Santa Fe Regional in October 2025

82.8%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 October 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 378 domestic departures from Santa Fe Regional (SAF). 82.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 78.6% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.0% of flights departed on time and 79.1% arrived on time, so SAF departures were 2.8 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in October 2024, the airport had 340 departures with 80.3% leaving on time: a change of +2.5 points, with flights up 11%.

Flights arriving at SAF that month were on time 78.0% of the time (378 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 39%, late-arriving aircraft 37% and extreme weather 15%.

On time 78.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 20.4%
Cancelled 0.5%
Diverted 0.5%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2025	Oct 2024	SAF, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2025
Departed on time	82.8%	80.3%	78.3%	80.0%
Arrived on time	78.6%	82.1%	76.6%	79.1%
Cancelled	0.5%	0.0%	1.8%	0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	12.1 min	12.2 min	19.0 min	13.9 min
Scheduled departures a day	13	11	12	20,195
Scheduled departures	378	340	4,338	605,844

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	378	100%	78.6%	4.8 min	0.5%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SAF–DFW	Santa Fe to Dallas/Fort Worth	185	82.7%	1.7 min	1.1%
SAF–DEN	Santa Fe to Denver	122	73.8%	3.8 min	0.0%
SAF–PHX	Santa Fe to Phoenix	45	75.6%	18.1 min	0.0%
SAF–LAX	Santa Fe to Los Angeles	26	76.9%	7.2 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), October 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	38.9%	34.0%	1,807
Late-arriving aircraft	36.7%	39.7%	1,707
National Aviation System	9.5%	22.9%	442
Extreme weather	14.7%	3.3%	684
Security	0.1%	0.1%	6

4,646 delay minutes on 77 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 October 2025?

82.8% of 378 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 78.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.0% and 79.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In October 2024, 80.3% of 340 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 82.8% and 0.5% in October 2025.

Provenance

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