# Santa Fe Municipal Airport (SAF / KSAF)

**Santa Fe Municipal Airport** (IATA: SAF, ICAO: KSAF) is a medium airport in Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States. It opened in 1941. It has 3 runways; the longest is 8,366 ft (2,550 m). In 2025 it handled 406 thousand passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksaf

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: SAF / KSAF
- FAA: SAF
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States
- Opened: 1941
- Elevation: 6,349 ft / 1,935 m
- Coordinates: 35.6171, -106.0890
- Runways: 3
- Helipads: 1
- Longest runway: 8,366 ft / 2,550 m
- Instrument procedures: 8 approaches, 3 departures
- Passengers: 406,127 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-7/-6 · America/Denver
- Website: https://flysantafe.com
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Fe_Regional_Airport (13 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3545563
- Weather station: KSAF
- Ident: KSAF

## Timeline

- 1941: Santa Fe Municipal Airport opens.
- 2018: Renamed Santa Fe Regional Airport.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 02/20 | 8,366 ft / 2,550 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 035° / 215° | yes |
| 15/33 | 6,316 ft / 1,925 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Asphalt | 167° / 347° | yes |
| 10/28 | 6,301 ft / 1,921 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Asphalt | 112° / 292° |  |

- Also 1 helipad.
- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/00548AD.PDF

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2014 | 151,177 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 151,185 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2016 | 146,173 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2017 | 206,082 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 230,430 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 284,433 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 99,159 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 192,239 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 247,247 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 282,475 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 360,196 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 406,127 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

6 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (4)

- [DEN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kden.md) Denver International Airport · United States · 303 mi / 488 km · United Express
- [PHX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kphx.md) Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport · United States · 369 mi / 594 km · American Eagle
- [DFW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kdfw.md) Dallas Fort Worth International Airport · United States · 550 mi / 885 km · American Eagle
- [LAX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/klax.md) Los Angeles International Airport · United States · 708 mi / 1,140 km · American Eagle

### Seasonal (2)

- [IAH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kiah.md) George Bush Intercontinental Airport · United States · 735 mi / 1,183 km · United Express
- [ORD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kord.md) Chicago O'Hare International Airport · United States · 1,071 mi / 1,723 km · American Eagle

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from SAF, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (2)

- [American Eagle](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/american-eagle) · 4
- UA [United Express](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/united-express) · 2

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 406K (2025) | #1,203 of 3,974 | #279 in North America | #190 in US |
| Longest runway | 8,366 ft / 2,550 m | =2,202 of 29,858 | =486 in North America | #363 in US |
| Elevation | 6,349 ft / 1,935 m | #845 of 43,403 | #427 in North America | #311 in US |
| Age | Opened 1941 | =1,548 of 15,079 | =737 in North America | =705 in US |
| Runways | 3 | =151 of 29,978 | =83 in North America | =81 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ATIS | ATIS | 128.550 |
| CNTR | ALBUQUERQUE CNTR | 132.800 |
| CTAF | CTAF | 119.500 |
| GND | GND | 121.700 |
| RDO | ALBUQUERQUE RDO | 122.200 |
| TWR | TWR | 119.500 |
| UNIC | UNICOM | 122.950 |

## Nearby airports

- [ABQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kabq.md) Albuquerque International Sunport · 49 mi / 80 km
- [KAEG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kaeg.md) Double Eagle II Airport · 51 mi / 83 km
- [LVS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/klvs.md) Las Vegas Municipal Airport · 53 mi / 86 km
- [TSM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kskx.md) Taos Regional Airport · 62 mi / 100 km

## Sources

- [BTS T-100 Segment](https://www.transtats.bts.gov/Tables.asp?QO_VQ=EEE&QO_anzr=Nv4%20Pn44vr45): US traffic: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (Public Domain (US Government))
- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Santa Fe Regional Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Santa_Fe_Regional_Airport&oldid=1363086859), revision of 7 Jul 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksaf/data
