Santa Fe Regional in September 2025

83.9%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 September 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 330 domestic departures from Santa Fe Regional (SAF). 83.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 79.4% reached their destination on time; 1.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 82.8% arrived on time, so SAF departures were 0.8 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in September 2024, the airport had 327 departures with 85.6% leaving on time: a change of −1.7 points, with flights up 1%.

Flights arriving at SAF that month were on time 81.5% of the time (330 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 50%, national aviation system 31% and late-arriving aircraft 13%.

On time 79.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.8%
Cancelled 1.5%
Diverted 0.3%

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

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

Measure	Sep 2025	Sep 2024	SAF, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Sep 2025
Departed on time	83.9%	85.6%	78.3%	83.1%
Arrived on time	79.4%	81.0%	76.6%	82.8%
Cancelled	1.5%	0.0%	1.8%	0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	12.1 min	10.7 min	19.0 min	12.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	11	11	12	18,748
Scheduled departures	330	327	4,338	562,439

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	330	100%	79.4%	2.2 min	1.5%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SAF–DFW	Santa Fe to Dallas/Fort Worth	180	81.1%	-1.0 min	2.2%
SAF–DEN	Santa Fe to Denver	120	78.3%	6.0 min	0.0%
SAF–PHX	Santa Fe to Phoenix	30	73.3%	6.0 min	3.3%

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), September 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Sep 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	49.9%	34.3%	1,984
Late-arriving aircraft	13.1%	37.4%	520
National Aviation System	30.5%	22.6%	1,213
Extreme weather	4.6%	5.6%	183
Security	1.8%	0.1%	72

3,972 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 2025?

83.9% of 330 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 79.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.1% and 82.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In September 2024, 85.6% of 327 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 83.9% and 1.5% in September 2025.

Provenance

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