San Francisco to Santa Barbara Flights (SFO-SBA)

🇺🇸 SFO

San Francisco

297 mi

SBA 🇺🇸

Santa Barbara

San Francisco International Airport Santa Barbara Municipal Airport 6 airlines

The San Francisco to Santa Barbara route connects San Francisco International Airport (SFO) in US with Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (SBA) in US. This short-haul flight covers approximately 297 miles (478 km) with a typical flight time of 41m. This route is served by 6 airlines: United, SkyWest, NetJets Aviation and others. AirportRoutes has tracked 8 unique flight numbers on this route.

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Departure Airport

San Francisco International Airport

ICAO Code:: KSFO
IATA Code:: SFO
City:: 🇺🇸 San Francisco
Country:: US
Elevation:: 13 ft

Destination Airport

Santa Barbara Municipal Airport

ICAO Code:: KSBA
IATA Code:: SBA
City:: 🇺🇸 Santa Barbara
Country:: US
Elevation:: 13 ft

Operators

Tracked Flights

297

Miles

41m

Flight Duration

Route Map

Operating Airlines

Airline	ICAO	IATA
United	`UAL`	`UA`
SkyWest	`SKW`	`OO`
NetJets Aviation	`EJA`	`1I`
Flexjet	`LXJ`	`-`
Sunset Aviation	`TWY`	`-`
Baker Aviation,	`KOW`	`-`

Flight Schedule Pattern

Day	Flights Observed	Frequency
Monday	3	5%
Tuesday	4	6%
Wednesday	11	18%
Thursday	15	24%
Friday	4	6%
Saturday	16	26%
Sunday	9	15%

Pattern Analysis

8 Tracked Flights:

Data Points: 62
API observations used to build this analysis

Weekdays: 37 flights
Weekend: 25 flights

Business Route More active on weekdays

All Flight Routes

6 Routes

Note: This table shows aggregated route data by airline. Each airline may operate multiple daily flights at different times. See the "Spotted Departure Times" section below for all observed departure times.

Airline	Flight Numbers	Aircraft Type	Typical Time	Days Active	Last Seen	Status
Baker Aviation, `KOW`	-	C750	-	M T W T F S S	Jun 9, 2026	Active
Flexjet `LXJ`	-	E55P	-	M T W T F S S	Jun 9, 2026	Active
NetJets Aviation `EJA` / `1I`		C68A	10:00 10:00 AM (Representative)	M T W T F S S	Jun 9, 2026	Active
SkyWest `SKW` / `OO`		E75L	20:49 8:49 PM (Representative)	M T W T F S S	Jun 9, 2026	Active
Sunset Aviation `TWY`		GL7T	17:10 5:10 PM (Representative)	M T W T F S S	Jun 9, 2026	Active
United `UAL` / `UA`		A320	10:27 10:27 AM (Representative)	M T W T F S S	Jun 9, 2026	Active

Total Routes: 6

Active Routes: 6

Unique Airlines: 6

Aircraft Types: 6

Spotted Departure Times

Departure Time	Operator	ICAO	IATA
10:00 10:00 AM	NetJets Aviation	`EJA`	`1I`
10:27 10:27 AM	United	`UAL`	`UA`
17:10 5:10 PM	Sunset Aviation	`TWY`	`-`
20:49 8:49 PM	SkyWest	`SKW`	`OO`

Time Information

Times are shown in the departure airport's local timezone (KSFO - America/Los_Angeles).

Total Departure Times: 4

Time Range:
10:00 - 20:49

These are typical departure times observed from actual flights. Times may vary by season and schedule changes.

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