Historical on-time performance
Oakland to Santa Barbara
Flights on OAK–SBA arrive on time 85% of the time over the last 12 months.
based on 122 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).
By airline
How each carrier compares
- Southwest AirlinesOn-time85%Medianon timep9020 minCancel0.8%Flights122
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline25%
- Weather0%
- Air traffic (NAS)1%
- Late aircraft73%
- Security0%
Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.
When flights don't go
Why flights were cancelled
- Airline0%
- Weather0%
- Air traffic (NAS)100%
- Security0%
Most cancellations here are attributed to Air traffic (NAS). Shares are among 1 cancellations with a reported cause (BTS reports causes from June 2003).
Over time
On-time trend
By season
On-time rate by month
When to fly
Best time to fly OAK → SBA
All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-06 .. 2026-05).
Best time of day
On-time rates are fairly even by time of day on this route — ranging from 86% to 90% on time.
- Mornings90% on time · p90 5 min · 631 flights
- Middays87% on time · p90 20 min · 237 flights
- Afternoons86% on time · p90 20 min · 130 flights · limited
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 83% to 94% on time.
- Tuesdays94% on time · p90 5 min · 135 flights · limited
- Fridays92% on time · p90 5 min · 153 flights · limited
- Thursdays90% on time · p90 10 min · 154 flights · limited
- Mondays89% on time · p90 10 min · 153 flights · limited
- Sundays87% on time · p90 15 min · 157 flights · limited
- Wednesdays85% on time · p90 20 min · 134 flights · limited
- Saturdays83% on time · p90 25 min · 141 flights · limited
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