Santa Barbara Municipal Airport satellite view
📍 Santa Barbara⬆ 13 ft3 runways
KSBA · SBA

Santa Barbara Municipal Airport

34.42620°N
-119.84000°W
ARR / DAY
74
▼ 25.9%
DEP / DAY
76
▼ 27.6%
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 74 arrivals and 76 departures per day on average over the last 7 days, served by 28 carriers across 61 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.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

32m ago
Temp
77°F
Wind
6 kts
230°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
KSBA 191953Z 23006KT 10SM CLR 25/16 A2992 RMK AO2 SLP130 T02500161 $

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

41 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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Route Operator Flights Avg enroute
SBAONT
Ontario, US
Westair Industries 37 1h 6m
SBASFO
San Francisco, US
SKY West Aviation 20 1h 9m
SBASFO
San Francisco, US
United Airlines 18 1h 7m
SBALAS
Las Vegas, US
Southwest Airlines Co. (SAN Antonio 18 1h 11m
SBASLC
Salt Lake City, US
SKY West Aviation 18 1h 47m
SBASAN
San Diego, US
SKY West Aviation 16 0h 57m
SBALAX
Los Angeles, US
SKY West Aviation 15 0h 48m
SBADEN
Denver, US
United Airlines 13 2h 20m
SBAPDX
Portland, US
Horizon AIR Industries 12 2h 5m
SBAPHX
Phoenix, US
American Airlines 10 1h 24m
SBAPHX
Phoenix, US
Envoy AIR 7 1h 20m
SBASEA
Seattle, US
Alaska Airlines 7 2h 24m
SBASAN
San Diego, US
Southwest Airlines Co. (SAN Antonio 7 1h 6m
SBABUR
Burbank, US
Ameriflight 7 0h 26m
SBADFW
Dallas-Fort Worth, US
American Airlines 7 2h 55m
SBAAZ42
Phoenix, US
Envoy AIR 6 1h 33m
SBASMF
Sacramento, US
Southwest Airlines Co. (SAN Antonio 6 1h 7m
SBASEA
Seattle, US
Horizon AIR Industries 6 2h 24m
SBAVNY
Van Nuys, US
Netjets Aviation 5 0h 35m
SBADEN
Denver, US
Southwest Airlines Co. (SAN Antonio 5 2h 17m

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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