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KSBA · SBA

Santa Barbara Municipal Airport

34.42620°N
-119.84000°W
ARR / DAY
60
35.1%
DEP / DAY
58
36.5%
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 60 arrivals and 58 departures per day on average over the last 7 days, served by 25 carriers across 51 routes. The most active carrier is Netjets Aviation (EJA). 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 225 seconds.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

32m ago
Temp
83°F
Wind
7 kts
150°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KSBA 102353Z 15007KT 10SM CLR 28/18 A2981 RMK AO2 SLP094 T02830178 10306 20256 56022 $

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

39 destinations
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Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

peak 11 AM · 1 movement every 225 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
SBASLC
Salt Lake City, US
SKY West Aviation 23 1h 43m
SBASFO
San Francisco, US
United Airlines 19 1h 0m
SBALAS
Las Vegas, US
Southwest Airlines Co. (SAN Antonio 17 1h 6m
SBADEN
Denver, US
United Airlines 14 2h 8m
SBAONT
Ontario, US
Westair Industries 14 0h 55m
SBASAN
San Diego, US
SKY West Aviation 13 0h 48m
SBASJC
San Jose, US
Netjets Aviation 11 1h 11m
SBALAX
Los Angeles, US
SKY West Aviation 10 0h 34m
SBAPDX
Portland, US
Horizon AIR Industries 10 1h 56m
SBAPHX
Phoenix, US
Envoy AIR 9 1h 14m
SBASFO
San Francisco, US
SKY West Aviation 8 1h 4m
SBASEA
Seattle, US
Horizon AIR Industries 8 2h 18m
SBAPHX
Phoenix, US
American Airlines 7 1h 26m
SBASMF
Sacramento, US
Southwest Airlines Co. (SAN Antonio 7 1h 3m
SBAORD
Chicago, US
United Airlines 6 3h 59m
SBADFW
Dallas-Fort Worth, US
American Airlines 6 2h 57m
SBAPDX
Portland, US
SKY West Aviation 6 1h 59m
SBADEN
Denver, US
Southwest Airlines Co. (SAN Antonio 5 2h 12m
SBASAN
San Diego, US
Southwest Airlines Co. (SAN Antonio 5 0h 46m
SBABUR
Burbank, US
Ameriflight 4 0h 26m

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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