OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Santa Fe to Dallas-Fort Worth

551 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on SAF–DFW arrive on time 76% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate76%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay50 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled2.5%of scheduled flights

based on 1,748 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

  • SkyWest Airlines
    On-time76%
    Medianon time
    p9050 min
    Cancel2.5%
    Flights1,748

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline44%
  • Weather22%
  • Air traffic (NAS)14%
  • Late aircraft20%
  • Security1%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Airline.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline7%
  • Weather86%
  • Air traffic (NAS)7%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 44 cancellations with a reported cause (BTS reports causes from June 2003).

Over time

On-time trend

By season

On-time rate by month

When to fly

Best time to fly SAF → DFW

All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-06 .. 2026-05).

Best time of day

On-time rates are fairly even by time of day on this route — ranging from 67% to 80% on time.

  • Mornings80% on time · p90 50 min · 1,623 flights
  • Middays78% on time · p90 50 min · 1,849 flights
  • Afternoons68% on time · p90 65 min · 1,176 flights
  • Evenings67% on time · p90 70 min · 223 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 70% to 79% on time.

  • Tuesdays79% on time · p90 45 min · 689 flights
  • Fridays77% on time · p90 50 min · 701 flights
  • Wednesdays77% on time · p90 60 min · 692 flights
  • Mondays76% on time · p90 60 min · 695 flights
  • Thursdays75% on time · p90 50 min · 688 flights
  • Sundays75% on time · p90 55 min · 695 flights
  • Saturdays70% on time · p90 70 min · 711 flights

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Methodology

A flight is on time when it arrives within 15 minutes of schedule — the US DOT / BTS standard. Median and p90(the “1-in-10 bad day”) are read from the full arrival-delay distribution, never averaged across periods.

Figures cover a carrier’s own BTS-coded flights. Cells below ~200 flights are flagged as limited data. All numbers are pre-computed from public BTS On-Time Performance data.