Santa Barbara Municipal Airport satellite view
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KSBA · SBA

Santa Barbara Municipal Airport

34.42620°N
-119.84000°W
ARR / DAY
85
16.5%
DEP / DAY
84
16.4%
ON-TIME
38.2% Above avg
arr · avg 43 minest
AVG DELAY
43 min
7d window

Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (KSBA/SBA) is a medium regional airport located in Santa Barbara, CA, 41 mi north west of Oxnard. It features 3 runways with the longest being 6,037 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 85 arrivals and 84 departures per day on average over the last 7 days, served by 34 carriers across 69 routes. The most active carrier is SKY West Aviation (SKW). The busiest route is to San Francisco International Airport (KSFO). On-time performance averages 38% with an average delay of 43 minutes against scheduled times. At the busiest hour of an average day, we calculated that a plane takes off or lands roughly every 200 seconds.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

1h ago
Temp
66°F
Wind
0 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KSBA 070553Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 19/14 A2990 RMK AO2 SLP125 60000 T01890144 10228 20189 58002 $

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 119.700
TWR 119.700 0600-2300
TWR 254.350 0600-2300
GND 121.700 0600-2300
ATIS 132.650 0600-2300
APCH 120.550 0600-2300
APCH 124.150 0600-2300
APCH 125.400 0600-2300
APCH 127.725 0600-2300
APCH 244.575 0600-2300
APCH 291.100 0600-2300
APCH 319.150 0600-2300
APCH 327.800 0600-2300
UNICOM 122.950
SANTA BA 119.050
OTHER 119.050
LCL/P 119.700 0600-2300
CLASS C 120.550 0600-2300
GAUCH DP 120.550 0600-2300
MISHN DP 120.550 0600-2300
OTHER 120.550 0600-2300
EMERG 121.500 0600-2300
SANTA BA 122.300
OTHER 122.300
CLASS C 125.400 0600-2300
CD/P 132.900 0600-2300
OTHER 132.900 0600-2300
EMERG 243.000 0600-2300
LCL/P 254.350 0600-2300
SANTA BA 269.500
OTHER 269.500
CLASS C 291.100 0600-2300
CLASS C 319.150 0600-2300
GAUCH DP 319.150 0600-2300
MISHN DP 319.150 0600-2300
OTHER 319.150 0600-2300
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZLA
Mag var:
14° E
Fuel:
100LL

Destination network

Great-circle routes from KSBA · last 7d

39 destinations
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Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

peak 11 AM · 1 movement every 200 s
12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p

Top routes

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Route Operator Flights Avg enroute
SBASLC
Salt Lake City, US
SKY West Aviation 33 1h 44m
SBASFO
San Francisco, US
United Airlines 30 0h 57m
SBALAS
Las Vegas, US
Southwest Airlines Co. (SAN Antonio 28 1h 4m
SBADEN
Denver, US
United Airlines 23 2h 11m
SBASAN
San Diego, US
SKY West Aviation 21 0h 49m
SBAONT
Ontario, US
Westair Industries 19 0h 54m
SBASFO
San Francisco, US
SKY West Aviation 18 1h 3m
SBALAX
Los Angeles, US
SKY West Aviation 17 0h 36m
SBAPHX
Phoenix, US
Envoy AIR 15 1h 15m
SBAPHX
Phoenix, US
American Airlines 12 1h 25m
SBASMF
Sacramento, US
Southwest Airlines Co. (SAN Antonio 11 1h 1m
SBAPDX
Portland, US
Horizon AIR Industries 11 1h 58m
SBADEN
Denver, US
Southwest Airlines Co. (SAN Antonio 10 2h 16m
SBAPDX
Portland, US
SKY West Aviation 10 1h 59m
SBASEA
Seattle, US
Horizon AIR Industries 10 2h 15m
SBAORD
Chicago, US
United Airlines 10 3h 57m
SBASJC
San Jose, US
Netjets Aviation 9 0h 53m
SBASAN
San Diego, US
Southwest Airlines Co. (SAN Antonio 9 0h 50m
SBADFW
Dallas-Fort Worth, US
American Airlines 9 2h 59m
SBASEA
Seattle, US
Alaska Airlines 8 2h 16m

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)

1
Anonymous
05/31/2012
Watch for birdstrikes
Great scenery, but be careful for birds. Also, if you're taking off runway 33R or 33L watch for the mountains
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