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

Connect in the morning. The same 70-minute layover misses 2% of the time at 9 am and 15% of the time at 8 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Alaska	SAN	SBA	1h 13m	82%	6.4%	203	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 →	SAN 06:15 → SLC 09:22DL 1117	1h 28m Salt Lake City	SLC 10:50 → SBA 12:04DL 3841 · flown by SkyWest	5h 49m	98%	93%
American Details →	SAN 06:20 → PHX 07:54AA 625	2h 10m Phoenix	PHX 10:04 → SBA 11:46AA 3784 · flown by Envoy	5h 26m	97%	93%
United Details →	SAN 13:39 → SFO 15:19UA 1763	2h 57m San Francisco	SFO 18:16 → SBA 19:43UA 5962 · flown by SkyWest	6h 04m	97%	91%
Alaska Details →	SAN 06:50 → PDX 09:29AS 399	1h 18m Portland	PDX 10:47 → SBA 13:05AS 2317 · flown by Horizon	6h 15m	98%	88%
Southwest Details →	SAN 06:35 → LAS 08:15WN 2970	1h 05m Las Vegas	LAS 09:20 → SBA 10:40WN 2336	4h 05m	96%	87%
United Details →	SAN 06:20 → LAX 07:21UA 1006	54m Los Angeles	LAX 08:15 → SBA 09:17UA 5460 · flown by SkyWest	2h 57m	91%	87%
Alaska + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	SAN 15:54 → SLC 19:02AS 3488 · flown by SkyWest	2h 03m Salt Lake City	SLC 21:05 → SBA 22:12DL 3803 · flown by SkyWest	6h 18m	90%	86%
Delta Details →	SAN 09:47 → SLC 12:50DL 1177	2h 10m Salt Lake City	SLC 15:00 → SBA 16:10DL 3853 · flown by SkyWest	6h 23m	98%	85%
Tight connection: often missed
United Details →	SAN 18:27 → SFO 20:07UA 1302	1h 16m San Francisco	SFO 21:23 → SBA 22:45UA 2866	4h 18m	72%	54%
United Details →	SAN 11:01 → SFO 12:47UA 2309	1h 03m San Francisco	SFO 13:50 → SBA 15:17UA 5464 · flown by SkyWest	4h 16m	72%	50%
United Details →	SAN 13:39 → SFO 15:19UA 1763	51m San Francisco	SFO 16:10 → SBA 17:37UA 5862 · flown by SkyWest	3h 58m	68%	45%

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

DEN · 1h 18m · leaves 06:35 2%

PDX · 1h 18m · leaves 06:50 2%

LAS · 1h 05m · leaves 06:35 4%

Afternoon and evening

LAX · 59m · leaves 20:32 10%

SLC · 1h 05m · leaves 17:01 15%

SFO · 51m · leaves 13:39 32%

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