SBA — Santa Barbara Municipal Airport
- IATA code
- SBA
- ICAO code
- KSBA
- Size
- medium
- OurAirports class
- Passengers
- 1,504,923
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
- Nonstop routes
- 24
- With open traffic data
- Time zone
- UTC−8 / UTC−7
- America/Los_Angeles
- Elevation
- 4 m
- 13 ft
- Runways
- 3
- Longest 1,840 m
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About SBA
Santa Barbara Municipal Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Santa Barbara, United States. It opened in 1932 and is run by Santa Barbara. 1,504,923 passengers used it in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Open traffic data shows 24 nonstop routes from SBA.
Wikidata (CC0) · US BTS T-100. Sources
Busiest nonstop routes from SBA
| Route | Distance | Passengers / year |
|---|---|---|
| SBA → DEN | 1,474 km | 264,358 |
| SBA → SFO | 422 km | 248,392 |
| SBA → PHX | 732 km | 208,672 |
| SBA → LAS | 465 km | 172,195 |
| SBA → SLC | 989 km | 118,780 |
| SBA → SEA | 1,461 km | 105,882 |
| SBA → DFW | 2,117 km | 96,333 |
| SBA → SMF | 499 km | 64,750 |
| SBA → LAX | 142 km | 53,803 |
| SBA → PDX | 1,261 km | 50,959 |
| SBA → OAK | 424 km | 42,892 |
| SBA → ATL | 3,255 km | 33,108 |
| SBA → ORD | 2,901 km | 29,557 |
| SBA → SAN | 309 km | 13,345 |
| SBA → GJT | 1,135 km | 461 |
| SBA → AUS | 2,136 km | 323 |
| SBA → ONT | 210 km | 197 |
| SBA → SAT | 2,087 km | 171 |
| SBA → ABQ | 1,213 km | 157 |
| SBA → BUR | 139 km | 140 |
| SBA → TUL | 2,182 km | 139 |
| SBA → FAT | 261 km | 126 |
| SBA → BHM | 3,045 km | 114 |
| SBA → TUS | 868 km | 69 |
Passengers on the route, both directions, over the period of each source: US DOT / BTS T-100 (Aug 2025 – Jul 2026) for routes touching the US, Eurostat (2024) for routes reported by European airports. Routes outside these are not counted.
Airlines at SBA
- OO SkyWest Airlines · 5,515 flights
- UA United Air Lines · 3,809 flights
- WN Southwest Airlines · 3,654 flights
- AA American Airlines · 1,932 flights
- QX Horizon Air · 1,329 flights
- MQ Envoy Air · 795 flights
- AS Alaska Airlines · 684 flights
- DL Delta Air Lines · 636 flights
Departures and arrivals on scheduled passenger flights, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment. Sources
Punctuality
- Departures on time
- 81.9%
- Within 15 minutes of schedule
- Cancelled
- 1%
- Departures counted
- 8,582
- US domestic flights
US domestic flights of the larger US airlines, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. BTS Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance. Sources
Airports within 150 km
| Code | Airport | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| SMX | Santa Maria Public Airport Captain G Allan Hancock Field | 77 km |
| SBP | San Luis County Regional Airport | 116 km |
| BFL | Meadows Field | 133 km |
| BUR | Hollywood Burbank/Bob Hope Airport | 138 km |
| LAX | Los Angeles International Airport | 142 km |
| HHR | Jack Northrop Field Hawthorne Municipal Airport | 149 km |
Distance from SBA to the major hubs
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|
| 07/25 | 1,840 m | 46 m | Asphalt |
| 15L/33R | 1,277 m | 23 m | Asphalt |
| 15R/33L | 1,277 m | 30 m | Asphalt |
OurAirports (public domain). Sources
Location
Santa Barbara, California, United States · 34.4262, -119.8400
Questions
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