Santa Barbara Municipal in February 2026

83.6%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 February 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 616 domestic departures from Santa Barbara Municipal (SBA). 83.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 85.9% reached their destination on time; 0.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.1% of flights departed on time and 78.3% arrived on time, so SBA departures were 5.5 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2025, the airport had 541 departures with 84.5% leaving on time: a change of −0.9 points, with flights up 14%.

Flights arriving at SBA that month were on time 84.6% of the time (617 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 41%, national aviation system 26% and late-arriving aircraft 26%.

On time 85.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 13.5%
Cancelled 0.3%
Diverted 0.3%

Every scheduled departure from SBA in February 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

February 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Feb 2026	Feb 2025	SBA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2026
Departed on time	83.6%	84.5%	81.1%	78.1%
Arrived on time	85.9%	86.5%	80.3%	78.3%
Cancelled	0.3%	0.9%	1.0%	2.3%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	16.2 min	9.7 min	15.0 min	15.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	21	18	24	17,168
Scheduled departures	616	541	8,582	515,037

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	238	39%	83.2%	5.9 min	0.4%
WN Southwest Airlines	136	22%	89.7%	-3.2 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	122	20%	82.8%	7.1 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	81	13%	87.7%	13.1 min	1.2%
AS Alaska Airlines	28	5%	96.4%	-17.2 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	11	2%	90.9%	-2.4 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SBA–SFO	Santa Barbara to San Francisco	126	66.7%	24.5 min	0.0%
SBA–PHX	Santa Barbara to Phoenix	107	86.9%	6.7 min	0.9%
SBA–DEN	Santa Barbara to Denver	83	88.0%	5.4 min	0.0%
SBA–SLC	Santa Barbara to Salt Lake City	81	91.4%	-2.1 min	1.2%
SBA–LAS	Santa Barbara to Las Vegas	63	93.7%	-3.4 min	0.0%
SBA–LAX	Santa Barbara to Los Angeles	54	98.1%	-13.1 min	0.0%
SBA–DFW	Santa Barbara to Dallas/Fort Worth	28	89.3%	0.9 min	0.0%
SBA–SEA	Santa Barbara to Seattle	28	96.4%	-17.2 min	0.0%
SBA–SMF	Santa Barbara to Sacramento	28	89.3%	-5.8 min	0.0%
SBA–OAK	Santa Barbara to Oakland	18	88.9%	-7.7 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), February 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	40.5%	38.2%	3,691
Late-arriving aircraft	25.7%	37.2%	2,341
National Aviation System	25.9%	18.5%	2,358
Extreme weather	8.0%	6.0%	729
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

9,119 delay minutes on 83 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 February 2026?

83.6% of 616 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 85.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.1% and 78.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2025, 84.5% of 541 departures left on time and 0.9% were cancelled, against 83.6% and 0.3% in February 2026.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for February 2026; 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.