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Route Reliability

Seattle → SBA

SEA–SBA · 908 miles · Seattle–Tacoma International Airport to SBA Airport

85
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
83%
Arrive within 15 minutes
3 min
Average arrival delay
1.3%
Cancelled
536
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Alaska Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 83% of the time across 536 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

SEA–SBA flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 91% of the time, versus 77% between 3–6 PM.

Thursday is the weak spot.

SEA–SBA flights arrived on time 90% of the time on Tuesdays. On Thursdays: 81%.

Ticking up lately.

SEA–SBA flights arrived on time 87% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 83% in the three months before that.

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
  • Mon85%(80 flights)
  • Tue90%(73 flights)
  • Wed81%(72 flights)
  • Thu81%(77 flights)
  • Fri81%(78 flights)
  • Sat82%(67 flights)
  • Sun83%(81 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM91%(172 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM85%(81 flights)
  • 3–6 PM77%(274 flights)
  • 6–9 PM—(1 flights)
On-time trend by month
91%
May

Jun 75% → May 91% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202575%60
July 202573%59
August 202580%60
September 202593%56
October 202585%46
November 202590%39
December 202581%43
January 202683%35
February 202686%28
March 202680%30
April 202690%30
May 202691%42

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Based on 536 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.