Flights Phoenix → Santa Barbara
PHX → SBA
Route overview
The flight route from Phoenix to Santa Barbara operates with an average on-time performance of 81%, experiencing a mean delay of 16.2 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, this route sees approximately 371 flights using Canadair Regional Jet 900 aircraft, serving a destination airport that handles around 658,955 passengers annually.
Your rights on this US flight (DOT)
US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under the US DOT rules, if your flight is cancelled or significantly changed and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Amenities for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
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The Phoenix (PHX) → Santa Barbara (SBA) route is operated by American Airlines. Across 452 flights monitored in recent months, 79% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 16 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.22%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 19.3/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Santa Barbara the average ATFM delay is 3.6 minutes (main cause: airspace/NAS (BTS)). Departing from Phoenix the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Santa Barbara: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Phoenix (PHX) to Santa Barbara (SBA) heads west for about 731 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 20m.
Departures from Phoenix on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 45% of PHX-SBA flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Phoenix the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Santa Barbara it is 3.6 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)).
Across 452 tracked PHX-SBA flights, 79% left on time with an average delay of 16 min and a 0.2% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines (AA) | 74% | 16 min | 3.0% |
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Frequently asked questions about PHX-SBA
On the Phoenix (PHX) -> Santa Barbara (SBA) route, on-time performance is 79% with an average delay of 16 minutes, based on 452 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Phoenix-Santa Barbara is 0.22% across 452 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: American Airlines.
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US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under US DOT rules, if the airline cancels or significantly changes your flight and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Meals or hotels for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
