OAK → SBA Southwest Airlines

Southwest Airlines · Oakland, CA to Santa Barbara, CA · 296 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 18 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 100% on-time departing 9am–12pm vs. 64% departing 6–9pm.
On-time arrival
87%
Median delay
-9 min
90th percentile
+23 min
Cancellation rate
1%

How on-time is Southwest Airlines from OAK to SBA?

Across every Southwest Airlines flight number on OAK → SBA (296 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 87% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -9 min; the worst 10% ran +23 min or later. 1% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

Arrival delay for completed flights (excludes cancellations and diversions).

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time25487%
16-30 min124%
31-60 min176%
61-120 min83%
2+ hrs21%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-072692%-2 min
2025-082295%0 min
2025-0921100%-5 min
2025-101776%+17 min
2025-113087%-2 min
2025-123083%-2 min
2026-019100%-11 min
2026-021883%0 min
2026-032986%0 min
2026-043087%-3 min
2026-053190%-2 min
2026-063070%+2 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon4992%
Tue3294%
Wed2986%
Thu4883%
Fri4892%
Sat3675%
Sun5184%

Based on US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics on-time data. Loading the full breakdown…