United Airlines SFO to SBA on-time performance
United Airlines nonstop flights from San Francisco to Santa Barbara · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
On-time arrivals
81%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
0.6%
6 flights
Avg arrival delay
11 min
56 min when late
Rank on route
#1 of 2
route average 79% on time
Key facts
- United Airlines flights on SFO to SBA arrived on time 81% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
- 0.6% were cancelled, and 6% arrived an hour or more late.
- That ranks #1 of 2 airlines on this route, which averaged 79% on time overall.
- The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (62%).
On-time trend by month
Why this airline's flights were late
- Late-arriving aircraft62%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)27%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion11%
- Extreme weather0%
- Security0%
Other airlines on SFO to SBA
- SkyWest Airlines77% on time · 19 min avg delay
Full SFO to SBA comparison →
United Airlines on-time record across all routes →
1,002 United Airlines flights tracked on this route; 6 cancelled, 2 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.