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

Take the nonstop: Alaska PDX → SBA (2h 16m) reaches Santa Barbara on time 9 times in 10; the most reliable connection, Alaska via Seattle (5h 14m), 79%.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Alaska	PDX	SBA	2h 16m	91%	0.9%	437	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 →	PDX 05:45 → SLC 08:39DL 1270	2h 11m Salt Lake City	SLC 10:50 → SBA 12:04DL 3841 · flown by SkyWest	6h 19m	100%	95%
United Details →	PDX 13:14 → SFO 15:05UA 2279	3h 11m San Francisco	SFO 18:16 → SBA 19:43UA 5962 · flown by SkyWest	6h 29m	100%	94%
Alaska + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	PDX 14:30 → SLC 17:29AS 3120 · flown by SkyWest	3h 36m Salt Lake City	SLC 21:05 → SBA 22:12DL 3803 · flown by SkyWest	7h 42m	98%	94%
American Details →	PDX 05:20 → PHX 08:00AA 2658	2h 04m Phoenix	PHX 10:04 → SBA 11:46AA 3784 · flown by Envoy	6h 26m	96%	92%
Southwest Details →	PDX 05:00 → LAS 07:10WN 344	2h 10m Las Vegas	LAS 09:20 → SBA 10:40WN 2336	5h 40m	96%	88%
Alaska + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	PDX 17:37 → LAX 20:09AS 278	2h 35m Los Angeles	LAX 22:44 → SBA 23:44UA 4796 · flown by SkyWest	6h 07m	97%	85%
Delta Details →	PDX 09:45 → SLC 12:35DL 1203	2h 25m Salt Lake City	SLC 15:00 → SBA 16:10DL 3853 · flown by SkyWest	6h 25m	99%	83%
United Details →	PDX 05:00 → DEN 08:31UA 459	2h 55m Denver	DEN 11:26 → SBA 13:02UA 671	8h 02m	99%	80%
Tight connection: often missed
United Details →	PDX 18:03 → SFO 19:53UA 1656	1h 30m San Francisco	SFO 21:23 → SBA 22:45UA 2866	4h 42m	67%	50%
United Details →	PDX 07:00 → SFO 08:56UA 2818	1h 33m San Francisco	SFO 10:29 → SBA 11:52UA 1578	4h 52m	57%	47%
United Details →	PDX 13:14 → SFO 15:05UA 2279	1h 05m San Francisco	SFO 16:10 → SBA 17:37UA 5862 · flown by SkyWest	4h 23m	54%	36%

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.

Afternoon and evening

SLC · 46m · leaves 17:24 21%

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