American Airlines DFW to SBA on-time performance
American Airlines nonstop flights from Dallas/Fort Worth to Santa Barbara · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
On-time arrivals
80%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
0.9%
3 flights
Avg arrival delay
14 min
68 min when late
Rank on route
#2 of 2
route average 82% on time
Key facts
- American Airlines flights on DFW to SBA arrived on time 80% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
- 0.9% were cancelled, and 7% arrived an hour or more late.
- That ranks #2 of 2 airlines on this route, which averaged 82% on time overall.
- The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (51%).
On-time trend by month
Why this airline's flights were late
- Late-arriving aircraft51%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)32%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion16%
- Extreme weather1%
- Security0%
Other airlines on DFW to SBA
- Envoy Air97% on time · 3 min avg delay
Full DFW to SBA comparison →
American Airlines on-time record across all routes →
327 American Airlines flights tracked on this route; 3 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.