Santa Barbara Municipal in August 2023

82.8%departed on time

BTS: A flight is counted as on time if it arrived less than 15 minutes after its scheduled time. Only carriers with at least 0.5 percent of domestic scheduled passenger revenue report.

In August 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 647 domestic departures from Santa Barbara Municipal (SBA). 82.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 82.2% reached their destination on time; 0.9% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 76.7% of flights departed on time and 76.9% arrived on time, so SBA departures were 6.1 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at SBA that month were on time 78.7% of the time (647 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 40%, late-arriving aircraft 38% and national aviation system 19%.

On time 82.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 16.1%
Cancelled 0.9%
Diverted 0.8%

Every scheduled departure from SBA in August 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

August 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Aug 2023	Year earlier	SBA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2023
Departed on time	82.8%	—	81.1%	76.7%
Arrived on time	82.2%	—	80.3%	76.9%
Cancelled	0.9%	—	1.0%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	11.6 min	—	15.0 min	17.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	22	—	24	20,100
Scheduled departures	647	—	8,582	602,987

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	222	34%	81.5%	6.3 min	0.9%
WN Southwest Airlines	178	28%	84.3%	-1.9 min	0.6%
AA American Airlines	123	19%	74.8%	6.4 min	1.6%
UA United Airlines	93	14%	84.9%	-0.3 min	1.1%
AS Alaska Airlines	31	5%	96.8%	-6.4 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SBA–DEN	Santa Barbara to Denver	124	79.0%	4.1 min	0.8%
SBA–SFO	Santa Barbara to San Francisco	116	79.3%	7.7 min	0.9%
SBA–LAS	Santa Barbara to Las Vegas	85	88.2%	-2.3 min	0.0%
SBA–PHX	Santa Barbara to Phoenix	74	86.5%	-1.5 min	0.0%
SBA–DFW	Santa Barbara to Dallas/Fort Worth	62	62.9%	14.7 min	3.2%
SBA–LAX	Santa Barbara to Los Angeles	62	85.5%	1.7 min	3.2%
SBA–OAK	Santa Barbara to Oakland	31	80.6%	1.5 min	0.0%
SBA–PDX	Santa Barbara to Portland	31	87.1%	-1.1 min	0.0%
SBA–SEA	Santa Barbara to Seattle	31	96.8%	-6.4 min	0.0%
SBA–SMF	Santa Barbara to Sacramento	31	93.5%	-8.1 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), August 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	39.5%	36.7%	2,610
Late-arriving aircraft	38.2%	42.2%	2,526
National Aviation System	19.0%	15.7%	1,256
Extreme weather	3.4%	5.1%	222
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

6,614 delay minutes on 104 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Questions and answers

How many flights left SBA on time in August 2023?

82.8% of 647 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 82.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.7% and 76.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

August 2022 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for SBA · methodology · corrections.