OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Atlanta to Santa Barbara

2,023 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on ATL–SBA arrive on time 63% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate63%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay110 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled2.0%of scheduled flights

based on 306 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

  • Delta Air Lines
    On-time63%
    Medianon time
    p90110 min
    Cancel2.0%
    Flights306

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline57%
  • Weather10%
  • Air traffic (NAS)8%
  • Late aircraft25%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Airline.

Over time

On-time trend

By season

On-time rate by month

When to fly

Best time to fly ATL → SBA

All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-01 .. 2025-12).

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 62% to 73% on time.

  • Saturdays73% on time · p90 90 min · 82 flights · limited
  • Wednesdays73% on time · p90 65 min · 80 flights · limited
  • Thursdays72% on time · p90 55 min · 81 flights · limited
  • Tuesdays68% on time · p90 65 min · 82 flights · limited
  • Sundays68% on time · p90 95 min · 82 flights · limited
  • Fridays65% on time · p90 115 min · 82 flights · limited
  • Mondays62% on time · p90 160 min · 82 flights · limited
Advertisement

Keep exploring

Related pages

Delay predictorfor this route→ATL airportAtlanta→SBA airportSanta Barbara→Delta Air Lines on this routecarrier detail→Delta Air Linesairline profile→

Methodology

A flight is on time when it arrives within 15 minutes of schedule — the US DOT / BTS standard. Median and p90(the “1-in-10 bad day”) are read from the full arrival-delay distribution, never averaged across periods.

Figures cover a carrier’s own BTS-coded flights. Cells below ~200 flights are flagged as limited data. All numbers are pre-computed from public BTS On-Time Performance data.