Santa Fe Regional in October 2023

74.3%departed on time

BTS: A flight is counted as on time if it arrived less than 15 minutes after its scheduled time. Only carriers with at least 0.5 percent of domestic scheduled passenger revenue report.

In October 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 191 domestic departures from Santa Fe Regional (SAF). 74.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 69.6% reached their destination on time; 1.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.8% of flights departed on time and 84.0% arrived on time, so SAF departures were 9.5 points below the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at SAF that month were on time 80.1% of the time (191 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 60%, extreme weather 24% and late-arriving aircraft 14%.

On time 69.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 28.3%
Cancelled 1.6%
Diverted 0.5%

Every scheduled departure from SAF in October 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

October 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Oct 2023	Year earlier	SAF, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2023
Departed on time	74.3%	—	78.3%	83.8%
Arrived on time	69.6%	—	76.6%	84.0%
Cancelled	1.6%	—	1.8%	0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	20.6 min	—	19.0 min	11.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	6	—	12	19,966
Scheduled departures	191	—	4,338	598,968

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	191	100%	69.6%	12.6 min	1.6%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SAF–DFW	Santa Fe to Dallas/Fort Worth	153	69.9%	11.1 min	2.0%
SAF–PHX	Santa Fe to Phoenix	31	71.0%	11.1 min	0.0%
SAF–AUS	Santa Fe to Austin	7	57.1%	50.7 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

100

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), October 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	60.1%	41.3%	2,392
Late-arriving aircraft	14.0%	40.5%	558
National Aviation System	1.7%	14.4%	68
Extreme weather	24.2%	3.7%	961
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

3,979 delay minutes on 54 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Questions and answers

How many flights left SAF on time in October 2023?

74.3% of 191 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 69.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.8% and 84.0%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

October 2022 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for October 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for SAF · methodology · corrections.