SBA to SLC flight delays
Santa Barbara, CA (SBA) Salt Lake City, UT (SLC) · 615 miles
1,060 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
95.22%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
1.32%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
96 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
5 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
Flights from Santa Barbara to Salt Lake City are among the most dependable in the record. A route this punctual is usually a short hop between airports with slots to spare.
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 96 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.
This route does better than its own airport. Departures from SBA overall run 13.4 points less punctual than this particular one — so whatever congestion SBA has, this route is largely escaping it.
The 2 airlines here are separated by under 6 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, SkyWest Airlines arrived on time most often on SBA to SLC. Delta Air Lines was late most often. Flights ran closest to schedule in November and worst in December.
Every airline on SBA to SLC
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SkyWest Airlines | 903 | 95.97% | 1% | 105 min | A |
| Delta Air Lines | 157 | 90.79% | 3.18% | 74 min | B |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
Other routes from Santa Barbara
Common questions
Are flights from Santa Barbara to Salt Lake City usually delayed?
95.22% of flights on the SBA to SLC route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 1 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 Salt Lake City?
SkyWest Airlines, at 95.97% on time across 903 flights. The least punctual on the route was Delta Air Lines at 90.79%.
How often are SBA to SLC flights cancelled?
1.32% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 13 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
What is the best month to fly Santa Barbara to Salt Lake City?
November, when 98.8% of flights arrived on time. The worst was December at 90.7%.
When SBA to SLC flights are late, how late are they?
About 96 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 SLC 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 →