Historical on-time performance
Dallas-Fort Worth to Santa Barbara
1,315 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on DFW–SBA arrive on time 75% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate75%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay40 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled1.4%of scheduled flights
based on 276 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).
By airline
How each carrier compares
- American AirlinesOn-time75%Medianon timep9040 minCancel1.4%Flights276
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline29%
- Weather12%
- Air traffic (NAS)16%
- Late aircraft42%
- Security0%
Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.
Over time
On-time trend
By season
On-time rate by month
When to fly
Best time to fly DFW → SBA
All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-01 .. 2025-12).
Best time of day
On-time rates are fairly even by time of day on this route — ranging from 50% to 78% on time.
- Mornings78% on time · p90 35 min · 200 flights
- Middays72% on time · p90 55 min · 760 flights
- Overnights54% on time · p90 100 min · 63 flights · limited
- Evenings50% on time · p90 115 min · 453 flights
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 61% to 68% on time.
- Wednesdays68% on time · p90 80 min · 207 flights
- Saturdays67% on time · p90 55 min · 208 flights
- Thursdays67% on time · p90 80 min · 215 flights
- Fridays66% on time · p90 80 min · 217 flights
- Mondays65% on time · p90 75 min · 219 flights
- Sundays62% on time · p90 75 min · 219 flights
- Tuesdays61% on time · p90 90 min · 207 flights
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