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Flights WN464 12:55 Su
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Direct flights from Austin (AUS) to Santa Barbara (SBA): 1 nonstop departure observed each week across 1 airline. The median arrival is 186 minutes late. No cancellations were recorded across the 1 tracked flight. The nonstop covers 2,131 km, an estimated 3 hours 14 minutes in the air. Measured by Pro Flight Search from live flight boards at Austin and Santa Barbara. Updated 18 October 2026 at 23:13 UTC.
AUS
Austin
disrupted · +67
SBA
Santa Barbara
tracking
2,131 km · ~3h 14m est.
Disrupted · 1 airline · 1x weekly · nonstop
10 / 100
route health from live AUS and SBA delay boards
Median arrival delay is +186 min. 0 of 1 tracked legs cancelled in the sample. Will a delayed flight be cancelled? →
Median arrival+186 minacross the last 1 operated legs
Flight time~3h 14mestimated from route distance
Weekly departures1x1 direct airline on the leg
The week
scheduled departures · origin local time06121824
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time, observed operating in the last 7 days. Today is highlighted.
Who flies it
observed on the boards · 7 daysHistory
operated legs · board outcomesActual board outcomes rather than schedules, paired departure and arrival per flight and day.
Full board history, day by day →
Airports right now
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How the Austin to Santa Barbara route actually runs
Pro Flight Search records official board updates for nonstop AUS to SBA flights through the day: schedules, estimates, gate pushes and actual departures. The verdict above comes from operated flights, so it reflects what this route does rather than what the timetable promises.
Planning around a delay? Live airport delays · Weather delay risk map · Will a delayed flight be cancelled? · Do planes make up time in the air? · How we measure
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Pro Flight Search — Austin (AUS) to Santa Barbara (SBA) route reliability, measured from operated flights on official airport boards.
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How we measure this →
https://proflightsearch.com/search-flights/AUS-SBA
AUS to SBA questions
Is AUS–SBA running on time right now?
High disruption likely. The departure side at AUS is the weaker end, route health score 10/100. The airports section above carries the live status and delay window at both ends.
How long is the flight from AUS to SBA?
Great-circle distance is 2,131 km. With typical jet cruise speed plus taxi, climb and descent, expect roughly 180–213 min gate-to-gate on this route.
How often does AUS–SBA fly?
Southwest Airlines runs the route with about 1 flight a week (sun). Since one carrier owns the route, a single disruption tends to ripple through the day.
What does the route health score measure?
A blend of departure-side delay at AUS and arrival-side delay at SBA, computed from rolling delay windows (refreshed every 40 minutes) with a daily-rollup fallback. Current MVFR, IFR, or LIFR endpoint weather caps the score when flight rules can limit throughput. Higher is healthier: 100 means operations are clean at both ends.
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