DFW to SAF flight delays
Dallas/Fort Worth, TX (DFW) Santa Fe, NM (SAF) · 551 miles
1,760 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
76.75%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
2.73%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
67 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
16 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
Cancellation, not delay, is the risk worth pricing here: 2.73% of scheduled flights never operated. A late flight still gets you there. A cancelled one leaves you rebooking, and on a route with few daily departures that can mean losing a day.
Only SkyWest Airlines flies this route in the published record, so there is no choice to weigh — the route's figures and the airline's are the same figures.
The Dallas/Fort Worth to Santa Fe route sits close to the middle of the record — neither notably punctual nor notably late.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over January 2025 – August 2026, SkyWest Airlines arrived on time most often on DFW to SAF. Flights ran closest to schedule in April and worst in February.
Every airline on DFW to SAF
Ranked by how many flights each one operated. A carrier with fewer than 100 flights in the period is listed but not graded.
| Airline | Flights | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SkyWest Airlines | 1,755 | 76.8% | 2.74% | 66 min | D |
| PSA Airlines | 5 | 60% | 0% | 121 min | — |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
Other routes from Dallas/Fort Worth
Common questions
Are flights from Dallas/Fort Worth to Santa Fe usually delayed?
76.75% of flights on the DFW to SAF route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 2 in every ten arrived late. That is about the same as the average route in this record.
Which airlines fly from Dallas/Fort Worth to Santa Fe?
Only SkyWest Airlines appears in the published record on this route, with 1,755 flights and 76.8% arriving on time.
How often are DFW to SAF flights cancelled?
2.73% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 27 in every thousand. That is high enough that cancellation, not delay, is the risk worth planning around.
What is the best month to fly Dallas/Fort Worth to Santa Fe?
April, when 82.3% of flights arrived on time. The worst was February at 67.3%.
When DFW to SAF flights are late, how late are they?
About 67 minutes on average across the flights that arrived more than 15 minutes behind schedule.
What these figures do and do not tell you
Everything on this page is counted from the flights that actually operated on DFW to SAF during January 2025 – August 2026, as reported by the airlines to the US Bureau of Transportation Statistics. "On time" is the federal definition: arriving at the gate within 15 minutes of the scheduled time.
A route's record is a description of the past, not a forecast. Weather, air traffic control and the aircraft's earlier flights that day drive most delays, and none of them are predictable from a historical rate. What the record does tell you is whether this route runs late more often than others, and which carrier on it has the better history — which is the part you can actually act on when you book.
Cancellations are counted separately from delays because they are a different problem for a traveller: a late flight still gets you there. How the grade is calculated →