Santa Fe Regional in May 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 May 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 390 domestic departures from Santa Fe Regional (SAF). 80.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.3% reached their destination on time; 2.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 77.1% of flights departed on time and 77.6% arrived on time, so SAF departures were 2.9 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in May 2025, the airport had 312 departures with 76.9% leaving on time: a change of +3.1 points, with flights up 25%.

Flights arriving at SAF that month were on time 84.1% of the time (391 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 62%, late-arriving aircraft 20% and national aviation system 10%.

On time 81.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 15.9%
Cancelled 2.1%
Diverted 0.8%

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

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

Measure	May 2026	May 2025	SAF, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, May 2026
Departed on time	80.0%	76.9%	78.3%	77.1%
Arrived on time	81.3%	69.6%	76.6%	77.6%
Cancelled	2.1%	1.9%	1.8%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	18.1 min	22.6 min	19.0 min	16.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	13	10	12	20,391
Scheduled departures	390	312	4,338	611,735

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	390	100%	81.3%	4.4 min	2.1%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SAF–DFW	Santa Fe to Dallas/Fort Worth	156	80.1%	-0.2 min	4.5%
SAF–DEN	Santa Fe to Denver	155	80.6%	9.7 min	0.6%
SAF–PHX	Santa Fe to Phoenix	48	83.3%	6.1 min	0.0%
SAF–LAX	Santa Fe to Los Angeles	31	87.1%	-2.4 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), May 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, May 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	61.7%	33.0%	3,780
Late-arriving aircraft	20.3%	40.4%	1,245
National Aviation System	9.7%	20.5%	591
Extreme weather	8.3%	6.0%	507
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

6,123 delay minutes on 62 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 May 2026?

80.0% of 390 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.1% and 77.6%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In May 2025, 76.9% of 312 departures left on time and 1.9% were cancelled, against 80.0% and 2.1% in May 2026.

Provenance

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