Historical on-time performance
Las Vegas to Santa Barbara
289 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on LAS–SBA arrive on time 75% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate75%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay35 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled1.3%of scheduled flights
based on 864 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).
By airline
How each carrier compares
- Southwest AirlinesOn-time75%Medianon timep9035 minCancel1.3%Flights864
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline23%
- Weather1%
- Air traffic (NAS)9%
- Late aircraft66%
- Security1%
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 LAS → 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 63% to 84% on time.
- Mornings84% on time · p90 20 min · 400 flights
- Middays82% on time · p90 20 min · 658 flights
- Evenings77% on time · p90 50 min · 265 flights
- Overnights66% on time · p90 55 min · 801 flights
- Afternoons63% on time · p90 55 min · 594 flights
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 66% to 83% on time.
- Saturdays83% on time · p90 25 min · 278 flights
- Wednesdays79% on time · p90 25 min · 370 flights
- Tuesdays78% on time · p90 40 min · 371 flights
- Mondays70% on time · p90 45 min · 446 flights
- Sundays69% on time · p90 35 min · 360 flights
- Thursdays69% on time · p90 45 min · 444 flights
- Fridays66% on time · p90 60 min · 449 flights
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