Southwest Airlines SBA to DEN on-time performance
Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Santa Barbara to Denver · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
On-time arrivals
83%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
0.7%
2 flights
Avg arrival delay
10 min
53 min when late
Rank on route
#2 of 2
route average 84% on time
Key facts
- Southwest Airlines flights on SBA to DEN arrived on time 83% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
- 0.7% were cancelled, and 5% arrived an hour or more late.
- That ranks #2 of 2 airlines on this route, which averaged 84% on time overall.
- The largest source of delay minutes was air traffic control & airport congestion (52%).
On-time trend by month
Why this airline's flights were late
- Air traffic control & airport congestion52%
- Late-arriving aircraft34%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)14%
- Extreme weather0%
- Security0%
Other airlines on SBA to DEN
- United Airlines85% on time · 11 min avg delay
Full SBA to DEN comparison →
Southwest Airlines on-time record across all routes →
276 Southwest Airlines flights tracked on this route; 2 cancelled, 0 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.