United Airlines SBA to SFO on-time performance
United Airlines nonstop flights from Santa Barbara to San Francisco · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
On-time arrivals
67%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
0.7%
7 flights
Avg arrival delay
24 min
70 min when late
Rank on route
#1 of 2
route average 63% on time
Key facts
- United Airlines flights on SBA to SFO arrived on time 67% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
- 0.7% were cancelled, and 11% arrived an hour or more late.
- That ranks #1 of 2 airlines on this route, which averaged 63% on time overall.
- The largest source of delay minutes was air traffic control & airport congestion (65%).
On-time trend by month
Why this airline's flights were late
- Air traffic control & airport congestion65%
- Late-arriving aircraft25%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)9%
- Extreme weather1%
- Security0%
Other airlines on SBA to SFO
- SkyWest Airlines55% on time · 33 min avg delay
Full SBA to SFO comparison →
United Airlines on-time record across all routes →
1,002 United Airlines flights tracked on this route; 7 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.