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Santa Fe Municipal Airport (SAF) delays & on-time performance

Santa Fe, New Mexico · 6 nonstop destinations · 2 airlines · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

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On-time arrivals
78%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
1.8%
76 flights
Avg arrival delay
19 min
85 min when late
Departed on time
80%
avg taxi-out 20 min

Figures cover 4,338 departures from SAF; on-time is measured at arrival. Arrivals into SAF were on time 79% of the time.

Key facts

  • Flights departing Santa Fe Municipal Airport (SAF) arrived on time 78% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, in line with the national average.
  • 1.8% were cancelled, and 9% arrived an hour or more late.
  • Departures scheduled around 10am did best (86% on time); around 5pm did worst (67%).
  • The largest source of delay minutes was airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling) (41%).

Most delayed routes from SAF

Lowest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.

All 6 routes from SAF →

Most reliable routes from SAF

Highest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.

Best airline at SAF

Departures from this airport, ranked by on-time arrival.

AirlineOn timeCancelledAvg delayRoutesFlights
SkyWest Airlines78%1.8%19 min64,337
PSA Airlines0%0.0%104 min11

Best time to fly out of SAF

On-time arrival rate by scheduled departure hour (local time).

  • 6am81%422 flts
  • 7am84%529 flts
  • 9am86%78 flts
  • 10am86%603 flts
  • 11am85%167 flts
  • 12pm75%330 flts
  • 1pm78%484 flts
  • 2pm74%183 flts
  • 3pm80%485 flts
  • 4pm70%210 flts
  • 5pm67%352 flts
  • 6pm72%380 flts
  • 7pm70%114 flts

Monthly trend

50%75%100%July 2025: 69.6% on time, 1.3% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 76.1% on time, 1.8% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 80.9% on time, 1.5% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 79.4% on time, 0.5% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 79.9% on time, 3.0% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 78.0% on time, 0.3% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 78.9% on time, 3.6% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 73.9% on time, 1.2% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 76.9% on time, 2.6% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 81.6% on time, 0.8% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 83.6% on time, 2.1% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 73.9% on time, 2.6% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 77.5% on time, 1.2% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why departures were late

  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)41%
  • Late-arriving aircraft31%
  • Extreme weather14%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion14%
  • Security1%

Data: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 (12 months). Latest month published by BTS: July 2026. How we calculate this.