189 flights)
  • Thu85%(210 flights)
  • Fri77%(201 flights)
  • Sat83%(188 flights)
  • Sun75%(229 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM96%(140 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM81%(372 flights)
  • 12–3 PM81%(233 flights)
  • 3–6 PM81%(415 flights)
  • 6–9 PM72%(109 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM79%(140 flights)
On-time trend by month
83%
May

Jun 79% → May 83% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202579%118
July 202569%116
August 202581%100
September 202582%88
October 202584%131
November 202580%125
December 202581%123
January 202686%122
February 202683%107
March 202682%145
April 202687%118
May 202683%116

Keep nerding

Based on 1,432 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.