Itineraries flown on 20+ days in the Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026 schedule · each leg’s record Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

No clear winner: Southwest’s OAK → SBA flights land within a few points of 86% on time whatever the hour.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Southwest	OAK	SBA	1h 10m	86%	0.7%	300	Flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Santa Barbara on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included. Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


Delta Details →	OAK 06:00 → SLC 08:55DL 4061 · flown by SkyWest	1h 55m Salt Lake City	SLC 10:50 → SBA 12:04DL 3841 · flown by SkyWest	6h 04m	98%	94%
Southwest + Americantwo ticketsDetails →	OAK 05:10 → PHX 07:05WN 3066	2h 59m Phoenix	PHX 10:04 → SBA 11:46AA 3784 · flown by Envoy	6h 36m	98%	94%
Southwest Details →	OAK 05:00 → LAS 06:30WN 2325	2h 50m Las Vegas	LAS 09:20 → SBA 10:40WN 2336	5h 40m	100%	91%
Southwest + Alaskatwo ticketsDetails →	OAK 13:05 → PDX 14:40WN 1577	3h 08m Portland	PDX 17:48 → SBA 20:04AS 2029 · flown by Horizon	6h 59m	100%	90%
Delta Details →	OAK 17:05 → SLC 20:00DL 3903 · flown by SkyWest	1h 05m Salt Lake City	SLC 21:05 → SBA 22:12DL 3803 · flown by SkyWest	5h 07m	93%	89%
Alaska Details →	OAK 07:52 → PDX 09:29AS 2298 · flown by Horizon	1h 18m Portland	PDX 10:47 → SBA 13:05AS 2317 · flown by Horizon	5h 13m	98%	89%
Southwest + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	OAK 09:30 → SLC 12:15WN 4198	2h 45m Salt Lake City	SLC 15:00 → SBA 16:10DL 3853 · flown by SkyWest	6h 40m	100%	87%
Southwest + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	OAK 17:30 → LAX 18:55WN 4229	3h 49m Los Angeles	LAX 22:44 → SBA 23:44UA 4796 · flown by SkyWest	6h 14m	96%	81%

Same layover, different day-part

How often the first flight arrives too late to connect (45 min minimum), for one-ticket layovers of 45–80 minutes.

Morning

PDX · 1h 18m · leaves 07:52 2%

Afternoon and evening

SLC · 1h 05m · leaves 17:05 7%

Delays build through the day, so an afternoon first leg eats the layover. A short connection is fine early in the morning and a gamble later on.

Mixing airlines

One ticketMiss it and the airline rebooks you; bags go through. 45 min is enough.

Separate ticketsMiss it and you buy a new ticket. Re-check bags, clear security again: we require 90 min.

The table above includes two-ticket connections (marked “two tickets”), held to the 90-minute minimum. One ticket only →

Regional partners count as the airline that sells them: SkyWest flying Delta Connection is one Delta ticket.

How these are worked out. Makes the connection: share of the last year’s flights where the first flight arrived with at least 45 minutes to spare (90 on separate tickets). Arrives on time: first flight not cancelled × connection made × second flight not cancelled and arriving within 15 minutes. Not yet counted: the second flight also leaving late (which helps), gate-to-gate distance at the hub, and rebooking after a missed connection.

About this data: US DOT on-time records, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, all US airlines; regional flights count under the airline that sells them. Schedules (which flights and connections exist, and their times) are as of Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026; seasonal flights outside that window aren’t ranked. Rebuilt monthly. JSON