SFO → SBA United Airlines

United Airlines · San Francisco, CA to Santa Barbara, CA · 1,610 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 39 flight numbers

This route's scheduled flight time has grown by 11 min since 2025-07 — some of the on-time performance may reflect a more generous published schedule, not a faster or more reliable flight.
On-time arrival
80%
Median delay
-7 min
90th percentile
+40 min
Cancellation rate
1%

How on-time is United Airlines from SFO to SBA?

Across every United Airlines flight number on SFO → SBA (1,610 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 80% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -7 min; the worst 10% ran +40 min or later. 1% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time1,27080%
16-30 min996%
31-60 min1147%
61-120 min574%
2+ hrs382%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0711779%+5 min
2025-0810987%+0 min
2025-0913087%+0 min
2025-1014384%+5 min
2025-1113882%+10 min
2025-1211580%+11 min
2026-0111881%+3 min
2026-0212681%+17 min
2026-0314985%-1 min
2026-0413777%+3 min
2026-0514675%+5 min
2026-0615070%+11 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon22873%
Tue21987%
Wed22380%
Thu22784%
Fri23577%
Sat21186%
Sun23577%

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