Santa Fe Regional in May 2025

76.9%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 May 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 312 domestic departures from Santa Fe Regional (SAF). 76.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 69.6% reached their destination on time; 1.9% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 76.7% of flights departed on time and 75.4% arrived on time, so SAF departures were level with the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in May 2024, the airport had 221 departures with 74.7% leaving on time: a change of +2.2 points, with flights up 41%.

Flights arriving at SAF that month were on time 75.0% of the time (312 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, national aviation system 40%, air carrier 27% and extreme weather 18%.

On time 69.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 27.6%
Cancelled 1.9%
Diverted 1.0%

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

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

Measure	May 2025	May 2024	SAF, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, May 2025
Departed on time	76.9%	74.7%	78.3%	76.7%
Arrived on time	69.6%	71.9%	76.6%	75.4%
Cancelled	1.9%	4.1%	1.8%	1.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	22.6 min	29.0 min	19.0 min	17.5 min
Scheduled departures a day	10	7	12	20,188
Scheduled departures	312	221	4,338	605,648

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	312	100%	69.6%	21.6 min	1.9%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SAF–DFW	Santa Fe to Dallas/Fort Worth	155	65.8%	26.6 min	3.2%
SAF–DEN	Santa Fe to Denver	124	72.6%	14.7 min	0.8%
SAF–PHX	Santa Fe to Phoenix	31	74.2%	26.7 min	0.0%
SAF–IAH	Santa Fe to Houston	2	100.0%	-7.0 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), May 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, May 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	27.4%	29.3%	2,071
Late-arriving aircraft	14.9%	37.8%	1,128
National Aviation System	40.1%	25.9%	3,035
Extreme weather	17.6%	6.9%	1,334
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

7,568 delay minutes on 86 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 May 2025?

76.9% of 312 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 69.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.7% and 75.4%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In May 2024, 74.7% of 221 departures left on time and 4.1% were cancelled, against 76.9% and 1.9% in May 2025.

Provenance

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