Flights Seattle → Santa Barbara
SEA → SBA
Route overview
The flight route from Seattle to Santa Barbara operates with an average on-time performance of 83%, with flights typically experiencing a mean delay of just 4.5 minutes. Over the course of a year, there are 89 scheduled flights using Canadair Regional Jet 700 aircraft, serving the destination airport which sees approximately 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 Seattle (SEA) → Santa Barbara (SBA) route is operated by Alaska Airlines. Across 120 flights monitored in recent months, 81% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 9 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.83%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 20.4/100 (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 Seattle the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Santa Barbara: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Seattle (SEA) to Santa Barbara (SBA) heads south for about 1,463 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 15m.
Departures from Seattle on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 63% of SEA-SBA flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Seattle the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Santa Barbara it is 3.6 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)).
Across 120 tracked SEA-SBA flights, 81% left on time with an average delay of 9 min and a 0.8% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska Airlines (AS) | 67% | 10 min | 11.9% |
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Frequently asked questions about SEA-SBA
On the Seattle (SEA) -> Santa Barbara (SBA) route, on-time performance is 81% with an average delay of 9 minutes, based on 120 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Seattle-Santa Barbara is 0.83% across 120 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: Alaska 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.
