OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Santa Fe to Phoenix

370 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on SAF–PHX 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)
Cancelled0.6%of scheduled flights

based on 516 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
    Cancel0.6%
    Flights516

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline28%
  • Weather6%
  • Air traffic (NAS)15%
  • Late aircraft52%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline0%
  • Weather100%
  • Air traffic (NAS)0%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 3 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 → PHX

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

Best time of day

Afternoons are the most reliable time of day to fly this route — 81% on time.

  • Afternoons81% on time · p90 30 min · 544 flights
  • Evenings76% on time · p90 60 min · 695 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 72% to 83% on time.

  • Wednesdays83% on time · p90 30 min · 175 flights · limited
  • Saturdays80% on time · p90 40 min · 174 flights · limited
  • Mondays80% on time · p90 50 min · 194 flights · limited
  • Tuesdays80% on time · p90 35 min · 166 flights · limited
  • Thursdays76% on time · p90 50 min · 196 flights · limited
  • Fridays73% on time · p90 65 min · 191 flights · limited
  • Sundays72% on time · p90 55 min · 208 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.