Santa Fe Regional in September 2024

85.6%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 September 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 327 domestic departures from Santa Fe Regional (SAF). 85.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.0% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 84.4% of flights departed on time and 83.9% arrived on time, so SAF departures were 1.2 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in September 2023, the airport had 173 departures with 81.5% leaving on time: a change of +4.1 points, with flights up 89%.

Flights arriving at SAF that month were on time 82.6% of the time (327 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 63%, late-arriving aircraft 16% and national aviation system 11%.

On time 81.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 19.0%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Sep 2024	Sep 2023	SAF, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Sep 2024
Departed on time	85.6%	81.5%	78.3%	84.4%
Arrived on time	81.0%	78.6%	76.6%	83.9%
Cancelled	0.0%	0.0%	1.8%	0.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	10.7 min	17.8 min	19.0 min	10.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	11	6	12	19,421
Scheduled departures	327	173	4,338	582,622

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	327	100%	81.0%	0.5 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SAF–DFW	Santa Fe to Dallas/Fort Worth	177	75.7%	7.2 min	0.0%
SAF–DEN	Santa Fe to Denver	120	88.3%	-10.3 min	0.0%
SAF–PHX	Santa Fe to Phoenix	30	83.3%	4.1 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), September 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Sep 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	62.9%	38.6%	2,243
Late-arriving aircraft	15.7%	38.4%	558
National Aviation System	11.1%	18.2%	394
Extreme weather	10.4%	4.8%	369
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

3,564 delay minutes on 62 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 September 2024?

85.6% of 327 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.4% and 83.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In September 2023, 81.5% of 173 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 85.6% and 0.0% in September 2024.

Provenance

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