Santa Barbara Municipal Airport

Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (SBA/KSBA) is in Santa Barbara, US, 4 m above sea level. It has 3 runways and the longest is 1,840 m. See the diagram, each runway's data and what you fly over from here.

The diagram

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Drawn to scale from the real coordinates of each runway end. Runways without coordinates are not drawn.

Data

Codes
SBA · KSBA
City
Santa Barbara
Country
US
Coordinates
34.4262, -119.8400
Elevation
4 m · 13 ft
Time zone
America/Los_Angeles
Local time now
06:18
Airspace
Los Angeles
Departures observed
152 · 128 arrivals
Most seen destinations
SFO, ONT, LAX, PHX, SAN

Departures and arrivals we saw ourselves on adsb.lol traces over 2 day(s). A floor, not the total number of movements: where no receiver is nearby, nothing is seen.

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That day’s flights

What we saw take off and land on 2026-09-03, in local time here. This is not an arrivals board: it does not say what leaves today, it says what flew that day and only what the receivers managed to see.

Took off (40)

TimeCallsignAircraftTo
17:00N12577C172 · N12577—
17:03N579BJC560 · N579BJ—
17:13CFS7693C408 · N767FXONT
17:14N356CT—SAN
17:18PCM7696C208 · N968FEONT
17:31N902SSCL30 · N902SSSJC
17:36N901WFH25B · N901WF—
17:52SWA1467B38M · N8999QSMF
17:54N3038SC150 · N3038SSBA
17:56N968MSC152 · N968MS—
18:06AMF1929SW4 · N801AFBUR
18:26N405DDBE9L · N405DD—
19:24N5BMP28A · N5BMSBP
19:27ASA610— · N849AKSEA
19:38SKW5263E75L · N85363SFO
19:40MVJ91E50P · N911YA—
20:46N513CRS22T · N513CRHHR
21:11N7257EC172 · N7257ESAN
21:55N3744YC172 · N3744YMRY
21:58N737ZDC172 · N737ZDMRY
05:50SWA1416B737 · N906WNLAS
05:54SKW4069E75L · N268SYSLC
06:14UAL2340A319 · N804UASFO
06:18SKW3114E75L · N179SYSAN
06:24UAL2865B738 · N76514DEN
06:34SKW4649E75L · N86372LAX
06:40N960MLTBM9 · N960ML—
06:45N16XYF2TH · N16XYDAL
06:47SWA1359B38M · N8706WOAK
07:02AAL1495A319 · N732USPHX
07:21N20151C177 · N20151—
07:27QXE2178E75L · N669QXPDX
08:04N7496XC172 · N7496X—
08:22———
08:25N7496XC172 · N7496XSBA
08:41PCM8704C208 · N726FXONT
08:50N3985C172 · N3985—
09:26N79113C172 · N79113—
09:30———
09:36N300DLPA32 · N300DLSBA

Landed (40)

TimeCallsignAircraftFrom
17:04SWA1467B38M · N8999Q—
17:57N513CRS22T · N513CRHHR
18:08ASA610— · N849AK—
18:40SKW5936E75L · N85363SFO
18:41N3038SC150 · N3038SSBA
18:55N3744YC172 · N3744Y—
19:05MVJ91E50P · N911YALGB
19:12N7257EC172 · N7257ESAN
19:17AAL1855A319 · N732USPHX
19:24SKW5731E75L · N86372LAX
19:33QXE2029E75L · N669QXPDX
19:48UAL1799A320 · N491UASFO
19:58N737ZDC172 · N737ZDMRY
20:55UAL2479B738 · N76514DEN
21:19VJA758GL7T · N7508SJC
22:15SWA2929B38M · N8706WDEN
22:17SKW148EE75L · N268SYSLC
22:28UAL743A319 · N804UASFO
23:15SKW3212E75L · N179SYSAN
07:24CFS7693C408 · N767FXONT
08:04PCM8704C208 · N726FXONT
08:16N805AGGA5C · N805AGRIC
08:18N953FC560 · N953FCOS
08:33N79113C172 · N79113—
08:37AMF1930SW4 · N801AFSBP
08:37N7496XC172 · N7496XSBA
08:52ENY3984E75L · N291NNPHX
09:15SWA1300B38M · N8780QSMF
09:47N937BCS22T · N937BC—
09:50N826FPB350 · N826FP—
09:53N4637GC172 · N4637G—
10:07QXE2214E75L · N623QXSEA
10:25N117CCSW3 · N117CC—
10:28N7670FP28A · N7670F—
10:29SWA2723B738 · N8514FLAS
10:39TCN717C750 · N717XJ—
10:45N300DLPA32 · N300DLSBA
10:53N49455C152 · N49455SBA
10:53EJA856C700 · N856QSOAK
10:56N43957P28A · N43957—

The callsign is what the aircraft transmits by radio. It usually matches the commercial flight number, but not always: sometimes it is the registration.

Showing the first 40 in each direction.

Runways (3)

RunwayLength SurfaceHeadings
07/251,840 m · 6,037 ftasphalt89° · 269°
15L/33R1,277 m · 4,190 ftasphalt166° · 346°
15R/33L1,277 m · 4,190 ftasphalt166° · 346°

An asterisk marks a heading derived from the runway number rather than measured. The number is a magnetic heading and the measured one is true: the derived value carries the local magnetic declination, up to 20 degrees.

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