Flights Santa Fe → Los Angeles
SAF → LAX
How long is the flight from Santa Fe to Los Angeles?
The flight from Santa Fe (SAF) to Los Angeles (LAX) takes 1h 34m on average. That is the median time recorded across 1 scheduled flight on this leg; the actual time varies by a few minutes with wind, routing and take-off queues.
Route overview
This flight route connects Santa Fe with Los Angeles, featuring an on-time performance rate of 80%, with average delays of 16.1 minutes per flight. Over the past year, there have been a total of 89 flights on this route, linking the historic origin city of Santa Fe, whose airport opened in 1941, to Los Angeles, where the bustling destination airport, which has been operational since 1926, serves over 76 million 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 Santa Fe (SAF) → Los Angeles (LAX) route is operated by American Airlines, Alaska Airlines. Across 194 flights monitored in recent months, 76% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 17 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.00%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 11.2/100 (low), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Los Angeles the average ATFM delay is 5.5 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Santa Fe the average ATFM delay is 2.3 minutes.
Heading to Los Angeles: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Santa Fe (SAF) to Los Angeles (LAX) heads west for about 1,140 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 34m.
Departures from Santa Fe on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 41% of SAF-LAX flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Santa Fe the average ATFM delay is 2.3 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into Los Angeles it is 5.5 min (atfm).
Across 194 tracked SAF-LAX flights, 76% left on time with an average delay of 17 min and a 0.0% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska Airlines (AS) | 85% | -1 min | 0.5% |
| American Airlines (AA) | 79% | 6 min | 1.1% |
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Frequently asked questions about SAF-LAX
The flight from Santa Fe (SAF) to Los Angeles (LAX) takes 1h 34m on average. That is the median time recorded across 1 scheduled flight on this leg; the actual time varies by a few minutes with wind, routing and take-off queues.
On the Santa Fe (SAF) -> Los Angeles (LAX) route, on-time performance is 76% with an average delay of 17 minutes, based on 194 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Santa Fe-Los Angeles is 0.00% across 194 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 2 airlines: American Airlines, Alaska 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.
