Santa Barbara Municipal in August 2025

80.3%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 August 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 704 domestic departures from Santa Barbara Municipal (SBA). 80.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 76.7% reached their destination on time; 0.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 76.8% of flights departed on time and 76.3% arrived on time, so SBA departures were 3.5 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in August 2024, the airport had 690 departures with 87.7% leaving on time: a change of −7.4 points, with flights up 2%.

Flights arriving at SBA that month were on time 81.7% of the time (703 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 42%, late-arriving aircraft 29% and national aviation system 27%.

On time 76.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 22.2%
Cancelled 0.6%
Diverted 0.6%

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

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

Measure	Aug 2025	Aug 2024	SBA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2025
Departed on time	80.3%	87.7%	81.1%	76.8%
Arrived on time	76.7%	88.0%	80.3%	76.3%
Cancelled	0.6%	0.6%	1.0%	1.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	14.9 min	8.9 min	15.0 min	17.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	24	23	24	20,079
Scheduled departures	704	690	8,582	602,378

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
UA United Airlines	181	26%	74.6%	6.3 min	0.6%
OO SkyWest Airlines	164	23%	82.3%	-2.3 min	0.0%
WN Southwest Airlines	146	21%	77.4%	3.1 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	68	10%	69.1%	45.8 min	1.5%
DL Delta Air Lines	60	9%	85.0%	5.9 min	1.7%
MQ Envoy Air	56	8%	83.9%	0.8 min	1.8%
AS Alaska Airlines	29	4%	41.4%	22.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SBA–SFO	Santa Barbara to San Francisco	111	66.7%	7.7 min	0.9%
SBA–DEN	Santa Barbara to Denver	107	71.0%	11.8 min	0.0%
SBA–PHX	Santa Barbara to Phoenix	100	84.0%	1.9 min	1.0%
SBA–SLC	Santa Barbara to Salt Lake City	91	94.5%	-11.8 min	0.0%
SBA–LAS	Santa Barbara to Las Vegas	70	78.6%	0.0 min	0.0%
SBA–LAX	Santa Barbara to Los Angeles	62	87.1%	-2.6 min	0.0%
SBA–SEA	Santa Barbara to Seattle	48	58.3%	13.4 min	0.0%
SBA–ATL	Santa Barbara to Atlanta	31	74.2%	25.1 min	3.2%
SBA–DFW	Santa Barbara to Dallas/Fort Worth	31	51.6%	100.5 min	3.2%
SBA–SMF	Santa Barbara to Sacramento	31	77.4%	2.9 min	0.0%
SBA–OAK	Santa Barbara to Oakland	22	90.9%	-6.0 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), August 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	42.4%	33.1%	4,423
Late-arriving aircraft	29.0%	40.5%	3,025
National Aviation System	26.8%	19.2%	2,795
Extreme weather	1.7%	7.0%	176
Security	0.1%	0.1%	9

10,428 delay minutes on 156 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 August 2025?

80.3% of 704 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 76.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.8% and 76.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In August 2024, 87.7% of 690 departures left on time and 0.6% were cancelled, against 80.3% and 0.6% in August 2025.

Provenance

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