Route Reliability
SBA → San Diego
SBA–SAN · 192 miles · SBA Airport to San Diego International Airport
76
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
- 73%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 11 min
- Average arrival delay
- 1.3%
- Cancelled
- 80
- Flights in the data
Data through May 2026.
Alaska Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 73% of the time across 80 flights. No comparison to make.
What the data says
Morning-you made the right choice.
SBA–SAN flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 80% of the time, versus 63% between 3–6 PM.
Friday is doing you no favors.
SBA–SAN flights arrived on time 92% of the time on Wednesdays and just 67% on Fridays. That gap is worth planning around.
Flights on this route
The breakdown
- Mon70%(10 flights)
- Tue—(9 flights)
- Wed92%(12 flights)
- Thu67%(12 flights)
- Fri67%(12 flights)
- Sat75%(12 flights)
- Sun83%(12 flights)
- 6–9 AM80%(39 flights)
- 12–3 PM71%(21 flights)
- 3–6 PM63%(19 flights)
Keep nerding
Based on 80 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.