Flights Los Angeles → Santa Fe
LAX → SAF
Route overview
This flight route connects Los Angeles with Santa Fe, featuring an on-time performance rate of 82%, with the average delay being approximately 12.7 minutes per flight. Since its inception, it has seen a total of 89 flights, linking two historically significant airports—one in Los Angeles that opened in 1926 and another in Santa Fe that began operations in 1941—serving an annual passenger volume of around 283,238 at the destination airport.
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 Los Angeles (LAX) → Santa Fe (SAF) route is operated by American Airlines, Alaska Airlines. Across 89 flights monitored in recent months, 82% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 13 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.00%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 13.7/100 (low), 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 Los Angeles the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Santa Fe: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Los Angeles (LAX) to Santa Fe (SAF) heads east for about 1,140 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 51m.
Departures from Los Angeles on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 100% of LAX-SAF flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Los Angeles the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Santa Fe it is 2.3 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)).
Across 89 tracked LAX-SAF flights, 82% left on time with an average delay of 13 min and a 0.0% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines (AA) | 74% | 16 min | 3.0% |
| Alaska Airlines (AS) | 67% | 10 min | 11.9% |
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Frequently asked questions about LAX-SAF
On the Los Angeles (LAX) -> Santa Fe (SAF) route, on-time performance is 82% with an average delay of 13 minutes, based on 89 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Los Angeles-Santa Fe is 0.00% across 89 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 2 airlines: American Airlines, Alaska Airlines.
Enter your flight number on FlightGuard for a real-time analysis based on 9 factors: weather at Santa Fe, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel, airline punctuality and recent trends.
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.
