Southwest Airlines DEN to SBA on-time performance
Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Denver to Santa Barbara · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
On-time arrivals
67%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
0.4%
1 flights
Avg arrival delay
20 min
57 min when late
Rank on route
#2 of 2
route average 73% on time
Key facts
- Southwest Airlines flights on DEN to SBA arrived on time 67% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
- 0.4% were cancelled, and 11% arrived an hour or more late.
- That ranks #2 of 2 airlines on this route, which averaged 73% on time overall.
- The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (71%).
On-time trend by month
Why this airline's flights were late
- Late-arriving aircraft71%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)22%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion7%
- Extreme weather0%
- Security0%
Other airlines on DEN to SBA
- United Airlines76% on time · 14 min avg delay
Full DEN to SBA comparison →
Southwest Airlines on-time record across all routes →
276 Southwest Airlines flights tracked on this route; 1 cancelled, 1 diverted.
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.