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Airport Reliability

SAF · Santa Fe

Santa Fe, NM (SAF)

80%
Departures within 15 minutes
14 min
Average departure delay
79%
Arrivals within 15 minutes
1.6%
Departures cancelled

Based on 4,162 departures and 4,163 arrivals. Data through May 2026.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

Departures from SAF departing between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 85% of the time, versus 72% between 3–6 PM.

Tuesday comes out ahead.

A small edge: 81% on time on Tuesdays against 74% on Sundays.

Ticking up lately.

Departures from SAF arrived on time 81% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 77% in the three months before that.

When SAF gets messy

On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM83%(875 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM85%(824 flights)
  • 12–3 PM75%(995 flights)
  • 3–6 PM72%(1016 flights)
  • 6–9 PM76%(370 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM(1 flights)
On-time by weekday
  • Mon78%(594 flights)
  • Tue81%(556 flights)
  • Wed80%(572 flights)
  • Thu80%(587 flights)
  • Fri78%(585 flights)
  • Sat76%(584 flights)
  • Sun74%(603 flights)
On-time trend by month
84%
May

Jun 68% → May 84% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202568%304
July 202571%309
August 202578%331
September 202582%324
October 202580%374
November 202581%293
December 202579%337
January 202679%350
February 202674%318
March 202677%381
April 202682%381
May 202684%379

Airlines departing SAF

Based on 4,162 historical flights, because apparently we checked. Historical flight data: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, June 2025 – May 2026. Data through May 2026. How we calculate this.