Santa Fe Regional in April 2026

80.0%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 April 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 385 domestic departures from Santa Fe Regional (SAF). 80.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 80.8% reached their destination on time; 0.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.1% of flights departed on time and 78.9% arrived on time, so SAF departures were 0.9 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in April 2025, the airport had 297 departures with 77.8% leaving on time: a change of +2.2 points, with flights up 30%.

Flights arriving at SAF that month were on time 83.1% of the time (385 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 53%, air carrier 30% and national aviation system 10%.

On time 80.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.2%
Cancelled 0.8%
Diverted 0.3%

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

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

Measure	Apr 2026	Apr 2025	SAF, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Apr 2026
Departed on time	80.0%	77.8%	78.3%	79.1%
Arrived on time	80.8%	72.4%	76.6%	78.9%
Cancelled	0.8%	3.0%	1.8%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	18.9 min	24.9 min	19.0 min	14.5 min
Scheduled departures a day	13	10	12	19,931
Scheduled departures	385	297	4,338	597,919

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	385	100%	80.8%	5.2 min	0.8%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SAF–DEN	Santa Fe to Denver	150	84.7%	2.2 min	0.0%
SAF–DFW	Santa Fe to Dallas/Fort Worth	144	75.7%	6.4 min	1.4%
SAF–PHX	Santa Fe to Phoenix	55	81.8%	11.2 min	0.0%
SAF–LAX	Santa Fe to Los Angeles	30	90.0%	-0.3 min	0.0%
SAF–ORD	Santa Fe to Chicago	6	50.0%	27.2 min	16.7%

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), April 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Apr 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	30.1%	33.5%	1,965
Late-arriving aircraft	53.0%	40.4%	3,461
National Aviation System	9.9%	21.0%	646
Extreme weather	7.1%	5.0%	464
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

6,536 delay minutes on 70 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 April 2026?

80.0% of 385 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 80.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.1% and 78.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In April 2025, 77.8% of 297 departures left on time and 3.0% were cancelled, against 80.0% and 0.8% in April 2026.

Provenance

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