Santa Fe Regional in December 2025

76.7%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 December 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 339 domestic departures from Santa Fe Regional (SAF). 76.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 77.6% reached their destination on time; 0.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 72.0% of flights departed on time and 71.9% arrived on time, so SAF departures were 4.7 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in December 2024, the airport had 285 departures with 80.0% leaving on time: a change of −3.3 points, with flights up 19%.

Flights arriving at SAF that month were on time 75.5% of the time (339 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 41%, extreme weather 23% and late-arriving aircraft 22%.

On time 77.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 21.8%
Cancelled 0.3%
Diverted 0.3%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2025	Dec 2024	SAF, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2025
Departed on time	76.7%	80.0%	78.3%	72.0%
Arrived on time	77.6%	85.3%	76.6%	71.9%
Cancelled	0.3%	1.8%	1.8%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	19.4 min	21.5 min	19.0 min	21.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	11	10	12	19,410
Scheduled departures	339	285	4,338	582,304

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	339	100%	77.6%	8.9 min	0.3%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SAF–DEN	Santa Fe to Denver	122	80.3%	11.2 min	0.8%
SAF–DFW	Santa Fe to Dallas/Fort Worth	122	78.7%	5.8 min	0.0%
SAF–PHX	Santa Fe to Phoenix	50	86.0%	-4.8 min	0.0%
SAF–LAX	Santa Fe to Los Angeles	31	67.7%	9.4 min	0.0%
SAF–ORD	Santa Fe to Chicago	14	35.7%	63.5 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), December 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	40.6%	33.3%	2,573
Late-arriving aircraft	22.2%	41.1%	1,410
National Aviation System	14.0%	19.1%	885
Extreme weather	22.6%	6.4%	1,433
Security	0.6%	0.2%	37

6,338 delay minutes on 74 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 December 2025?

76.7% of 339 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 77.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.0% and 71.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In December 2024, 80.0% of 285 departures left on time and 1.8% were cancelled, against 76.7% and 0.3% in December 2025.

Provenance

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