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SBA → DEN

Santa Barbara Municipal Airport Denver International Airport

How punctual is this route?

On-time arrivals
85.5%
Less than 15 minutes late
Cancelled
0.7%
Of scheduled flights
Average delay when late
71 min
Flights arriving 15+ minutes late
Flights tracked
1,058
Scheduled flights in the period

What caused the delays

  • Air traffic control & airport 38%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning) 35%
  • Late-arriving aircraft 25%
  • Extreme weather 3%
  • 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 82.8% 99
October 2025 88.6% 105
November 2025 82.9% 77
December 2025 80.0% 77
January 2026 89.4% 88
February 2026 88.0% 83
March 2026 85.4% 89
April 2026 91.9% 86
May 2026 87.5% 88
June 2026 87.2% 86
July 2026 77.6% 88
August 2026 83.0% 92

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
United Airlines 771 85.5% 0.6% 76 min
Southwest Airlines 287 85.3% 0.7% 59 min

Delay odds by flight

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

  • UA1790

    27% late · 256 flights

  • UA2865

    6% late · 237 flights

  • UA1003

    8% late · 108 flights

  • UA616

    11% late · 83 flights

  • WN4125

    4% late · 52 flights

  • WN1002

    12% late · 50 flights

  • WN4181

    4% late · 49 flights

  • UA1924

    14% late · 35 flights

  • WN4282

    34% late · 30 flights

  • WN4411

    7% late · 28 flights

  • UA1541

    21% late · 24 flights

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