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PHX → SBA

Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport Santa Barbara Municipal Airport

How punctual is this route?

On-time arrivals
82.2%
Less than 15 minutes late
Cancelled
1.0%
Of scheduled flights
Average delay when late
81 min
Flights arriving 15+ minutes late
Flights tracked
1,432
Scheduled flights in the period

What caused the delays

  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning) 45%
  • Late-arriving aircraft 40%
  • Air traffic control & airport 8%
  • Extreme weather 6%
  • Security 0%

Share of delay minutes airlines attributed to each cause (BTS).

On-time arrivals by month
Sep 2025 Aug 2026
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MonthOn timeFlights
September 2025 81.8% 90
October 2025 84.0% 132
November 2025 80.0% 130
December 2025 80.5% 124
January 2026 85.2% 128
February 2026 82.2% 107
March 2026 81.4% 146
April 2026 87.3% 118
May 2026 81.9% 116
June 2026 75.6% 119
July 2026 81.8% 121
August 2026 85.1% 101

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

Airlines on this route

AirlineFlightsOn timeCancelledAvg. delay when late
American Airlines 650 78.5% 1.1% 88 min
SkyWest Airlines 408 82.7% 1.0% 72 min
Envoy Air 366 88.1% 0.8% 72 min
Southwest Airlines 8 87.5% 0.0% 87 min

Delay odds by flight

How often each flight number arrived 15 or more minutes late over the last year.

  • OO4972

    20% late · 104 flights

  • AA3069

    19% late · 84 flights

  • AA1731

    29% late · 75 flights

  • MQ3940

    12% late · 65 flights

  • OO6226

    4% late · 56 flights

  • AA843

    9% late · 54 flights

  • MQ3784

    8% late · 50 flights

  • AA2432

    11% late · 46 flights

  • MQ3984

    9% late · 46 flights

  • AA506

    18% late · 44 flights

  • OO6371

    21% late · 43 flights

  • OO4927

    33% late · 42 flights

  • MQ4031

    16% late · 38 flights

  • AA2757

    19% late · 37 flights

  • OO4903

    8% late · 36 flights

  • AA1651

    33% late · 33 flights

  • AA2515

    26% late · 31 flights

  • AA2928

    13% late · 30 flights

  • AA3260

    28% late · 30 flights

  • AA3331

    41% late · 30 flights

  • MQ3430

    10% late · 30 flights

  • MQ4167

    22% late · 28 flights

  • AA1855

    22% late · 27 flights

  • MQ3900

    11% late · 27 flights

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