Albuquerque International Sunport (ABQ) delays & on-time performance
Albuquerque, New Mexico · 31 nonstop destinations · 10 airlines · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
No FAA-reported ground stops or delays at ABQ right now. Individual flights can still be delayed by the airline; check with your airline for your flight.
On-time arrivals
83%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
0.9%
218 flights
Avg arrival delay
13 min
72 min when late
Departed on time
82%
avg taxi-out 15 min
Figures cover 24,621 departures from ABQ; on-time is measured at arrival. Arrivals into ABQ were on time 79% of the time.
Key facts
- Flights departing Albuquerque International Sunport (ABQ) arrived on time 83% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, better than the 78% national average.
- 0.9% were cancelled, and 5% arrived an hour or more late.
- Delta Air Lines was the most punctual airline here (90% on time); American Airlines was the least (78%).
- Departures scheduled around 5am did best (96% on time); around 7pm did worst (70%).
- The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (42%).
Most delayed routes from ABQ
Lowest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
- SFO · San Francisco77%713 flts
- ORD · Chicago78%1,146 flts
- AUS · Austin79%830 flts
- DFW · Dallas/Fort Worth79%2,278 flts
- SAN · San Diego80%684 flts
- PHX · Phoenix82%3,307 flts
- DAL · Dallas82%1,628 flts
- LAS · Las Vegas83%1,719 flts
- DEN · Denver83%3,200 flts
- HOU · Houston84%970 flts
Most reliable routes from ABQ
Highest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
- SLC · Salt Lake City94%1,154 flts
- IAH · Houston92%474 flts
- ATL · Atlanta90%997 flts
- MDW · Chicago90%449 flts
- LAX · Los Angeles88%2,218 flts
- BWI · Baltimore84%400 flts
- SEA · Seattle84%548 flts
- HOU · Houston84%970 flts
- DEN · Denver83%3,200 flts
- LAS · Las Vegas83%1,719 flts
Best airline at ABQ
Departures from this airport, ranked by on-time arrival.
| Airline | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Routes | Flights |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines | 90% | 1.5% | 11 min | 4 | 1,178 |
| Republic Airways | 89% | 2.2% | 7 min | 1 | 90 |
| SkyWest Airlines | 88% | 0.4% | 10 min | 9 | 5,116 |
| United Airlines | 84% | 1.0% | 14 min | 5 | 2,141 |
| Alaska Airlines | 84% | 0.7% | 7 min | 2 | 544 |
| Spirit Airlines | 83% | 0.0% | 22 min | 1 | 18 |
| Envoy Air | 83% | 1.4% | 12 min | 3 | 986 |
| Southwest Airlines | 82% | 0.6% | 11 min | 17 | 11,793 |
| American Airlines | 78% | 2.3% | 26 min | 5 | 2,599 |
| JetBlue | 75% | 5.1% | 53 min | 1 | 156 |
Best time to fly out of ABQ
On-time arrival rate by scheduled departure hour (local time).
- 5am96%1,522 flts
- 6am93%2,972 flts
- 7am92%1,971 flts
- 8am89%1,657 flts
- 9am92%574 flts
- 10am87%1,792 flts
- 11am87%1,455 flts
- 12pm85%2,414 flts
- 1pm79%1,691 flts
- 2pm76%1,549 flts
- 3pm79%1,241 flts
- 4pm71%1,581 flts
- 5pm78%1,191 flts
- 6pm72%1,595 flts
- 7pm70%678 flts
- 8pm60%399 flts
Monthly trend
Why departures were late
- Late-arriving aircraft42%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)34%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion20%
- Extreme weather4%
- Security0%
Data: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 (12 months). Latest month published by BTS: July 2026. How we calculate this.