Santa Barbara Municipal in July 2025

74.5%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 July 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 762 domestic departures from Santa Barbara Municipal (SBA). 74.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 72.7% reached their destination on time; 3.9% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 69.7% of flights departed on time and 69.0% arrived on time, so SBA departures were 4.8 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in July 2024, the airport had 749 departures with 82.8% leaving on time: a change of −8.3 points, with flights up 2%.

Flights arriving at SBA that month were on time 73.5% of the time (762 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 41%, air carrier 35% and national aviation system 19%.

On time 72.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 23.2%
Cancelled 3.9%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Jul 2025	Jul 2024	SBA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jul 2025
Departed on time	74.5%	82.8%	81.1%	69.7%
Arrived on time	72.7%	82.4%	80.3%	69.0%
Cancelled	3.9%	1.6%	1.0%	2.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	17.9 min	16.0 min	15.0 min	24.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	25	25	24	21,048
Scheduled departures	762	749	8,582	631,428

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	242	32%	76.0%	5.4 min	4.1%
UA United Airlines	183	24%	68.3%	8.4 min	6.0%
WN Southwest Airlines	149	20%	79.9%	5.7 min	2.7%
AA American Airlines	102	13%	71.6%	19.1 min	2.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	31	4%	71.0%	20.0 min	3.2%
AS Alaska Airlines	30	4%	36.7%	39.2 min	3.3%
MQ Envoy Air	25	3%	80.0%	1.3 min	4.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SBA–SFO	Santa Barbara to San Francisco	123	56.1%	16.0 min	4.1%
SBA–PHX	Santa Barbara to Phoenix	122	72.1%	23.6 min	3.3%
SBA–DEN	Santa Barbara to Denver	112	67.0%	9.8 min	6.3%
SBA–SLC	Santa Barbara to Salt Lake City	93	92.5%	-6.5 min	4.3%
SBA–LAS	Santa Barbara to Las Vegas	70	84.3%	4.0 min	2.9%
SBA–LAX	Santa Barbara to Los Angeles	61	86.9%	-9.0 min	3.3%
SBA–SEA	Santa Barbara to Seattle	61	60.7%	18.1 min	3.3%
SBA–ATL	Santa Barbara to Atlanta	31	71.0%	20.0 min	3.2%
SBA–DFW	Santa Barbara to Dallas/Fort Worth	31	64.5%	16.3 min	3.2%
SBA–SMF	Santa Barbara to Sacramento	31	87.1%	-3.1 min	3.2%
SBA–OAK	Santa Barbara to Oakland	27	66.7%	10.8 min	3.7%

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), July 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jul 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	34.7%	31.1%	4,502
Late-arriving aircraft	41.4%	40.8%	5,370
National Aviation System	19.4%	20.7%	2,513
Extreme weather	4.6%	7.3%	593
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

12,978 delay minutes on 177 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 July 2025?

74.5% of 762 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 72.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 69.7% and 69.0%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In July 2024, 82.8% of 749 departures left on time and 1.6% were cancelled, against 74.5% and 3.9% in July 2025.

Provenance

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