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Airport month · December 2024
Santa Barbara Municipal in December 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 December 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 630 domestic departures from Santa Barbara Municipal (SBA). 83.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 83.5% reached their destination on time; 1.0% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 77.8% of flights departed on time and 78.1% arrived on time, so SBA departures were 5.5 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in December 2023, the airport had 570 departures with 84.4% leaving on time: a change of −1.1 points, with flights up 11%.
Flights arriving at SBA that month were on time 80.5% of the time (630 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 53%, air carrier 20% and extreme weather 13%.
- On time 83.5%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 15.2%
- Cancelled 1.0%
- Diverted 0.3%
December 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Dec 2024 | Dec 2023 | SBA, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 83.3% | 84.4% | 81.1% | 77.8% |
| Arrived on time | 83.5% | 83.9% | 80.3% | 78.1% |
| Cancelled | 1.0% | 0.4% | 1.0% | 0.7% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 14.3 min | 12.1 min | 15.0 min | 16.6 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 21 | 19 | 24 | 19,686 |
| Scheduled departures | 630 | 570 | 8,582 | 590,581 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UA United Airlines | 139 | 22% | 87.1% | 3.1 min | 0.0% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 139 | 22% | 86.3% | 1.0 min | 1.4% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 112 | 18% | 78.6% | 11.1 min | 1.8% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 93 | 15% | 88.2% | 4.7 min | 0.0% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 70 | 11% | 84.3% | -3.6 min | 2.9% |
| AA American Airlines | 46 | 7% | 73.9% | 10.2 min | 0.0% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 31 | 5% | 71.0% | -0.3 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SBA–PHX | Santa Barbara to Phoenix | 130 | 85.4% | 0.0 min | 1.5% |
| SBA–SFO | Santa Barbara to San Francisco | 91 | 82.4% | 11.9 min | 1.1% |
| SBA–LAS | Santa Barbara to Las Vegas | 75 | 85.3% | 3.3 min | 1.3% |
| SBA–DEN | Santa Barbara to Denver | 64 | 89.1% | -2.5 min | 0.0% |
| SBA–SLC | Santa Barbara to Salt Lake City | 62 | 88.7% | 1.8 min | 0.0% |
| SBA–LAX | Santa Barbara to Los Angeles | 60 | 81.7% | 7.1 min | 1.7% |
| SBA–OAK | Santa Barbara to Oakland | 32 | 90.6% | -4.3 min | 0.0% |
| SBA–ATL | Santa Barbara to Atlanta | 31 | 87.1% | 10.5 min | 0.0% |
| SBA–SEA | Santa Barbara to Seattle | 31 | 71.0% | -0.3 min | 0.0% |
| SBA–SMF | Santa Barbara to Sacramento | 30 | 83.3% | 1.7 min | 3.3% |
| SBA–DFW | Santa Barbara to Dallas/Fort Worth | 24 | 50.0% | 22.4 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left SBA on time in December 2024?
83.3% of 630 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 83.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.8% and 78.1%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In December 2023, 84.4% of 570 departures left on time and 0.4% were cancelled, against 83.3% and 1.0% in December 2024.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for December 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.