Historical on-time performance
Salt Lake City to Santa Barbara
615 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on SLC–SBA arrive on time 91% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate91%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay5 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.5%of scheduled flights
based on 804 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).
By airline
How each carrier compares
- SkyWest AirlinesbestOn-time94%Medianon timep90on timeCancel0.7%Flights534
- Delta Air LinesOn-time84%Medianon timep9020 minCancel0.0%Flights270
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline60%
- Weather6%
- Air traffic (NAS)15%
- Late aircraft19%
- 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 SLC → 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 85% to 90% on time.
- Middays90% on time · p90 10 min · 573 flights
- Overnights87% on time · p90 10 min · 569 flights
- Afternoons85% on time · p90 20 min · 193 flights · limited
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 84% to 91% on time.
- Wednesdays91% on time · p90 10 min · 191 flights · limited
- Thursdays89% on time · p90 10 min · 188 flights · limited
- Mondays89% on time · p90 10 min · 194 flights · limited
- Fridays89% on time · p90 10 min · 190 flights · limited
- Tuesdays88% on time · p90 10 min · 193 flights · limited
- Sundays88% on time · p90 15 min · 193 flights · limited
- Saturdays84% on time · p90 25 min · 190 flights · limited
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