Santa Barbara Municipal in June 2026

78.9%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 June 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 752 domestic departures from Santa Barbara Municipal (SBA). 78.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 77.3% reached their destination on time; 0.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 72.2% of flights departed on time and 72.8% arrived on time, so SBA departures were 6.7 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in June 2025, the airport had 748 departures with 77.5% leaving on time: a change of +1.4 points, with flights up 1%.

Flights arriving at SBA that month were on time 76.7% of the time (751 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, national aviation system 35%, air carrier 34% and late-arriving aircraft 26%.

On time 77.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 22.3%
Cancelled 0.1%
Diverted 0.3%

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

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

Measure	Jun 2026	Jun 2025	SBA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jun 2026
Departed on time	78.9%	77.5%	81.1%	72.2%
Arrived on time	77.3%	74.1%	80.3%	72.8%
Cancelled	0.1%	0.7%	1.0%	1.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	18.0 min	20.6 min	15.0 min	20.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	25	25	24	20,253
Scheduled departures	752	748	8,582	607,577

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	301	40%	76.7%	4.6 min	0.3%
WN Southwest Airlines	159	21%	88.7%	-3.3 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	150	20%	62.0%	20.1 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	72	10%	79.2%	45.2 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	44	6%	86.4%	0.4 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	26	3%	80.8%	5.2 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SBA–SFO	Santa Barbara to San Francisco	150	50.7%	25.9 min	0.0%
SBA–PHX	Santa Barbara to Phoenix	119	80.7%	4.0 min	0.0%
SBA–SLC	Santa Barbara to Salt Lake City	90	97.8%	-14.2 min	0.0%
SBA–DEN	Santa Barbara to Denver	86	87.2%	2.5 min	0.0%
SBA–LAS	Santa Barbara to Las Vegas	73	87.7%	-2.6 min	0.0%
SBA–LAX	Santa Barbara to Los Angeles	60	86.7%	-5.0 min	0.0%
SBA–DFW	Santa Barbara to Dallas/Fort Worth	30	70.0%	116.8 min	0.0%
SBA–OAK	Santa Barbara to Oakland	30	86.7%	-3.5 min	0.0%
SBA–ORD	Santa Barbara to Chicago	30	53.3%	37.8 min	0.0%
SBA–SMF	Santa Barbara to Sacramento	30	83.3%	-4.3 min	0.0%
SBA–SEA	Santa Barbara to Seattle	26	80.8%	5.2 min	0.0%
SBA–SAN	Santa Barbara to San Diego	18	61.1%	11.1 min	5.6%

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), June 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jun 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	33.9%	30.8%	4,461
Late-arriving aircraft	26.2%	42.1%	3,445
National Aviation System	35.3%	20.3%	4,652
Extreme weather	4.6%	6.7%	605
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

13,163 delay minutes on 168 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 June 2026?

78.9% of 752 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 77.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.2% and 72.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In June 2025, 77.5% of 748 departures left on time and 0.7% were cancelled, against 78.9% and 0.1% in June 2026.

Provenance

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