Santa Fe Regional in February 2026

73.7%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 February 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 323 domestic departures from Santa Fe Regional (SAF). 73.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 72.8% reached their destination on time; 1.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.1% of flights departed on time and 78.3% arrived on time, so SAF departures were 4.4 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2025, the airport had 234 departures with 80.3% leaving on time: a change of −6.6 points, with flights up 38%.

Flights arriving at SAF that month were on time 74.3% of the time (323 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 46%, late-arriving aircraft 30% and extreme weather 13%.

On time 72.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 25.7%
Cancelled 1.2%
Diverted 0.3%

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

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

Measure	Feb 2026	Feb 2025	SAF, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2026
Departed on time	73.7%	80.3%	78.3%	78.1%
Arrived on time	72.8%	77.8%	76.6%	78.3%
Cancelled	1.2%	0.4%	1.8%	2.3%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	26.4 min	14.4 min	19.0 min	15.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	11	8	12	17,168
Scheduled departures	323	234	4,338	515,037

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	323	100%	72.8%	15.1 min	1.2%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SAF–DEN	Santa Fe to Denver	139	76.3%	19.3 min	2.2%
SAF–DFW	Santa Fe to Dallas/Fort Worth	112	71.4%	13.4 min	0.9%
SAF–PHX	Santa Fe to Phoenix	44	70.5%	6.1 min	0.0%
SAF–LAX	Santa Fe to Los Angeles	28	64.3%	15.6 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), February 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	45.9%	38.2%	3,676
Late-arriving aircraft	29.9%	37.2%	2,391
National Aviation System	10.7%	18.5%	858
Extreme weather	12.5%	6.0%	997
Security	1.1%	0.2%	85

8,007 delay minutes on 83 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 February 2026?

73.7% of 323 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 72.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.1% and 78.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2025, 80.3% of 234 departures left on time and 0.4% were cancelled, against 73.7% and 1.2% in February 2026.

Provenance

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