Santa Fe Regional in August 2025

80.0%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 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 340 domestic departures from Santa Fe Regional (SAF). 80.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 74.1% reached their destination on time; 1.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 76.8% of flights departed on time and 76.3% arrived on time, so SAF departures were 3.2 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in August 2024, the airport had 309 departures with 82.2% leaving on time: a change of −2.2 points, with flights up 10%.

Flights arriving at SAF that month were on time 77.9% of the time (340 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 36%, extreme weather 30% and late-arriving aircraft 19%.

On time 74.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 23.2%
Cancelled 1.8%
Diverted 0.9%

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

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

Measure	Aug 2025	Aug 2024	SAF, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2025
Departed on time	80.0%	82.2%	78.3%	76.8%
Arrived on time	74.1%	81.6%	76.6%	76.3%
Cancelled	1.8%	0.0%	1.8%	1.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	14.9 min	16.4 min	19.0 min	17.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	11	10	12	20,079
Scheduled departures	340	309	4,338	602,378

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	339	100%	74.3%	7.5 min	1.8%
OH PSA Airlines	1	0%	0.0%	104.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SAF–DFW	Santa Fe to Dallas/Fort Worth	182	76.4%	8.4 min	2.2%
SAF–DEN	Santa Fe to Denver	124	67.7%	7.6 min	1.6%
SAF–PHX	Santa Fe to Phoenix	31	87.1%	6.3 min	0.0%
SAF–IAH	Santa Fe to Houston	3	66.7%	2.3 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

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

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), August 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	36.1%	33.1%	1,874
Late-arriving aircraft	18.9%	40.5%	980
National Aviation System	15.2%	19.2%	790
Extreme weather	29.5%	7.0%	1,533
Security	0.4%	0.1%	19

5,196 delay minutes on 79 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 2025?

80.0% of 340 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 74.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.8% and 76.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In August 2024, 82.2% of 309 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 80.0% and 1.8% in August 2025.

Provenance

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