Santa Fe Regional in March 2026

73.4%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 March 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 391 domestic departures from Santa Fe Regional (SAF). 73.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 74.9% reached their destination on time; 2.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 72.8% of flights departed on time and 73.2% arrived on time, so SAF departures were 0.6 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in March 2025, the airport had 278 departures with 78.8% leaving on time: a change of −5.4 points, with flights up 41%.

Flights arriving at SAF that month were on time 71.4% of the time (391 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 50%, air carrier 29% and extreme weather 11%.

On time 74.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 22.5%
Cancelled 2.6%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Mar 2026	Mar 2025	SAF, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2026
Departed on time	73.4%	78.8%	78.3%	72.8%
Arrived on time	74.9%	77.7%	76.6%	73.2%
Cancelled	2.6%	2.5%	1.8%	2.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	30.4 min	11.7 min	19.0 min	20.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	13	9	12	20,403
Scheduled departures	391	278	4,338	612,102

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	391	100%	74.9%	18.0 min	2.6%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SAF–DEN	Santa Fe to Denver	155	76.8%	12.7 min	1.3%
SAF–DFW	Santa Fe to Dallas/Fort Worth	124	77.4%	9.8 min	4.8%
SAF–PHX	Santa Fe to Phoenix	57	64.9%	40.6 min	0.0%
SAF–LAX	Santa Fe to Los Angeles	31	90.3%	-3.1 min	0.0%
SAF–ORD	Santa Fe to Chicago	24	54.2%	70.5 min	8.3%

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), March 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	29.4%	33.5%	3,162
Late-arriving aircraft	49.8%	39.3%	5,349
National Aviation System	9.6%	21.0%	1,027
Extreme weather	11.2%	5.9%	1,204
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

10,742 delay minutes on 88 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 March 2026?

73.4% of 391 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 74.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.8% and 73.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In March 2025, 78.8% of 278 departures left on time and 2.5% were cancelled, against 73.4% and 2.6% in March 2026.

Provenance

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