Flights Denver → Santa Fe
DEN → SAF
Route overview
The flight route from Denver to Santa Fe has a 79% on-time performance rate, with an average delay of 14.6 minutes when flights are not on time. Over the past year, there have been 444 total flights on this route connecting the relatively newer Denver airport, which opened in 1989, to the historic Santa Fe airport that has been operational since 1941 and currently serves around 283,238 passengers annually.
Your rights on this US flight (DOT)
US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under the US DOT rules, if your flight is cancelled or significantly changed and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Amenities for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
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The Denver (DEN) → Santa Fe (SAF) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 537 flights monitored in recent months, 79% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 15 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.74%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 26/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Santa Fe the average ATFM delay is 2.3 minutes (main cause: airspace/NAS (BTS)). Departing from Denver the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Santa Fe: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Denver (DEN) to Santa Fe (SAF) heads south for about 488 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 2m.
Departures from Denver on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 39% of DEN-SAF flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Denver the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Santa Fe it is 2.3 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)).
Across 537 tracked DEN-SAF flights, 79% left on time with an average delay of 15 min and a 0.7% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Airlines (UA) | 74% | 10 min | 6.9% |
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Frequently asked questions about DEN-SAF
On the Denver (DEN) -> Santa Fe (SAF) route, on-time performance is 79% with an average delay of 15 minutes, based on 537 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Denver-Santa Fe is 0.74% across 537 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: United Airlines.
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US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under US DOT rules, if the airline cancels or significantly changes your flight and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Meals or hotels for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
