Santa Barbara Municipal in September 2024

86.2%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 September 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 639 domestic departures from Santa Barbara Municipal (SBA). 86.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 88.1% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 84.4% of flights departed on time and 83.9% arrived on time, so SBA departures were 1.8 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in September 2023, the airport had 631 departures with 85.6% leaving on time: a change of +0.6 points, with flights up 1%.

Flights arriving at SBA that month were on time 85.0% of the time (638 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 49%, late-arriving aircraft 37% and national aviation system 10%.

On time 88.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 11.4%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.5%

Every scheduled departure from SBA in September 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

September 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Sep 2024	Sep 2023	SBA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Sep 2024
Departed on time	86.2%	85.6%	81.1%	84.4%
Arrived on time	88.1%	84.9%	80.3%	83.9%
Cancelled	0.0%	0.0%	1.0%	0.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	13.6 min	9.1 min	15.0 min	10.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	21	21	24	19,421
Scheduled departures	639	631	8,582	582,622

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	149	23%	89.3%	6.6 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	145	23%	92.4%	-7.6 min	0.0%
WN Southwest Airlines	132	21%	81.8%	4.5 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	93	15%	82.8%	15.0 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	90	14%	93.3%	-3.1 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	30	5%	90.0%	1.5 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SBA–PHX	Santa Barbara to Phoenix	118	87.3%	18.6 min	0.0%
SBA–SFO	Santa Barbara to San Francisco	115	90.4%	-8.2 min	0.0%
SBA–LAS	Santa Barbara to Las Vegas	69	88.4%	-3.0 min	0.0%
SBA–DEN	Santa Barbara to Denver	64	85.9%	-2.0 min	0.0%
SBA–LAX	Santa Barbara to Los Angeles	60	93.3%	2.5 min	0.0%
SBA–SLC	Santa Barbara to Salt Lake City	60	98.3%	0.5 min	0.0%
SBA–DFW	Santa Barbara to Dallas/Fort Worth	34	79.4%	3.2 min	0.0%
SBA–ATL	Santa Barbara to Atlanta	30	83.3%	-10.8 min	0.0%
SBA–OAK	Santa Barbara to Oakland	30	76.7%	8.2 min	0.0%
SBA–SEA	Santa Barbara to Seattle	30	90.0%	1.5 min	0.0%
SBA–SMF	Santa Barbara to Sacramento	29	79.3%	14.7 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

100

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

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), September 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Sep 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	48.6%	38.6%	3,872
Late-arriving aircraft	37.3%	38.4%	2,976
National Aviation System	10.1%	18.2%	805
Extreme weather	4.0%	4.8%	316
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

7,969 delay minutes on 73 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 September 2024?

86.2% of 639 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 88.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.4% and 83.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In September 2023, 85.6% of 631 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 86.2% and 0.0% in September 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for September 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.