Santa Barbara Municipal Airport satellite view
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KSBA · SBA

Santa Barbara Municipal Airport

34.42620°N
-119.84000°W
ARR / DAY
56
28.9%
DEP / DAY
56
25.8%
ON-TIME
65.3% Top 25%
arr · avg 17 min
dep · 100% · avg -13 min cal
AVG DELAY
17 min
7d window

Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (KSBA/SBA) is a medium international 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 56 arrivals and 56 departures per day on average over the last 7 days, served by 21 carriers across 55 routes. Cargo carriers (FedEx, UPS, and similar) operate regularly, accounting for about 3% of observed flights. The most active carrier is SKY West Aviation (SKW). The busiest route is to San Francisco International Airport (KSFO). On-time performance averages 65% with an average delay of 17 minutes against scheduled times. At the busiest hour of an average day, we calculated that a plane takes off or lands roughly every 225 seconds.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

53m ago
Temp
71°F
Wind
5 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KSBA 010053Z VRB05KT 10SM CLR 22/14 A2989 RMK AO2 SLP122 T02170144 $

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

38 destinations
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Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

peak 12 PM · 1 movement every 225 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 19 1h 49m
SBAONT
Ontario, US
Westair Industries 16 0h 50m
SBASFO
San Francisco, US
United Airlines 16 0h 58m
SBADEN
Denver, US
United Airlines 15 2h 11m
SBALAS
Las Vegas, US
Southwest Airlines Co. (SAN Antonio 13 1h 7m
SBASAN
San Diego, US
SKY West Aviation 11 0h 49m
SBAPHX
Phoenix, US
American Airlines 8 1h 36m
SBALAX
Los Angeles, US
SKY West Aviation 8 0h 30m
SBAPHX
Phoenix, US
Envoy AIR 8 1h 20m
SBASMF
Sacramento, US
Southwest Airlines Co. (SAN Antonio 8 1h 0m
SBALAS
Las Vegas, US
Netjets Aviation 7 1h 19m
SBADFW
Dallas-Fort Worth, US
American Airlines 7 3h 2m
SBAPDX
Portland, US
SKY West Aviation 6 1h 57m
SBASFO
San Francisco, US
SKY West Aviation 5 0h 53m
SBAONT
Ontario, US
Empire Airlines (Hayden Lake 5 0h 39m
SBAORD
Chicago, US
United Airlines 5 3h 51m
SBASEA
Seattle, US
Alaska Airlines 4 2h 9m
SBABUR
Burbank, US
Ameriflight 4 0h 26m
SBAOAK
Oakland, US
Netjets Aviation 4 1h 1m
SBASAN
San Diego, US
Southwest Airlines Co. (SAN Antonio 4 0h 45m

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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