Santa Barbara Municipal in November 2024

85.2%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 November 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 644 domestic departures from Santa Barbara Municipal (SBA). 85.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 84.9% reached their destination on time; 0.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.2% of flights departed on time and 84.8% arrived on time, so SBA departures were level with the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in November 2023, the airport had 627 departures with 85.0% leaving on time: a change of +0.2 points, with flights up 3%.

Flights arriving at SBA that month were on time 83.7% of the time (644 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 46%, air carrier 22% and national aviation system 17%.

On time 84.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 14.6%
Cancelled 0.3%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Nov 2024	Nov 2023	SBA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2024
Departed on time	85.2%	85.0%	81.1%	85.2%
Arrived on time	84.9%	84.1%	80.3%	84.8%
Cancelled	0.3%	0.3%	1.0%	0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	16.6 min	10.7 min	15.0 min	10.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	22	21	24	19,180
Scheduled departures	644	627	8,582	575,404

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
UA United Airlines	146	23%	79.5%	16.4 min	0.0%
WN Southwest Airlines	136	21%	89.7%	-6.5 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	114	18%	80.7%	8.3 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	90	14%	86.7%	3.4 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	83	13%	83.1%	14.3 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	46	7%	97.8%	-12.6 min	2.2%
AS Alaska Airlines	29	5%	86.2%	-11.1 min	3.4%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SBA–PHX	Santa Barbara to Phoenix	132	89.4%	9.5 min	0.8%
SBA–SFO	Santa Barbara to San Francisco	117	65.8%	26.1 min	0.0%
SBA–LAS	Santa Barbara to Las Vegas	76	86.8%	-4.4 min	0.0%
SBA–DEN	Santa Barbara to Denver	61	93.4%	-1.6 min	0.0%
SBA–LAX	Santa Barbara to Los Angeles	60	95.0%	-9.4 min	0.0%
SBA–SLC	Santa Barbara to Salt Lake City	60	88.3%	-2.9 min	0.0%
SBA–ATL	Santa Barbara to Atlanta	30	83.3%	15.9 min	0.0%
SBA–OAK	Santa Barbara to Oakland	30	90.0%	-6.9 min	0.0%
SBA–SEA	Santa Barbara to Seattle	29	86.2%	-11.1 min	3.4%
SBA–SMF	Santa Barbara to Sacramento	28	96.4%	-10.9 min	0.0%
SBA–DFW	Santa Barbara to Dallas/Fort Worth	21	71.4%	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), November 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	21.9%	36.9%	2,193
Late-arriving aircraft	45.9%	35.6%	4,597
National Aviation System	17.2%	21.9%	1,720
Extreme weather	15.1%	5.4%	1,511
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

10,021 delay minutes on 94 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 November 2024?

85.2% of 644 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 84.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.2% and 84.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In November 2023, 85.0% of 627 departures left on time and 0.3% were cancelled, against 85.2% and 0.3% in November 2024.

Provenance

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