SBA to PHX flight delays
Santa Barbara, CA (SBA) Phoenix, AZ (PHX) · 455 miles
1,432 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
84.39%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
1.4%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
106 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
17 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
The shape of the lateness matters here. Flights on this route are not late often, but when they are late they are late by about 106 minutes — long enough to lose a connection or an evening. The on-time percentage looks reassuring and understates the consequence of being on the wrong flight.
Flights from Santa Barbara to Phoenix keep to schedule more reliably than most. On a route this punctual the day you fly matters more than the airline you pick.
The 3 airlines here are separated by under 4 points — close enough to call a tie. Choose on price and departure time.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over January 2025 – August 2026, Envoy Air arrived on time most often on SBA to PHX. SkyWest Airlines was late most often. Flights ran closest to schedule in May and worst in July.
Every airline on SBA to PHX
Ranked by how many flights each one operated. A carrier with fewer than 100 flights in the period is listed but not graded.
| Airline | Flights | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines | 677 | 84.43% | 1.33% | 141 min | B |
| SkyWest Airlines | 384 | 82.71% | 1.56% | 89 min | B |
| Envoy Air | 359 | 86.12% | 1.39% | 58 min | B |
| Southwest Airlines | 12 | 83.33% | 0% | 36 min | — |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
PHX to SBA Phoenix back to Santa Barbara 80.78% on time COther routes from Santa Barbara
Common questions
Are flights from Santa Barbara to Phoenix usually delayed?
84.39% of flights on the SBA to PHX route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 2 in every ten arrived late. That is better than the average route in this record.
Which airline is most on time from Santa Barbara to Phoenix?
Envoy Air, at 86.12% on time across 359 flights. The least punctual on the route was SkyWest Airlines at 82.71%.
How often are SBA to PHX flights cancelled?
1.4% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 14 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
What is the best month to fly Santa Barbara to Phoenix?
May, when 91.4% of flights arrived on time. The worst was July at 74.6%.
When SBA to PHX flights are late, how late are they?
About 106 minutes on average across the flights that arrived more than 15 minutes behind schedule.
What these figures do and do not tell you
Everything on this page is counted from the flights that actually operated on SBA to PHX during January 2025 – August 2026, as reported by the airlines to the US Bureau of Transportation Statistics. "On time" is the federal definition: arriving at the gate within 15 minutes of the scheduled time.
A route's record is a description of the past, not a forecast. Weather, air traffic control and the aircraft's earlier flights that day drive most delays, and none of them are predictable from a historical rate. What the record does tell you is whether this route runs late more often than others, and which carrier on it has the better history — which is the part you can actually act on when you book.
Cancellations are counted separately from delays because they are a different problem for a traveller: a late flight still gets you there. How the grade is calculated →