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Routes and flights · the DOT's airline reports, August 2025 to July 2026

San Diego International ⇄ Santa Barbara Municipal SAN–SBA

Airlines flew 387 flights between San Diego International SAN in San Diego, CA and Santa Barbara Municipal SBA in Santa Barbara, CA in the twelve months to July 2026, both directions together: 13,355 passengers in 29,133 seats, 46% of them filled, and 147 pounds of freight. 192 miles, about 38 minutes in the air, on 3 airlines: SkyWest Airlines Inc. (192), Horizon Air (191), Scott Aviation, LLC d/b/a Silver Air (4). Planning to fly it yourself? The weather and winds along this route right now.

387
flights, twelve months
SAN-SBA: 193 · SBA-SAN: 194
13,355
passengers
46% of seats filled
192
miles
about 38 minutes airborne
3
airlines
3 aircraft types

Flights by month both directions

030619212213/251222/26371221126/261127/26
By month, as a table
flights
3/251
7/251
12/252
2/262
4/2637
5/26122
6/26112
7/26112

Passengers by month

01,0602,1203,1814,24113/254422/261,2914,2413,9086/263,9097/26
By month, as a table
passengers
3/251
7/254
12/254
2/262
4/261,291
5/264,241
6/263,908
7/263,909

The airlines twelve months, both directions

AirlineFlightsPassengersSeats filledService
SkyWest Airlines Inc. OO1926,53645%scheduled passenger service
Horizon Air QX1916,80947%scheduled passenger service
Scott Aviation, LLC d/b/a Silver Air 3EQ41040%charter passenger service

The aircraft as the airlines report their types

AircraftFlightsSeats a flightPassengers
Embraer ERJ-1753837613,345
Cessna Citationjet/CJ1/CJ2/CJ3366
Cessna Citation X Model 650/550B/550XL174

SAN → SBA this direction alone · flown December 2025 to July 2026

193 flights of 205 scheduled, 6,671 passengers in 14,528 seats, 118 pounds of freight. SkyWest Airlines Inc. 97; Horizon Air 94; Scott Aviation, LLC d/b/a Silver Air 2.

SBA → SAN this direction alone · flown March 2025 to July 2026

194 flights of 202 scheduled, 6,684 passengers in 14,605 seats, 29 pounds of freight. Horizon Air 97; SkyWest Airlines Inc. 95; Scott Aviation, LLC d/b/a Silver Air 2.

Source: the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 Segment table (all carriers). A flight is one departure performed on this segment; seats and passengers are the airlines' own monthly reports; "seats filled" is passengers divided by seats. The miles are the DOT's great-circle distance. Both ends: San Diego International SAN and Santa Barbara Municipal SBA; all routes.