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KSBA · SBA

Santa Barbara Municipal Airport

34.42620°N
-119.84000°W
ARR / DAY
76
▼ 16.6%
DEP / DAY
81
▼ 14.4%
ON-TIME
—
schedules pending
AVG DELAY
—
7d window

Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (KSBA/SBA) is a medium regional airport located in Santa Barbara, CA, 41 mi north west of Oxnard. It features 3 runways with the longest being 6,052 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 76 arrivals and 81 departures per day on average over the last 7 days, served by 30 carriers across 64 routes. Cargo carriers (FedEx, UPS, and similar) operate regularly, accounting for about 4% of observed flights. The most active carrier is SKY West Aviation (SKW). The busiest route is to San Francisco International Airport (KSFO). At the busiest hour of an average day, we calculated that a plane takes off or lands roughly every 240 seconds.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL
↻
Go-arounds
0
✕
Rejected takeoffs
0
△
Unstable approaches
0
↺
Return to field
2

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

31m ago
Temp
68°F
Wind
3 kts
60°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
KSBA 200253Z 06003KT 9SM CLR 20/18 A2983 RMK AO2 SLP102 T02000178 55000 $

Runways

3 installed

6,052 FT MAX
07/25
6,052 ft × 150
ASP● LITHIGH
15L/33R
4,179 ft × 75
ASP○ unlit
15R/33L
4,183 ft × 100
ASP● LITMED

Delays by hour

Avg minutes · local time · last 30 days

Schedule vs actual
11m 5a 25m 6a 4m 7a 2m 8a 12m 9a 6m 10a -4m 11a 23m 12p
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Top carriers

Share of flights

40 total
TOP 9 357
SKY West Aviation 23% Netjets Aviation 15% Southwest Airlines Co. (SAN Antonio 13% Westair Industries 12% United Airlines 12% Flexjet LLC (Richardson 9% American Airlines 6% Horizon AIR Industries 5% Envoy AIR 5%

Top destinations

By flight count

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SFO 52
ONT 37
SAN 25
SLC 20
LAS 19
PHX 19

Carriers

See all + destinations → 40
SKY West Aviation
83
Netjets Aviation
54
Southwest Airlines Co. (SAN Antonio
46
Westair Industries
43
United Airlines
42
Flexjet LLC (Richardson
33
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American Airlines
21
Horizon AIR Industries
18
Envoy AIR
17
LGM Enterprises
14
Alaska Airlines
12
C.C. Calzone
10
Sunset Aviation
9
Dreamline Aviation
8
ATP Flight School
8
Baker Aviation
8
Ameriflight
7
CCK
6
Xcel JET
6
JET Linx Aviation
5
Pacific JET
4
WUP
4
Pacific Coast JET (Oakland
4
Executive JET Management
4
NON
3
Mira Vista Aviation
2
Cutter Aviation (Phoenix AZ)
2
Avcenter
2
Priester Aviation (Wheeling
2
Northern JET Management
2
Midwest Aviation (Omaha
2
Corporate Flight International
2
CGX
2
SGX
2
Alante AIR Charter
2
AIR Charity Network (Virginia Beach
2
Talon AIR
1
SAN Carlos Flight Center
1
TCN
1
RAI
1

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 119.700 —
TWR 119.700 0600-2300
TWR 254.350 0600-2300
GND 121.700 0600-2300
ATIS 132.650 0600-2300
APCH 120.550 0600-2300
APCH 124.150 0600-2300
APCH 125.400 0600-2300
APCH 127.725 0600-2300
APCH 244.575 0600-2300
APCH 291.100 0600-2300
APCH 319.150 0600-2300
APCH 327.800 0600-2300
UNICOM 122.950 —
SANTA BA 119.050 —
OTHER 119.050 —
LCL/P 119.700 0600-2300
CLASS C 120.550 0600-2300
GAUCH DP 120.550 0600-2300
MISHN DP 120.550 0600-2300
OTHER 120.550 0600-2300
EMERG 121.500 0600-2300
SANTA BA 122.300 —
OTHER 122.300 —
CLASS C 125.400 0600-2300
CD/P 132.900 0600-2300
OTHER 132.900 0600-2300
EMERG 243.000 0600-2300
LCL/P 254.350 0600-2300
SANTA BA 269.500 —
OTHER 269.500 —
CLASS C 291.100 0600-2300
CLASS C 319.150 0600-2300
GAUCH DP 319.150 0600-2300
MISHN DP 319.150 0600-2300
OTHER 319.150 0600-2300
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZLA
Mag var:
14° E
Fuel:
100LL

Destination network

Great-circle routes from KSBA · last 7d

42 destinations
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Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

peak 12 PM · 1 movement every 240 s
12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p

Top routes

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See all routes → 80 routes
Route Operator Flights Avg enroute
SBAONT
Ontario, US
 Westair Industries 36 1h 7m
SBASFO
San Francisco, US
 SKY West Aviation 22 1h 10m
SBASLC
Salt Lake City, US
 SKY West Aviation 20 1h 48m
SBALAS
Las Vegas, US
 Southwest Airlines Co. (SAN Antonio 19 1h 12m
SBASAN
San Diego, US
 SKY West Aviation 18 0h 59m
SBASFO
San Francisco, US
 United Airlines 17 1h 6m
SBALAX
Los Angeles, US
 SKY West Aviation 15 0h 48m
SBADEN
Denver, US
 United Airlines 13 2h 20m
SBAPHX
Phoenix, US
 American Airlines 12 1h 23m
SBAPDX
Portland, US
 Horizon AIR Industries 12 2h 5m
SBASMF
Sacramento, US
 Southwest Airlines Co. (SAN Antonio 8 1h 5m
SBAPHX
Phoenix, US
 Envoy AIR 7 1h 20m
SBASEA
Seattle, US
 Alaska Airlines 7 2h 24m
SBABUR
Burbank, US
 Ameriflight 7 0h 26m
SBASAN
San Diego, US
 Southwest Airlines Co. (SAN Antonio 7 1h 6m
SBADFW
Dallas-Fort Worth, US
 American Airlines 7 2h 55m
SBAAZ42
Phoenix, US
 Envoy AIR 6 1h 33m
SBASEA
Seattle, US
 Horizon AIR Industries 6 2h 24m
SBADEN
Denver, US
 Southwest Airlines Co. (SAN Antonio 5 2h 17m
SBAORD
Chicago, US
 United Airlines 5 4h 8m

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)

1
Anonymous
5/31/2012
Watch for birdstrikes
Great scenery, but be careful for birds. Also, if you're taking off runway 33R or 33L watch for the mountains
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