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Direct flights from Santa Barbara (SBA) to Little Rock (LIT): 1 nonstop departure observed each week across 1 airline. The nonstop covers 2,521 km, an estimated 3 hours 44 minutes in the air. Measured by Pro Flight Search from live flight boards at Santa Barbara and Little Rock. Updated 23 October 2026 at 00:31 UTC.
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2,521 km · ~3h 44m est.
Running clean · 1 airline · 1x weekly · nonstop
100 / 100
route health from live SBA and LIT delay boards
Flight time~3h 44mestimated 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
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How the Santa Barbara to Little Rock route actually runs
Pro Flight Search records official board updates for nonstop SBA to LIT 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.
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SBA to LIT questions
Is SBA–LIT running on time right now?
Smooth skies ahead. Both endpoints currently score the same, route health score 100/100. The airports section above carries the live status and delay window at both ends.
How long is the flight from SBA to LIT?
Great-circle distance is 2,521 km. With typical jet cruise speed plus taxi, climb and descent, expect roughly 208–246 min gate-to-gate on this route.
How often does SBA–LIT fly?
American Airlines runs the route with about 1 flight a week (thu). 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 SBA and arrival-side delay at LIT, 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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