Route Reliability
San Diego → SBA
SAN–SBA · 192 miles · San Diego International Airport to SBA Airport
88
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
- 85%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 1 min early
- Average arrival delay
- 1.2%
- Cancelled
- 81
- Flights in the data
Data through May 2026.
Alaska Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 85% of the time across 81 flights. No comparison to make.
What the data says
The late departure is the smart one here.
SAN–SBA flights departing between 9 PM–12 AM arrived on time 93% of the time, versus 78% between 12–3 PM.
Thursdays have been rough.
SAN–SBA flights arrived on time 100% of the time on Saturdays and just 67% on Thursdays. That gap is worth planning around.
Flights on this route
The breakdown
- Mon—(9 flights)
- Tue73%(11 flights)
- Wed92%(12 flights)
- Thu67%(12 flights)
- Fri83%(12 flights)
- Sat100%(12 flights)
- Sun92%(12 flights)
- 12–3 PM78%(40 flights)
- 9 PM–12 AM93%(40 flights)
Keep nerding
Based on 81 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.