Santa Barbara Municipal in September 2025

81.7%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 September 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 671 domestic departures from Santa Barbara Municipal (SBA). 81.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 82.3% reached their destination on time; 0.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 82.8% arrived on time, so SBA departures were 1.4 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in September 2024, the airport had 639 departures with 86.2% leaving on time: a change of −4.5 points, with flights up 5%.

Flights arriving at SBA that month were on time 80.0% of the time (671 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 33%, national aviation system 30% and extreme weather 20%.

On time 82.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.1%
Cancelled 0.6%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Sep 2025	Sep 2024	SBA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Sep 2025
Departed on time	81.7%	86.2%	81.1%	83.1%
Arrived on time	82.3%	88.1%	80.3%	82.8%
Cancelled	0.6%	0.0%	1.0%	0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	12.8 min	13.6 min	15.0 min	12.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	22	21	24	18,748
Scheduled departures	671	639	8,582	562,439

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
UA United Airlines	200	30%	81.5%	0.6 min	0.5%
WN Southwest Airlines	141	21%	76.6%	10.1 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	133	20%	88.7%	-4.3 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	87	13%	83.9%	10.2 min	2.3%
DL Delta Air Lines	55	8%	81.8%	-1.0 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	29	4%	82.8%	-3.7 min	3.4%
AS Alaska Airlines	26	4%	80.8%	4.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SBA–SFO	Santa Barbara to San Francisco	132	76.5%	5.0 min	0.8%
SBA–DEN	Santa Barbara to Denver	99	82.8%	-2.0 min	0.0%
SBA–PHX	Santa Barbara to Phoenix	90	86.7%	6.4 min	2.2%
SBA–SLC	Santa Barbara to Salt Lake City	85	92.9%	-10.3 min	0.0%
SBA–LAS	Santa Barbara to Las Vegas	69	76.8%	13.0 min	0.0%
SBA–LAX	Santa Barbara to Los Angeles	59	84.7%	2.1 min	0.0%
SBA–ATL	Santa Barbara to Atlanta	30	80.0%	0.8 min	0.0%
SBA–DFW	Santa Barbara to Dallas/Fort Worth	30	76.7%	4.7 min	3.3%
SBA–SMF	Santa Barbara to Sacramento	30	70.0%	17.3 min	0.0%
SBA–SEA	Santa Barbara to Seattle	26	80.8%	4.0 min	0.0%
SBA–OAK	Santa Barbara to Oakland	21	95.2%	-8.0 min	0.0%

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), September 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Sep 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	17.5%	34.3%	1,383
Late-arriving aircraft	32.8%	37.4%	2,595
National Aviation System	29.6%	22.6%	2,338
Extreme weather	20.1%	5.6%	1,587
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

7,903 delay minutes on 115 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 September 2025?

81.7% of 671 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 82.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.1% and 82.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In September 2024, 86.2% of 639 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 81.7% and 0.6% in September 2025.

Provenance

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