Flights Santa Fe → Denver
SAF → DEN
Route overview
This flight route connects Santa Fe to Denver, with an airport in Santa Fe that has been operational since 1941 and a bustling Denver International Airport opened in 1989. The route sees around 444 flights annually, with an average delay of 18.3 minutes per flight and an on-time performance rate of 80%.
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 Santa Fe (SAF) → Denver (DEN) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 537 flights monitored in recent months, 81% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 17 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.93%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 22.5/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Denver the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Santa Fe the average ATFM delay is 2.3 minutes.
Heading to Denver: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Santa Fe (SAF) to Denver (DEN) heads north for about 488 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 2m.
Departures from Santa Fe on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 49% of SAF-DEN flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Santa Fe the average ATFM delay is 2.3 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into Denver it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 537 tracked SAF-DEN flights, 81% left on time with an average delay of 17 min and a 0.9% 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 SAF-DEN
On the Santa Fe (SAF) -> Denver (DEN) route, on-time performance is 81% with an average delay of 17 minutes, based on 537 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Santa Fe-Denver is 0.93% 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.
