Santa Fe Regional in March 2025

78.8%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 March 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 278 domestic departures from Santa Fe Regional (SAF). 78.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 77.7% reached their destination on time; 2.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.9% of flights departed on time and 79.3% arrived on time, so SAF departures were 1.1 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in March 2024, the airport had 124 departures with 84.7% leaving on time: a change of −5.9 points, with flights up 124%.

Flights arriving at SAF that month were on time 75.2% of the time (278 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 46%, late-arriving aircraft 22% and extreme weather 18%.

On time 77.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 19.1%
Cancelled 2.5%
Diverted 0.7%

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

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

Measure	Mar 2025	Mar 2024	SAF, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2025
Departed on time	78.8%	84.7%	78.3%	79.9%
Arrived on time	77.7%	75.0%	76.6%	79.3%
Cancelled	2.5%	1.6%	1.8%	1.2%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	11.7 min	11.8 min	19.0 min	14.9 min
Scheduled departures a day	9	4	12	20,029
Scheduled departures	278	124	4,338	600,872

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	278	100%	77.7%	1.8 min	2.5%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SAF–DFW	Santa Fe to Dallas/Fort Worth	124	71.0%	10.8 min	4.8%
SAF–DEN	Santa Fe to Denver	117	88.0%	-8.5 min	0.0%
SAF–PHX	Santa Fe to Phoenix	33	63.6%	7.8 min	3.0%
SAF–IAH	Santa Fe to Houston	4	100.0%	-10.5 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), March 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	45.8%	33.0%	1,492
Late-arriving aircraft	21.7%	39.2%	708
National Aviation System	12.7%	21.9%	414
Extreme weather	18.1%	5.9%	591
Security	1.6%	0.1%	53

3,258 delay minutes on 53 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 March 2025?

78.8% of 278 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 77.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.9% and 79.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In March 2024, 84.7% of 124 departures left on time and 1.6% were cancelled, against 78.8% and 2.5% in March 2025.

Provenance

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