Live flights over Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (SBA)
From 1 to 7 November 2026 the FlyItalyADSB network saw 582 departures and 577 arrivals at Santa Barbara Municipal Airport, 166 movements a day on average. The most frequent connections are San Francisco (SFO), Phoenix (PHX) and San Diego (SAN). The airline seen most often is SkyWest Airlines.
Airport data
- IATA code
- SBA
- ICAO code
- KSBA
- City
- Santa Barbara
- Region
- California
- Country
- United States
- Elevation
- 4 m (13 ft)
- Coordinates
- 34.4262, -119.84
What you can track here
Every aircraft passing within roughly 80 km of Santa Barbara Municipal Airport that the network receives appears on the FlyItalyADSB live map: airliners on approach and departure, business and general aviation, and — where MLAT reaches — aircraft without full ADS-B. Nothing is filtered out; how much of the area is covered depends on the community's receivers near Santa Barbara.
Seen by the network
1–7 November 2026
Movements per day
Show as a table
| Day | Departures | Arrivals | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 1 | 55 | 61 | 116 |
| Mon 2 | 81 | 87 | 168 |
| Tue 3 | 99 | 92 | 191 |
| Wed 4 | 72 | 71 | 143 |
| Thu 5 | 87 | 78 | 165 |
| Fri 6 | 103 | 103 | 206 |
| Sat 7 | 85 | 85 | 170 |
Connections
airline flights both ways, with departure and arrival both seen
- San Francisco SFO 58 flights
- Phoenix PHX 52 flights
- San Diego SAN 41 flights
- Las Vegas LAS 37 flights
- Salt Lake City SLC 36 flights
- Denver DEN 35 flights
- Los Angeles LAX 29 flights
- Ontario ONT 25 flights
- Seattle SEA 22 flights
- San Jose SJC 17 flights
- Oakland OAK 15 flights
- Burbank BUR 12 flights
- Dallas-Fort Worth DFW 11 flights
- Portland PDX 11 flights
- Sacramento SMF 10 flights
- Chicago ORD 8 flights
36 more connections
- Santa Ana SNA 6
- Carlsbad CLD 4
- Teterboro TEB 4
- Seattle BFI 3
- Austin AUS 2
- Denver BJC 2
- Baton Rouge BTR 2
- Dallas DAL 2
- Hawthorne HHR 2
- Monterey MRY 2
- McCall MYL 2
- Palm Springs PSP 2
- Reno RNO 2
- Santa Fe SAF 2
- St George SGU 2
- Aspen ASE 1
- Asheville AVL 1
- Bakersfield BFL 1
- Bellingham BLI 1
- Boise BOI 1
- College Station CLL 1
- West Palm Beach DJT 1
- Eagle EGE 1
- Newark EWR 1
- Gary GYY 1
- Long Beach LGB 1
- Orlando MCO 1
- Miami MIA 1
- Miami OPF 1
- Everett PAE 1
- Pittsburgh PIT 1
- San Luis Obispo SBP 1
- Santa Maria SMX 1
- San Carlos SQL 1
- Tulsa TUL 1
- Tucson TUS 1
Airlines
- SkyWest AirlinesSKW 128
- NetJetsEJA 83
- Southwest AirlinesSWA 81
- United AirlinesUAL 62
- American AirlinesAAL 41
- Horizon AirQXE 34
- FlexjetLXJ 25
- Westair IndustriesPCM 16
- Envoy AirENY 15
- AmeriflightAMF 11
Aircraft
- E75L 161
- Cessna 172 Skyhawk C172 136
- Boeing 737-700 B737 68
- Boeing 737-800 B738 56
- C150 52
- Boeing 737 MAX 8 B38M 33
- CL35 32
- C208 30
- Piper PA-28 Cherokee P28A 28
- Embraer Phenom 300 E55P 23
How we count: a flight is a departure here when the network first sees it low near the airport (on the ground, or climbing away from it), an arrival when it last sees it low on approach. Where receivers don't reach low altitude the numbers stay below the real traffic. Connections and airlines come only from airline flights.
This data in your app
Every aircraft within 80 km of Santa Barbara Municipal Airport, as JSON, with a free key that also allows commercial use:
curl -H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
https://api.flyitalyadsb.com/v2/lat/34.4262/lon/-119.84/dist/80Or ask Claude, with the FlyItalyADSB connector: “which aircraft are near Santa Barbara right now?”
Frequently asked questions
How can I see live flights over Santa Barbara Municipal Airport? +
Open the FlyItalyADSB live map centred on Santa Barbara: it shows every aircraft picked up via ADS-B and MLAT within about 80 km of SBA, refreshed every few seconds.
Which airlines fly from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport? +
Among the flights our network saw (1–7 November 2026), the most frequent airlines were SkyWest Airlines, NetJets, Southwest Airlines, United Airlines and American Airlines.
What are the main connections from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport? +
The connections with the most flights seen (1–7 November 2026), both ways: San Francisco (SFO, 58), Phoenix (PHX, 52), San Diego (SAN, 41), Las Vegas (LAS, 37) and Salt Lake City (SLC, 36). Only flights whose departure and arrival the network both saw are counted.
Does FlyItalyADSB also track military aircraft around Santa Barbara? +
Yes. Thanks to multilateration (MLAT) the network reconstructs the position of aircraft without full ADS-B too, including military and state flights, whenever they are received by feeders in the area. Nothing is filtered out.
What are the codes for Santa Barbara Municipal Airport? +
Santa Barbara Municipal Airport has IATA code SBA and ICAO code KSBA. It lies in California, United States, at coordinates 34.4262, -119.84.
Is the flight data free and open? +
Yes. The live map and the Free API plan cost nothing, and the data is published under the open CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; paid API plans for higher volumes help cover the infrastructure costs.
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