Flights Santa Barbara → San Francisco
SBA → SFO
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) → San Francisco (SFO) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 415 flights monitored in recent months, 72% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 19 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.48%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 8.1/100 (low), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At San Francisco the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Santa Barbara the average ATFM delay is 3.6 minutes.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Airlines (UA) | 81% | 6 min | 1.9% |
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On the Santa Barbara (SBA) -> San Francisco (SFO) route, on-time performance is 72% with an average delay of 19 minutes, based on 415 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Santa Barbara-San Francisco is 0.48% across 415 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: United 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.
