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Route Reliability

SBA → Phoenix

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

86
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
85%
Arrive within 15 minutes
8 min
Average arrival delay
1.4%
Cancelled
1,432
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Airlines on this route

  • American Airlines85% on time · 1,420 flights
  • Southwest Airlines83% 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.

SBA–PHX flights departing between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 91% of the time, versus 80% between 12–3 PM.

Friday is doing you no favors.

SBA–PHX flights arrived on time 89% of the time on Thursdays. On Fridays: 79%.

Ticking up lately.

SBA–PHX flights arrived on time 88% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 85% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon85%(200 flights)
  • Tue89%(189 flights)
  • Wed87%(189 flights)
  • Thu89%(211 flights)
  • Fri79%(202 flights)
  • Sat84%(189 flights)
  • Sun80%(229 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM90%(10 flights)
  • 6–9 AM90%(349 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM91%(172 flights)
  • 12–3 PM80%(359 flights)
  • 3–6 PM82%(322 flights)
  • 6–9 PM82%(197 flights)
On-time trend by month
91%
May

Jun 78% → May 91% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202578%119
July 202577%118
August 202587%98
September 202589%88
October 202586%132
November 202582%126
December 202583%123
January 202684%121
February 202688%106
March 202684%144
April 202689%118
May 202691%116

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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.