Airports › Santa Barbara (SBA) › August 2024
Airport month · August 2024
Santa Barbara Municipal in August 2024
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 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 690 domestic departures from Santa Barbara Municipal (SBA). 87.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 88.0% reached their destination on time; 0.6% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 75.4% of flights departed on time and 74.7% arrived on time, so SBA departures were 12.3 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in August 2023, the airport had 647 departures with 82.8% leaving on time: a change of +4.9 points, with flights up 7%.
Flights arriving at SBA that month were on time 79.8% of the time (689 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 49%, air carrier 31% and national aviation system 15%.
- On time 88.0%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 11.4%
- Cancelled 0.6%
- Diverted 0.0%
August 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Aug 2024 | Aug 2023 | SBA, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Aug 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 87.7% | 82.8% | 81.1% | 75.4% |
| Arrived on time | 88.0% | 82.2% | 80.3% | 74.7% |
| Cancelled | 0.6% | 0.9% | 1.0% | 2.1% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 8.9 min | 11.6 min | 15.0 min | 18.4 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 23 | 22 | 24 | 20,634 |
| Scheduled departures | 690 | 647 | 8,582 | 619,025 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 178 | 26% | 87.1% | -3.4 min | 0.0% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 145 | 21% | 90.3% | -0.3 min | 0.0% |
| UA United Airlines | 116 | 17% | 91.4% | -9.8 min | 2.6% |
| AA American Airlines | 112 | 16% | 81.3% | 15.5 min | 0.9% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 93 | 13% | 92.5% | -6.6 min | 0.0% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 31 | 4% | 83.9% | 4.1 min | 0.0% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 15 | 2% | 80.0% | 3.3 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SBA–SFO | Santa Barbara to San Francisco | 122 | 87.7% | -9.3 min | 1.6% |
| SBA–PHX | Santa Barbara to Phoenix | 114 | 81.6% | 9.5 min | 0.0% |
| SBA–DEN | Santa Barbara to Denver | 73 | 95.9% | -8.6 min | 1.4% |
| SBA–LAS | Santa Barbara to Las Vegas | 71 | 90.1% | 1.6 min | 0.0% |
| SBA–LAX | Santa Barbara to Los Angeles | 62 | 90.3% | -1.9 min | 0.0% |
| SBA–SLC | Santa Barbara to Salt Lake City | 62 | 90.3% | -5.8 min | 0.0% |
| SBA–DFW | Santa Barbara to Dallas/Fort Worth | 61 | 78.7% | 14.3 min | 1.6% |
| SBA–OAK | Santa Barbara to Oakland | 32 | 90.6% | -6.8 min | 0.0% |
| SBA–ATL | Santa Barbara to Atlanta | 31 | 96.8% | -8.2 min | 0.0% |
| SBA–SEA | Santa Barbara to Seattle | 31 | 83.9% | 4.1 min | 0.0% |
| SBA–SMF | Santa Barbara to Sacramento | 31 | 90.3% | 1.2 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left SBA on time in August 2024?
87.7% of 690 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 88.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.4% and 74.7%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In August 2023, 82.8% of 647 departures left on time and 0.9% were cancelled, against 87.7% and 0.6% in August 2024.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 2024; 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.