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Santa Barbara Municipal Airport

34.42620°N
-119.84000°W
ARR / DAY
102
▲ 1.1%
DEP / DAY
105
▲ 7.0%
ON-TIME
73.7% Top 25%
arr · avg 12 min
dep · 100% · avg -11 min cal
AVG DELAY
12 min
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 6,037 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 102 arrivals and 105 departures per day on average over the last 7 days, served by 45 carriers across 69 routes. The most active carrier is SKY West Aviation (SKW). The busiest route is to San Francisco International Airport (KSFO). On-time performance averages 74% with an average delay of 12 minutes against scheduled times. At the busiest hour of an average day, we calculated that a plane takes off or lands roughly every 212 seconds.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 20 total

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Go-arounds
0
✕
Rejected takeoffs
0
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Unstable approaches
20
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Return to field
1

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

1h ago
Temp
65°F
Wind
0 kts
0°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
KSBA 180753Z 00000KT 8SM CLR 18/17 A2998 RMK AO2 SLP151 T01830167 402500172 $

Runways

3 installed

6,037 FT MAX
07/25
6,037 ft × 150
ASP● LITHIGH
15L/33R
4,190 ft × 75
ASP○ unlit
15R/33L
4,190 ft × 100
ASP● LITMED

Delays by hour

Avg minutes · local time · last 30 days

Schedule vs actual
14m 5a 12m 6a 12m 7a 18m 8a 13m 9a 17m 10a 10m 11a 10m 12p
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Top carriers

Share of flights

40 total
TOP 9 538
SKY West Aviation 26% Netjets Aviation 15% Southwest Airlines Co. (SAN Antonio 14% United Airlines 13% Horizon AIR Industries 12% Flexjet LLC (Richardson 7% American Airlines 6% Westair Industries 4% Alaska Airlines 4%

Top destinations

By flight count

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SFO 64
PHX 48
DEN 40
SLC 38
LAS 34
SAN 31

Carriers

See all + destinations → 40
SKY West Aviation
141
Netjets Aviation
82
Southwest Airlines Co. (SAN Antonio
73
United Airlines
68
Horizon AIR Industries
65
Flexjet LLC (Richardson
37
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American Airlines
33
Westair Industries
20
Alaska Airlines
19
Envoy AIR
13
Ameriflight
12
Baker Aviation
11
Longhorn Aviation
10
VJA
9
ATP Flight School
9
Empire Airlines (Hayden Lake
8
LGM Enterprises
8
Pacific Coast JET (Oakland
6
C.C. Calzone
6
JET Edge
6
Sunset Aviation
5
JET Linx Aviation
5
Executive JET Management
5
Dreamline Aviation
4
ATI JET
4
WUP
4
Wing Aviation
3
Superior Transportation Associates
3
Alante AIR Charter
3
Foreflight
3
Mira Vista Aviation
2
Talon AIR
2
TCN
2
Skyservice Business Aviation
2
Department of the Army
2
Paragon Aviation Logistics
2
Cutter Aviation (Phoenix AZ)
2
SGX
1
Priester Aviation (Wheeling
1
JWZ
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

37 destinations
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Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

peak 12 PM · 1 movement every 212 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
SBASFO
San Francisco, US
 SKY West Aviation 38 0h 58m
SBASLC
Salt Lake City, US
 SKY West Aviation 38 1h 46m
SBALAS
Las Vegas, US
 Southwest Airlines Co. (SAN Antonio 32 1h 10m
SBADEN
Denver, US
 United Airlines 28 2h 12m
SBALAX
Los Angeles, US
 SKY West Aviation 27 0h 34m
SBASAN
San Diego, US
 Horizon AIR Industries 27 0h 45m
SBAPDX
Portland, US
 Horizon AIR Industries 24 1h 56m
SBASFO
San Francisco, US
 United Airlines 23 0h 58m
SBAONT
Ontario, US
 Westair Industries 20 1h 0m
SBAPHX
Phoenix, US
 American Airlines 19 1h 26m
SBAPHX
Phoenix, US
 SKY West Aviation 19 1h 18m
SBASMF
Sacramento, US
 Southwest Airlines Co. (SAN Antonio 14 0h 57m
SBASEA
Seattle, US
 Alaska Airlines 14 2h 19m
SBAOAK
Oakland, US
 Southwest Airlines Co. (SAN Antonio 13 0h 55m
SBADEN
Denver, US
 Southwest Airlines Co. (SAN Antonio 12 2h 8m
SBADFW
Dallas-Fort Worth, US
 American Airlines 12 2h 58m
SBAORD
Chicago, US
 United Airlines 12 3h 49m
SBABUR
Burbank, US
 Ameriflight 11 0h 23m
SBASEA
Seattle, US
 Horizon AIR Industries 11 2h 17m
SBAPHX
Phoenix, US
 Envoy AIR 9 1h 18m

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)

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Anonymous
05/31/2012
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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