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
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).
| Arrival | Flights | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Early / on-time | 1,270 | 80% |
| 16-30 min | 99 | 6% |
| 31-60 min | 114 | 7% |
| 61-120 min | 57 | 4% |
| 2+ hrs | 38 | 2% |
Performance by month
| Month | Flights | On-time | Avg delay |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-07 | 117 | 79% | +5 min |
| 2025-08 | 109 | 87% | +0 min |
| 2025-09 | 130 | 87% | +0 min |
| 2025-10 | 143 | 84% | +5 min |
| 2025-11 | 138 | 82% | +10 min |
| 2025-12 | 115 | 80% | +11 min |
| 2026-01 | 118 | 81% | +3 min |
| 2026-02 | 126 | 81% | +17 min |
| 2026-03 | 149 | 85% | -1 min |
| 2026-04 | 137 | 77% | +3 min |
| 2026-05 | 146 | 75% | +5 min |
| 2026-06 | 150 | 70% | +11 min |
Performance by day of week
| Day | Flights | On-time |
|---|---|---|
| Mon | 228 | 73% |
| Tue | 219 | 87% |
| Wed | 223 | 80% |
| Thu | 227 | 84% |
| Fri | 235 | 77% |
| Sat | 211 | 86% |
| Sun | 235 | 77% |
UA flight numbers on SFO → SBA
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