Santa Fe Regional in January 2026

78.8%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 January 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 363 domestic departures from Santa Fe Regional (SAF). 78.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 76.0% reached their destination on time; 3.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.6% of flights departed on time and 75.3% arrived on time, so SAF departures were 3.2 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in January 2025, the airport had 250 departures with 77.6% leaving on time: a change of +1.2 points, with flights up 45%.

Flights arriving at SAF that month were on time 78.0% of the time (363 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 57%, extreme weather 19% and late-arriving aircraft 14%.

On time 76.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 20.4%
Cancelled 3.6%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from SAF in January 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Jan 2026	Jan 2025	SAF, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jan 2026
Departed on time	78.8%	77.6%	78.3%	75.6%
Arrived on time	76.0%	78.0%	76.6%	75.3%
Cancelled	3.6%	2.4%	1.8%	4.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	15.7 min	22.4 min	19.0 min	16.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	12	8	12	18,133
Scheduled departures	363	250	4,338	544,003

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	363	100%	76.0%	6.9 min	3.6%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SAF–DEN	Santa Fe to Denver	155	80.6%	3.8 min	1.3%
SAF–DFW	Santa Fe to Dallas/Fort Worth	124	71.0%	11.2 min	8.9%
SAF–PHX	Santa Fe to Phoenix	48	77.1%	4.9 min	0.0%
SAF–LAX	Santa Fe to Los Angeles	31	77.4%	3.3 min	0.0%
SAF–ORD	Santa Fe to Chicago	5	40.0%	46.8 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), January 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jan 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	56.7%	37.3%	3,290
Late-arriving aircraft	14.3%	35.0%	830
National Aviation System	10.4%	18.0%	604
Extreme weather	18.6%	9.6%	1,078
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

5,802 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 January 2026?

78.8% of 363 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 76.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.6% and 75.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In January 2025, 77.6% of 250 departures left on time and 2.4% were cancelled, against 78.8% and 3.6% in January 2026.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2026; 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.