Airports · Santa Barbara Municipal Airport
Flights from Santa Barbara (SBA)
Airlines flew 8,934 departures out of Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (SBA) carrying 748,575 passengers over the 12 months through April 2026. Here's what actually flew — the busiest routes, the carriers, and the aircraft — from US DOT T-100 filings.
What flies from Santa Barbara
US DOT T-100 · filed dataWhat airlines actually flew out of Santa Barbara — departures, seats, and passengers filed with the US DOT (T-100) over the trailing 12 months, not a schedule.
Departures
8,934
April 2026
Seats flown
1,066,946
Passengers
748,575
Load factor
70.2%
passengers ÷ seats
Busiest routes from Santa Barbara
Where flights from Santa Barbara go most, by departures over the trailing 12 months.
1,563 departures · 123,408 passengers
66.4%
Load
1,414 departures · 105,156 passengers
71.2%
Load
1,107 departures · 132,800 passengers
75.5%
Load
1,011 departures · 55,864 passengers
71.0%
Load
866 departures · 88,966 passengers
66.6%
Load
678 departures · 28,417 passengers
59.4%
Load
535 departures · 53,391 passengers
75.6%
Load
362 departures · 33,784 passengers
60.9%
Load
360 departures · 22,413 passengers
82.1%
Load
353 departures · 49,719 passengers
86.7%
Load
291 departures · 22,889 passengers
51.5%
Load
254 departures · 26,988 passengers
81.9%
Load
24 departures · 2,862 passengers
71.8%
Load
20 departures · 647 passengers
46.6%
Load
11 departures · 0 passengers
0.0%
Load
Airlines at Santa Barbara
Ranked by seats flown — the capacity each carrier actually operated out of Santa Barbara.
- UA
287,434 seats · 69.5% load
26.9%
Share
- WN
273,533 seats · 63.3% load
25.6%
Share
- OO
189,972 seats · 73.3% load
17.8%
Share
- AA
147,759 seats · 75.1% load
13.8%
Share
- AS
56,934 seats · 71.0% load
5.3%
Share
- DL
51,311 seats · 72.3% load
4.8%
Share
- QX
31,844 seats · 84.1% load
3.0%
Share
- MQ
26,893 seats · 78.1% load
2.5%
Share
- SY
626 seats · 16.3% load
0.1%
Share
- 3EQ
315 seats · 36.5% load
0.0%
Share
Aircraft flown from Santa Barbara
Aircraft types by share of departures — what actually operated, not what's based here.
3,053 departures · 74.8% load
34.2%
Share
1,462 departures · 70.0% load
16.4%
Share
1,051 departures · 65.7% load
11.8%
Share
1,021 departures · 70.5% load
11.4%
Share
876 departures · 63.5% load
9.8%
Share
534 departures · 71.7% load
6.0%
Share
307 departures · 77.8% load
3.4%
Share
260 departures · 81.7% load
2.9%
Share
160 departures · 54.5% load
1.8%
Share
92 departures · 82.2% load
1.0%
Share
24 departures · 59.5% load
0.3%
Share
21 departures · 63.1% load
0.2%
Share
Monthly departures from Santa Barbara
Monthly departures from Santa Barbara, trailing 12 months through April 2026. Bars scale to the busiest month.
May 2025
770 departures · 65,584 passengers
75.3%
Load
June 2025
772 departures · 69,593 passengers
76.4%
Load
July 2025
768 departures · 67,254 passengers
71.9%
Load
August 2025
750 departures · 69,837 passengers
76.2%
Load
September 2025
735 departures · 66,467 passengers
70.5%
Load
October 2025
803 departures · 69,068 passengers
70.6%
Load
November 2025
742 departures · 60,124 passengers
69.6%
Load
December 2025
721 departures · 59,460 passengers
69.6%
Load
January 2026
681 departures · 46,128 passengers
57.7%
Load
February 2026
656 departures · 48,841 passengers
64.0%
Load
March 2026
768 departures · 63,758 passengers
68.4%
Load
April 2026
768 departures · 62,461 passengers
69.2%
Load
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment. Data through April 2026. The DOT publishes roughly three months in arrears.