Flights Santa Barbara → Phoenix
SBA → PHX
Route overview
The flight route from Santa Barbara to Phoenix operates with a fleet of Canadair Regional Jet 900 aircraft and has an on-time performance rate of 85%, with the average delay being approximately 20 minutes. Over the course of a year, this route sees around 371 flights, serving one of the busiest airports in terms of annual passenger traffic at nearly 44.4 million passengers per year in Phoenix.
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 Santa Barbara (SBA) → Phoenix (PHX) route is operated by American Airlines. Across 452 flights monitored in recent months, 84% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 18 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.44%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 20.6/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Phoenix the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Santa Barbara the average ATFM delay is 3.6 minutes.
Heading to Phoenix: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Santa Barbara (SBA) to Phoenix (PHX) heads east for about 731 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 20m.
Departures from Santa Barbara on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 59% of SBA-PHX flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Santa Barbara the average ATFM delay is 3.6 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into Phoenix it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 452 tracked SBA-PHX flights, 84% left on time with an average delay of 18 min and a 0.4% 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 SBA-PHX
On the Santa Barbara (SBA) -> Phoenix (PHX) route, on-time performance is 84% with an average delay of 18 minutes, based on 452 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Santa Barbara-Phoenix is 0.44% 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.
