Santa Barbara Municipal in April 2026

81.3%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 April 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 733 domestic departures from Santa Barbara Municipal (SBA). 81.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 79.3% reached their destination on time; 0.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.1% of flights departed on time and 78.9% arrived on time, so SBA departures were 2.2 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in April 2025, the airport had 703 departures with 85.8% leaving on time: a change of −4.5 points, with flights up 4%.

Flights arriving at SBA that month were on time 82.4% of the time (734 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 44%, national aviation system 35% and late-arriving aircraft 21%.

On time 79.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 20.2%
Cancelled 0.4%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Apr 2026	Apr 2025	SBA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Apr 2026
Departed on time	81.3%	85.8%	81.1%	79.1%
Arrived on time	79.3%	83.8%	80.3%	78.9%
Cancelled	0.4%	0.1%	1.0%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	16.2 min	9.6 min	15.0 min	14.5 min
Scheduled departures a day	24	23	24	19,931
Scheduled departures	733	703	8,582	597,919

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	268	37%	83.2%	1.0 min	0.4%
UA United Airlines	171	23%	56.7%	24.4 min	0.6%
WN Southwest Airlines	164	22%	90.2%	-6.6 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	69	9%	87.0%	37.9 min	1.4%
MQ Envoy Air	31	4%	93.5%	-8.5 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	30	4%	80.0%	-4.4 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SBA–SFO	Santa Barbara to San Francisco	140	43.6%	30.5 min	1.4%
SBA–PHX	Santa Barbara to Phoenix	118	89.0%	24.7 min	0.0%
SBA–SLC	Santa Barbara to Salt Lake City	90	96.7%	-12.6 min	0.0%
SBA–DEN	Santa Barbara to Denver	86	91.9%	-6.3 min	0.0%
SBA–LAS	Santa Barbara to Las Vegas	78	92.3%	-5.9 min	0.0%
SBA–LAX	Santa Barbara to Los Angeles	59	96.6%	0.8 min	0.0%
SBA–DFW	Santa Barbara to Dallas/Fort Worth	30	86.7%	-9.4 min	3.3%
SBA–OAK	Santa Barbara to Oakland	30	86.7%	-10.2 min	0.0%
SBA–SEA	Santa Barbara to Seattle	30	80.0%	-4.4 min	0.0%
SBA–SMF	Santa Barbara to Sacramento	30	83.3%	-4.7 min	0.0%
SBA–ORD	Santa Barbara to Chicago	25	24.0%	53.0 min	0.0%
SBA–SAN	Santa Barbara to San Diego	17	76.5%	3.5 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), April 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Apr 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	43.8%	33.5%	5,261
Late-arriving aircraft	20.8%	40.4%	2,496
National Aviation System	34.5%	21.0%	4,142
Extreme weather	0.9%	5.0%	109
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

12,008 delay minutes on 148 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 April 2026?

81.3% of 733 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 79.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.1% and 78.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In April 2025, 85.8% of 703 departures left on time and 0.1% were cancelled, against 81.3% and 0.4% in April 2026.

Provenance

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