Santa Fe Regional in August 2024

82.2%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 August 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 309 domestic departures from Santa Fe Regional (SAF). 82.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.6% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.4% of flights departed on time and 74.7% arrived on time, so SAF departures were 6.8 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in August 2023, the airport had 155 departures with 82.6% leaving on time: a change of −0.4 points, with flights up 99%.

Flights arriving at SAF that month were on time 82.5% of the time (309 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 50%, late-arriving aircraft 24% and extreme weather 19%.

On time 81.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.8%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.6%

Every scheduled departure from SAF in August 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

August 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Aug 2024	Aug 2023	SAF, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2024
Departed on time	82.2%	82.6%	78.3%	75.4%
Arrived on time	81.6%	83.9%	76.6%	74.7%
Cancelled	0.0%	1.3%	1.8%	2.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	16.4 min	22.2 min	19.0 min	18.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	10	5	12	20,634
Scheduled departures	309	155	4,338	619,025

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	309	100%	81.6%	4.6 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SAF–DFW	Santa Fe to Dallas/Fort Worth	154	81.8%	4.1 min	0.0%
SAF–DEN	Santa Fe to Denver	124	83.9%	2.1 min	0.0%
SAF–PHX	Santa Fe to Phoenix	31	71.0%	16.6 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

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

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), August 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	49.5%	33.8%	2,360
Late-arriving aircraft	23.9%	39.8%	1,139
National Aviation System	7.3%	20.4%	347
Extreme weather	19.3%	5.9%	919
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

4,765 delay minutes on 55 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 August 2024?

82.2% of 309 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.4% and 74.7%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In August 2023, 82.6% of 155 departures left on time and 1.3% were cancelled, against 82.2% and 0.0% in August 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 2024; 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.