Santa Barbara Municipal in July 2026

79.2%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 July 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 745 domestic departures from Santa Barbara Municipal (SBA). 79.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 79.3% reached their destination on time; 0.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 68.8% of flights departed on time and 69.4% arrived on time, so SBA departures were 10.4 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in July 2025, the airport had 762 departures with 74.5% leaving on time: a change of +4.7 points, with flights down 2%.

Flights arriving at SBA that month were on time 77.0% of the time (745 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, national aviation system 42%, air carrier 31% and late-arriving aircraft 24%.

On time 79.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 20.0%
Cancelled 0.1%
Diverted 0.5%

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

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

Measure	Jul 2026	Jul 2025	SBA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jul 2026
Departed on time	79.2%	74.5%	81.1%	68.8%
Arrived on time	79.3%	72.7%	80.3%	69.4%
Cancelled	0.1%	3.9%	1.0%	2.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	16.2 min	17.9 min	15.0 min	24.1 min
Scheduled departures a day	25	25	24	21,066
Scheduled departures	745	762	8,582	631,970

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	289	39%	78.2%	6.9 min	0.0%
WN Southwest Airlines	165	22%	94.5%	-6.2 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	154	21%	66.2%	13.6 min	0.6%
AA American Airlines	75	10%	80.0%	22.4 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	32	4%	87.5%	15.1 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	30	4%	63.3%	15.8 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SBA–SFO	Santa Barbara to San Francisco	152	55.3%	26.5 min	0.0%
SBA–PHX	Santa Barbara to Phoenix	121	86.0%	9.0 min	0.0%
SBA–SLC	Santa Barbara to Salt Lake City	93	94.6%	-10.0 min	0.0%
SBA–DEN	Santa Barbara to Denver	88	75.0%	11.5 min	1.1%
SBA–LAS	Santa Barbara to Las Vegas	76	97.4%	-10.6 min	0.0%
SBA–LAX	Santa Barbara to Los Angeles	61	88.5%	-3.4 min	0.0%
SBA–DFW	Santa Barbara to Dallas/Fort Worth	31	71.0%	39.1 min	0.0%
SBA–OAK	Santa Barbara to Oakland	31	93.5%	-7.2 min	0.0%
SBA–ORD	Santa Barbara to Chicago	31	74.2%	8.4 min	0.0%
SBA–SMF	Santa Barbara to Sacramento	31	90.3%	-6.7 min	0.0%
SBA–SEA	Santa Barbara to Seattle	30	63.3%	15.8 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), July 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jul 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	31.0%	31.7%	3,624
Late-arriving aircraft	24.1%	41.8%	2,813
National Aviation System	42.4%	19.9%	4,947
Extreme weather	2.5%	6.5%	291
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

11,675 delay minutes on 149 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 July 2026?

79.2% of 745 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 79.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 68.8% and 69.4%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In July 2025, 74.5% of 762 departures left on time and 3.9% were cancelled, against 79.2% and 0.1% in July 2026.

Provenance

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