Santa Barbara Municipal in October 2024

84.4%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 October 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 653 domestic departures from Santa Barbara Municipal (SBA). 84.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 85.1% reached their destination on time; 0.9% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.5% of flights departed on time and 85.8% arrived on time, so SBA departures were 1.1 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in October 2023, the airport had 671 departures with 83.3% leaving on time: a change of +1.1 points, with flights down 3%.

Flights arriving at SBA that month were on time 81.2% of the time (653 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 63%, air carrier 19% and national aviation system 12%.

On time 85.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 13.9%
Cancelled 0.9%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2024	Oct 2023	SBA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2024
Departed on time	84.4%	83.3%	81.1%	85.5%
Arrived on time	85.1%	83.2%	80.3%	85.8%
Cancelled	0.9%	0.6%	1.0%	1.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	15.1 min	13.8 min	15.0 min	9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	22	22	24	20,517
Scheduled departures	653	671	8,582	615,497

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	180	28%	83.3%	3.4 min	1.7%
UA United Airlines	149	23%	85.9%	7.2 min	1.3%
WN Southwest Airlines	131	20%	88.5%	0.5 min	0.8%
DL Delta Air Lines	93	14%	83.9%	17.5 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	69	11%	79.7%	6.9 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	31	5%	93.5%	-16.7 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SBA–PHX	Santa Barbara to Phoenix	124	79.8%	9.4 min	0.0%
SBA–SFO	Santa Barbara to San Francisco	120	81.7%	12.8 min	0.8%
SBA–LAS	Santa Barbara to Las Vegas	78	87.2%	4.4 min	1.3%
SBA–DEN	Santa Barbara to Denver	62	96.8%	-9.5 min	1.6%
SBA–SLC	Santa Barbara to Salt Lake City	62	83.9%	19.8 min	0.0%
SBA–LAX	Santa Barbara to Los Angeles	61	88.5%	-1.6 min	4.9%
SBA–ATL	Santa Barbara to Atlanta	31	83.9%	12.8 min	0.0%
SBA–DFW	Santa Barbara to Dallas/Fort Worth	31	71.0%	3.9 min	0.0%
SBA–OAK	Santa Barbara to Oakland	31	87.1%	-5.4 min	0.0%
SBA–SEA	Santa Barbara to Seattle	31	93.5%	-16.7 min	0.0%
SBA–SMF	Santa Barbara to Sacramento	22	95.5%	-4.5 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), October 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	19.0%	42.7%	1,754
Late-arriving aircraft	62.5%	37.4%	5,769
National Aviation System	12.2%	16.3%	1,125
Extreme weather	6.3%	3.4%	586
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

9,234 delay minutes on 91 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 October 2024?

84.4% of 653 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 85.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.5% and 85.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In October 2023, 83.3% of 671 departures left on time and 0.6% were cancelled, against 84.4% and 0.9% in October 2024.

Provenance

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