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SEA → SBA

Seattle–Tacoma International Airport Santa Barbara Municipal Airport

How punctual is this route?

On-time arrivals
82.1%
Less than 15 minutes late
Cancelled
0.9%
Of scheduled flights
Average delay when late
63 min
Flights arriving 15+ minutes late
Flights tracked
344
Scheduled flights in the period

What caused the delays

  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning) 48%
  • Late-arriving aircraft 42%
  • Air traffic control & airport 10%
  • Extreme weather 0%
  • 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 84.6% 26
October 2025 80.0% 31
November 2025 86.2% 29
December 2025 79.3% 30
January 2026 80.0% 31
February 2026 85.7% 28
March 2026 80.0% 31
April 2026 90.0% 30
May 2026 91.3% 23
June 2026 88.5% 26
July 2026 66.7% 30
August 2026 75.9% 29

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
Alaska Airlines 344 82.1% 0.9% 63 min

Delay odds by flight

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

  • AS686

    16% late · 211 flights

  • AS400

    26% late · 69 flights

  • AS1138

    18% late · 51 flights

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