Live flights over Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (SBA)
From 23 to 24 October 2026 the FlyItalyADSB network saw 184 departures and 195 arrivals at Santa Barbara Municipal Airport, 190 movements a day on average. The most frequent connections are Phoenix (PHX), Las Vegas (LAS) and San Francisco (SFO). 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
23–24 October 2026
Movements per day
Show as a table
| Day | Departures | Arrivals | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 23 | 87 | 85 | 172 |
| Sat 24 | 97 | 110 | 207 |
Connections
airline flights both ways, with departure and arrival both seen
- Phoenix PHX 19 flights
- Las Vegas LAS 17 flights
- San Francisco SFO 17 flights
- Salt Lake City SLC 14 flights
- San Diego SAN 13 flights
- Denver DEN 11 flights
- Los Angeles LAX 9 flights
- Ontario ONT 8 flights
- Burbank BUR 6 flights
- Portland PDX 6 flights
- San Jose SJC 6 flights
- Oakland OAK 5 flights
- Seattle SEA 4 flights
- Santa Ana SNA 4 flights
- Dallas-Fort Worth DFW 3 flights
- Sacramento SMF 3 flights
19 more connections
- Bellingham BLI 2
- Chicago ORD 2
- Austin AUS 1
- Seattle BFI 1
- Nashville BNA 1
- Boulder City BLD 1
- Concord CCR 1
- Carlsbad CLD 1
- Dallas DAL 1
- Newark EWR 1
- Hawthorne HHR 1
- White Plains HPN 1
- Monterey MRY 1
- Minneapolis MSP 1
- Palm Springs PSP 1
- Santa Fe SAF 1
- South Bend SBN 1
- Santa Maria SMX 1
- Teterboro TEB 1
Airlines
- SkyWest AirlinesSKW 39
- NetJetsEJA 30
- Southwest AirlinesSWA 22
- United AirlinesUAL 20
- American AirlinesAAL 11
- FlexjetLXJ 10
- Horizon AirQXE 9
- Envoy AirENY 8
- Vista AmericaVJA 7
- Westair IndustriesPCM 6
Aircraft
- E75L 54
- Cessna 172 Skyhawk C172 29
- Boeing 737-700 B737 15
- Airbus A320 A320 14
- Boeing 737 MAX 8 B38M 14
- Piper PA-28 Cherokee P28A 13
- C68A 12
- Pilatus PC-12 PC12 12
- Boeing 737-800 B738 11
- C150 11
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 (23–24 October 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 (23–24 October 2026), both ways: Phoenix (PHX, 19), Las Vegas (LAS, 17), San Francisco (SFO, 17), Salt Lake City (SLC, 14) and San Diego (SAN, 13). 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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