Santa Fe Regional in January 2025

77.6%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 January 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 250 domestic departures from Santa Fe Regional (SAF). 77.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 78.0% reached their destination on time; 2.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.3% of flights departed on time and 78.6% arrived on time, so SAF departures were 1.7 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in January 2024, the airport had 124 departures with 86.3% leaving on time: a change of −8.7 points, with flights up 102%.

Flights arriving at SAF that month were on time 68.8% of the time (250 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 35%, late-arriving aircraft 25% and national aviation system 23%.

On time 78.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 19.6%
Cancelled 2.4%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from SAF in January 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Jan 2025	Jan 2024	SAF, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jan 2025
Departed on time	77.6%	86.3%	78.3%	79.3%
Arrived on time	78.0%	74.2%	76.6%	78.6%
Cancelled	2.4%	1.6%	1.8%	3.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	22.4 min	10.2 min	19.0 min	14.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	8	4	12	17,992
Scheduled departures	250	124	4,338	539,747

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	250	100%	78.0%	5.9 min	2.4%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SAF–DFW	Santa Fe to Dallas/Fort Worth	124	77.4%	2.2 min	4.8%
SAF–DEN	Santa Fe to Denver	99	77.8%	12.1 min	0.0%
SAF–PHX	Santa Fe to Phoenix	27	81.5%	-0.4 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), January 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jan 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	35.4%	36.2%	1,651
Late-arriving aircraft	25.3%	34.7%	1,182
National Aviation System	23.4%	19.9%	1,091
Extreme weather	15.8%	9.1%	739
Security	0.1%	0.2%	4

4,667 delay minutes on 49 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 January 2025?

77.6% of 250 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 78.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.3% and 78.6%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In January 2024, 86.3% of 124 departures left on time and 1.6% were cancelled, against 77.6% and 2.4% in January 2025.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2025; 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.