Best time to fly Santa Barbara to Dallas/Fort Worth

Every month pooled across the years on record, so "July" means July generally rather than one particular July. Full SBA to DFW record →

Best month

February

86% on time · 50 flights

Worst month

December

48.1% on time · 55 flights

Month Flights On time Cancelled When late, by
January 51 76.6% 7.84% 169 min
February 50 86% 0% 45 min
March 62 64.5% 0% 100 min
April 60 77.6% 3.33% 64 min
May 62 75.4% 1.61% 49 min
June 60 69.6% 1.67% 302 min
July 93 72.5% 2.15% 66 min
August 92 72.7% 2.17% 183 min
September 64 80.6% 1.56% 70 min
October 62 72.6% 0% 49 min
November 50 77.6% 0% 82 min
December 55 48.1% 0% 95 min

What a seasonal pattern can and cannot tell you

Months differ for reasons that repeat — summer thunderstorms in the American interior, winter fog and de-icing in northern Europe, school holidays filling every seat and leaving no slack in the schedule. Those are real and they come back each year.

What the pattern cannot do is forecast a particular flight. A quiet month has late days and a bad month has punctual ones. Treat this as a way to choose between two dates you are indifferent about, not as a promise.