OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Santa Barbara to Oakland

263 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on SBA–OAK arrive on time 91% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate91%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay10 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.0%of scheduled flights

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 Airlines
    On-time91%
    Medianon time
    p9010 min
    Cancel0.0%
    Flights122

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline11%
  • Weather0%
  • Air traffic (NAS)3%
  • Late aircraft86%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline60%
  • Weather40%
  • Air traffic (NAS)0%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Airline. Shares are among 15 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 SBA → OAK

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 79% to 93% on time.

  • Afternoons93% on time · p90 10 min · 162 flights · limited
  • Middays90% on time · p90 10 min · 199 flights · limited
  • Evenings79% on time · p90 30 min · 638 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 77% to 93% on time.

  • Tuesdays93% on time · p90 5 min · 135 flights · limited
  • Saturdays91% on time · p90 5 min · 141 flights · limited
  • Wednesdays87% on time · p90 20 min · 134 flights · limited
  • Sundays82% on time · p90 20 min · 156 flights · limited
  • Mondays81% on time · p90 40 min · 154 flights · limited
  • Fridays80% on time · p90 40 min · 153 flights · limited
  • Thursdays77% on time · p90 35 min · 154 flights · limited

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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.