SBA → DFW American Airlines

American Airlines · Santa Barbara, CA to Dallas/Fort Worth, TX · 364 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 5 flight numbers

This route is usually on time, but has a real long-delay tail — typical (median) delay is -4 min, while the worst 10% run +59 min or later.
On-time arrival
75%
Median delay
-4 min
90th percentile
+59 min
Cancellation rate
2%

How on-time is American Airlines from SBA to DFW?

Across every American Airlines flight number on SBA → DFW (364 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 75% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -4 min; the worst 10% ran +59 min or later. 2% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time26575%
16-30 min3711%
31-60 min154%
61-120 min175%
2+ hrs185%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-073067%+16 min
2025-082857%+100 min
2025-092979%+5 min
2025-103174%+12 min
2025-112882%+9 min
2025-123152%+63 min
2026-012983%+46 min
2026-022889%+1 min
2026-033174%+6 min
2026-042990%-9 min
2026-053083%-6 min
2026-062875%+117 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon5271%
Tue4885%
Wed5285%
Thu4978%
Fri5178%
Sat4965%
Sun5165%

AA flight numbers on SBA → DFW

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