Airport
Santa Barbara Municipal Airport
SBA · Santa Barbara, CA
- IATA Code
- SBA
- ICAO Code
- KSBA
- City
- Santa Barbara
- Country
- United States
Santa Barbara Municipal Airport is a regional airport serving Santa Barbara, CA. Its IATA code is SBA and its ICAO code is KSBA.
The airfield sits 13 feet above sea level.
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SBA by the numbers
IATA SBA · ICAO KSBA · 13 ft elevation · Map
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Official departure punctuality
Ranks #143 of 358 U.S. airports for on-time departures
- On-time departures
- 81.3%
- Less than 15 minutes late
- Cancelled
- 0.9%
- Of scheduled flights
- Average delay when late
- 81 min
- Flights arriving 15+ minutes late
- Flights tracked
- 8,648
- Scheduled flights in the period
What caused the delays
- Air traffic control & airport 34%
- Late-arriving aircraft 32%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning) 27%
- Extreme weather 8%
- Security 0%
Share of delay minutes airlines attributed to each cause (BTS).
Source: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics on-time data, September 2025 – August 2026. Covers flights operated by reporting U.S. carriers. About our data
Busiest routes from SBA
| Route | Flights | On time |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco (SFO) | 1,677 | 61% |
| Phoenix (PHX) | 1,432 | 86% |
| Salt Lake City (SLC) | 1,062 | 94% |
| Denver (DEN) | 1,058 | 85% |
| Las Vegas (LAS) | 890 | 87% |
| Los Angeles (LAX) | 681 | 88% |
| Sacramento (SMF) | 365 | 83% |
| Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) | 364 | 76% |
| Seattle (SEA) | 344 | 81% |
| Oakland (OAK) | 297 | 91% |
Airlines departing SBA
| Airline | Flights | On-time departures |
|---|---|---|
| SkyWest Airlines | 2,877 | 83% |
| United Airlines | 1,904 | 77% |
| Southwest Airlines | 1,875 | 82% |
| American Airlines | 976 | 80% |
| Envoy Air | 404 | 87% |
| Alaska Airlines | 344 | 80% |
| Delta Air Lines | 268 | 82% |
Runways
| Runway | Length | Surface |
|---|---|---|
| 07/25 | 6,037 ft | ASP, lighted |
| 15L/33R | 4,190 ft | ASP |
| 15R/33L | 4,190 ft | ASP, lighted |
Listen to the tower
Air traffic control frequencies, for scanners and airband radios.
- Recorded airport information (ATIS) 132.650 MHz
- Tower 119.700 MHz
- Ground 121.700 MHz
- Clearance delivery 132.900 MHz
Runways and frequencies: OurAirports (public domain). Not for navigation.
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