Santa Barbara Municipal in June 2025

77.5%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 June 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 748 domestic departures from Santa Barbara Municipal (SBA). 77.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 74.1% reached their destination on time; 0.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 71.4% of flights departed on time and 70.3% arrived on time, so SBA departures were 6.1 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in June 2024, the airport had 662 departures with 82.5% leaving on time: a change of −5.0 points, with flights up 13%.

Flights arriving at SBA that month were on time 77.3% of the time (748 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 37%, air carrier 35% and national aviation system 22%.

On time 74.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 25.0%
Cancelled 0.7%
Diverted 0.3%

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

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

Measure	Jun 2025	Jun 2024	SBA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jun 2025
Departed on time	77.5%	82.5%	81.1%	71.4%
Arrived on time	74.1%	83.2%	80.3%	70.3%
Cancelled	0.7%	1.5%	1.0%	1.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	20.6 min	13.4 min	15.0 min	22.1 min
Scheduled departures a day	25	22	24	20,386
Scheduled departures	748	662	8,582	611,575

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	272	36%	79.4%	5.4 min	0.4%
UA United Airlines	148	20%	68.9%	25.6 min	0.7%
WN Southwest Airlines	145	19%	82.1%	2.3 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	99	13%	71.7%	23.0 min	1.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	30	4%	43.3%	36.6 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	30	4%	43.3%	46.0 min	6.7%
MQ Envoy Air	24	3%	83.3%	7.7 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SBA–SFO	Santa Barbara to San Francisco	120	65.8%	16.9 min	0.0%
SBA–PHX	Santa Barbara to Phoenix	119	78.2%	12.3 min	0.0%
SBA–DEN	Santa Barbara to Denver	110	70.0%	23.0 min	0.9%
SBA–SLC	Santa Barbara to Salt Lake City	83	86.7%	4.1 min	0.0%
SBA–LAS	Santa Barbara to Las Vegas	69	92.8%	-4.1 min	0.0%
SBA–LAX	Santa Barbara to Los Angeles	60	90.0%	1.5 min	0.0%
SBA–SEA	Santa Barbara to Seattle	60	58.3%	19.7 min	0.0%
SBA–ATL	Santa Barbara to Atlanta	30	43.3%	46.0 min	6.7%
SBA–DFW	Santa Barbara to Dallas/Fort Worth	30	60.0%	50.2 min	3.3%
SBA–SMF	Santa Barbara to Sacramento	30	83.3%	-3.0 min	0.0%
SBA–OAK	Santa Barbara to Oakland	26	69.2%	7.5 min	0.0%
SBA–PDX	Santa Barbara to Portland	11	54.5%	25.4 min	9.1%

By scheduled departure hour

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

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), June 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jun 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	35.3%	31.6%	5,349
Late-arriving aircraft	36.8%	40.6%	5,587
National Aviation System	21.8%	20.9%	3,311
Extreme weather	6.1%	6.9%	926
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

15,173 delay minutes on 187 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 June 2025?

77.5% of 748 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 74.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 71.4% and 70.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In June 2024, 82.5% of 662 departures left on time and 1.5% were cancelled, against 77.5% and 0.7% in June 2025.

Provenance

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