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Airport · SAF · Santa Fe, New Mexico

Santa Fe, NM

According to PlainFlights' airport traffic ranking (BTS On-Time Performance total flights), Santa Fe, NM (SAF) ranks #188 of 382 tracked US airports by total flights (most flights = #1). Santa Fe, NM posts below-median on-time performance among the 382 tracked U.S. airports, as a mid-size U.S. airport.

Data updated 2026-06-13

82%
On-time
Top 67%
on-time, US airports
88 min
Delay when late
1.08%
Cancelled
#188 of 382
Corpus placement
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SAF on-time rate vs. the national average

Ahead of the U.S. average across all 382 tracked airports.

0%100%U.S. average79%82%

Delay Cause Breakdown

Top delay cause: Carrier. Total delay minutes: 229,744.

Late Aircraft 27.5% (63,175 min)
Carrier 40.5% (93,108 min)
NAS (National Aviation System) 12.2% (28,098 min)
Weather 19.5% (44,838 min)
Security 0.2% (525 min)

SAF - seasonal on-time pattern

Best: September (92.7%) · worst: June (89.5%)

89%90%91%92%93% JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 90.1%

SAF - on-time rate by year

2020–2025, year-over-year trend.

88%90%92%94%96% 202020212022202320242025 95% 90.1% ▼ -5.2%

SAF - taxi-out and taxi-in (monthly)

Average taxi-out 19.5 min · taxi-in 5.7 min over the last 24 reported months (U.S. airport mean taxi-out ≈ 16.4 min).

15 min20 min25 min30 min Jan 24Dec 25 25.4 min 21.6 min ▼ -15.0%

SAF's average taxi-out (19.5 min) runs longer than the recent U.S. airport mean (~16.4 min). The heaviest month in this window is January 2024 at 25.4 min; the lightest is October 2024 at 16.4 min.

Cancellation & Diversion Analysis

Flight disruption statistics for Santa Fe, NM.

Cancellation Rate

1.08%

286 of 26,561 flights

Diversion Rate

0.15%

40 of 26,561 flights

Delay Rate

18.0%

4,773 of 26,561 flights

Top Routes from SAF

Busiest routes to and from Santa Fe, NM.

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Route Flights On-Time Distance
DFW (Dallas/Fort Worth) → SAF (Santa Fe) 8,125 80.7% 551 mi
SAF (Santa Fe) → DFW (Dallas/Fort Worth) 8,121 80.4% 551 mi
DEN (Denver) → SAF (Santa Fe) 2,391 79.6% 303 mi
SAF (Santa Fe) → DEN (Denver) 2,360 80.3% 303 mi
SAF (Santa Fe) → PHX (Phoenix) 2,164 80.6% 370 mi
PHX (Phoenix) → SAF (Santa Fe) 2,160 83.6% 370 mi

Nationwide peers by on-time rate & flight volume

Two PlainFlights-derived comparison paths for Santa Fe, NM, both outside New Mexico so the neighborhoods are not same-state geography. Axes stay disjoint: volume peers exclude the on-time peer set. Same-state compare stays below.

Similar on-time rate

Nearest out-of-state BTS on-time rate (this airport: 82%).

Charlotte, NC

Charlotte, NC

82% on-time 2,345,248 flights

Kansas City, MO

Kansas City, MO

82% on-time 524,365 flights

Cleveland, OH

Cleveland, OH

82% on-time 446,498 flights

Rochester, NY

Rochester, NY

82% on-time 126,934 flights

Similar flight volume

Nearest out-of-state total flights (this airport: 26,561).

Hayden, CO

Hayden, CO

27,069 flights 79.7% on-time

Hilton Head, SC

Hilton Head, SC

27,234 flights 83.5% on-time

Ketchikan, AK

Ketchikan, AK

27,238 flights 84.3% on-time

Evansville, IN

Evansville, IN

25,741 flights 86% on-time

Other Airports in New Mexico

Compare performance with other New Mexico airports.

ABQ 82.1%

Albuquerque, NM

Albuquerque · 251,288 flights
ROW 84.3%

Roswell, NM

Roswell · 11,879 flights
HOB 79.1%

Hobbs, NM

Hobbs · 4,498 flights
FMN 82.7%

Farmington, NM

Farmington · 475 flights

SAF delay-share reading

The standout signal at Santa Fe, NM is the delay mix: Carrier owns 40.5% of 229,744 delay minutes across 26,561 BTS flights. The on-time headline is 82% (3 pts above the 79% national average), with 4,773 delayed and 286 cancelled (1.08%).

Delay minutes concentrate in Carrier (27.5% late-aircraft, 40.5% carrier, 12.2% NAS, 19.5% weather, 0.2% security). Mid-volume books still show a clear delay fingerprint rather than a weather-only story.

On the multi-year calendar, SAF is strongest in September (92.7% on-time) and weakest in June (89.5%), a 3.2-point swing. Volume peaks in October (~478 flights/month). The busiest connecting route is to DFW (Dallas/Fort Worth) at 80.7% on-time. Field definitions: on-time performance explained.

Statewide aggregates for New Mexico: New Mexico flight data.

Data Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025). Statistics reflect cumulative performance across all available reporting periods. On-time rates exclude cancelled and diverted flights.

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Using SAF's data

SAF's on-time book is mid-pack; month and delay-cause mix move more than the headline rate.

  • Check the busiest route from SAF before you book a connection. See top routes
  • Travel in September rather than June if your dates are flexible. Seasonal patterns
  • Build extra connection buffer when taxi-out spikes. January 2024 averaged 25.4 min. Taxi times

On-time rate reflects the BTS historical average across all reporting carriers at this airport, not any single flight or airline.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) On-Time Performance data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainFlights

Source: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) Airline on-time performance and operational reliability · 2025

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