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San Luis County Regional Airport (SBP) delays & on-time performance

San Luis Obispo, California · 9 nonstop destinations · 5 airlines · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

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No FAA-reported ground stops or delays at SBP right now. Individual flights can still be delayed by the airline; check with your airline for your flight.

On-time arrivals
77%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
1.2%
61 flights
Avg arrival delay
22 min
91 min when late
Departed on time
80%
avg taxi-out 20 min

Figures cover 5,010 departures from SBP; on-time is measured at arrival. Arrivals into SBP were on time 81% of the time.

Key facts

  • Flights departing San Luis County Regional Airport (SBP) arrived on time 77% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, worse than the 78% national average.
  • 1.2% were cancelled, and 9% arrived an hour or more late.
  • Envoy Air was the most punctual airline here (89% on time); United Airlines was the least (74%).
  • Departures scheduled around 9am did best (91% on time); around 8am did worst (51%).
  • The largest source of delay minutes was airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling) (41%).

Most delayed routes from SBP

Lowest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.

All 9 routes from SBP →

Most reliable routes from SBP

Highest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.

Best airline at SBP

Departures from this airport, ranked by on-time arrival.

AirlineOn timeCancelledAvg delayRoutesFlights
Envoy Air89%1.0%7 min2315
Alaska Airlines79%1.6%13 min1192
SkyWest Airlines76%1.2%20 min82,951
American Airlines75%1.4%34 min2877
United Airlines74%1.0%28 min2675

Best time to fly out of SBP

On-time arrival rate by scheduled departure hour (local time).

  • 5am87%380 flts
  • 6am85%994 flts
  • 7am76%129 flts
  • 8am51%332 flts
  • 9am91%101 flts
  • 10am74%73 flts
  • 12pm75%986 flts
  • 1pm77%145 flts
  • 2pm63%444 flts
  • 3pm73%141 flts
  • 4pm82%394 flts
  • 5pm90%226 flts
  • 6pm82%289 flts
  • 7pm79%299 flts
  • 8pm19%69 flts

Monthly trend

50%75%100%July 2025: 78.1% on time, 0.9% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 80.4% on time, 0.7% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 76.8% on time, 1.1% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 76.2% on time, 1.2% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 74.5% on time, 3.7% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 75.8% on time, 1.7% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 82.4% on time, 1.7% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 79.5% on time, 0.5% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 81.3% on time, 1.2% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 75.6% on time, 0.2% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 73.8% on time, 0.5% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 72.2% on time, 0.3% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 68.8% on time, 0.8% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why departures were late

  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)41%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion25%
  • Late-arriving aircraft25%
  • Extreme weather9%
  • Security1%

Data: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 (12 months). Latest month published by BTS: July 2026. How we calculate this.