Santa Barbara Municipal in April 2025

85.8%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 April 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 703 domestic departures from Santa Barbara Municipal (SBA). 85.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 83.8% reached their destination on time; 0.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.6% of flights departed on time and 79.5% arrived on time, so SBA departures were 5.2 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in April 2024, the airport had 556 departures with 74.3% leaving on time: a change of +11.5 points, with flights up 26%.

Flights arriving at SBA that month were on time 84.5% of the time (702 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 37%, national aviation system 31% and late-arriving aircraft 30%.

On time 83.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 16.1%
Cancelled 0.1%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from SBA in April 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

April 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Apr 2025	Apr 2024	SBA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Apr 2025
Departed on time	85.8%	74.3%	81.1%	80.6%
Arrived on time	83.8%	73.0%	80.3%	79.5%
Cancelled	0.1%	2.3%	1.0%	0.8%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	9.6 min	36.3 min	15.0 min	14.1 min
Scheduled departures a day	23	19	24	19,465
Scheduled departures	703	556	8,582	583,950

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	301	43%	81.7%	4.2 min	0.0%
WN Southwest Airlines	133	19%	89.5%	-4.3 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	90	13%	91.1%	-11.1 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	90	13%	85.6%	-3.8 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	52	7%	63.5%	21.5 min	1.9%
AS Alaska Airlines	27	4%	85.2%	6.6 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	10	1%	90.0%	-4.1 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SBA–SFO	Santa Barbara to San Francisco	145	74.5%	4.5 min	0.0%
SBA–PHX	Santa Barbara to Phoenix	138	84.1%	6.1 min	0.0%
SBA–DEN	Santa Barbara to Denver	84	79.8%	3.2 min	0.0%
SBA–LAS	Santa Barbara to Las Vegas	73	91.8%	-7.3 min	0.0%
SBA–SLC	Santa Barbara to Salt Lake City	60	95.0%	-12.1 min	0.0%
SBA–LAX	Santa Barbara to Los Angeles	56	98.2%	-9.7 min	0.0%
SBA–ATL	Santa Barbara to Atlanta	30	83.3%	-9.0 min	0.0%
SBA–DFW	Santa Barbara to Dallas/Fort Worth	30	63.3%	26.1 min	3.3%
SBA–OAK	Santa Barbara to Oakland	30	80.0%	7.9 min	0.0%
SBA–SMF	Santa Barbara to Sacramento	30	93.3%	-9.3 min	0.0%
SBA–SEA	Santa Barbara to Seattle	27	85.2%	6.6 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), April 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Apr 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	37.3%	32.7%	2,423
Late-arriving aircraft	29.9%	39.4%	1,943
National Aviation System	31.3%	22.2%	2,034
Extreme weather	1.6%	5.5%	101
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

6,501 delay minutes on 113 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 April 2025?

85.8% of 703 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 83.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.6% and 79.5%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In April 2024, 74.3% of 556 departures left on time and 2.3% were cancelled, against 85.8% and 0.1% in April 2025.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for April 2025; 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.