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Airport · ABQ · Albuquerque, New Mexico

Albuquerque, NM

According to PlainFlights' airport traffic ranking (BTS On-Time Performance total flights), Albuquerque, NM (ABQ) ranks #63 of 382 tracked US airports by total flights (most flights = #1). Albuquerque, NM posts below-median on-time performance among the 382 tracked U.S. airports, as a high-volume U.S. airport.

Data updated 2026-06-13

82.1%
On-time
Top 66%
on-time, US airports
68 min
Delay when late
0.97%
Cancelled
#63 of 382
Corpus placement
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ABQ on-time rate vs. the national average

Ahead of the U.S. average across all 382 tracked airports.

0%100%U.S. average79%82.1%

Delay Cause Breakdown

Top delay cause: Late Aircraft. Total delay minutes: 1,364,256.

Late Aircraft 42.5% (579,518 min)
Carrier 35.7% (487,306 min)
NAS (National Aviation System) 16.7% (228,157 min)
Weather 4.9% (67,522 min)
Security 0.1% (1,753 min)

ABQ - seasonal on-time pattern

Best: November (93.4%) · worst: July (89.3%)

89%90%91%92%93%94% JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 91.5%

ABQ - on-time rate by year

2020–2025, year-over-year trend.

88%90%92%94%96%98% 202020212022202320242025 96.8% 91.4% ▼ -5.6%

ABQ - taxi-out and taxi-in (monthly)

Average taxi-out 14.7 min · taxi-in 6.1 min over the last 24 reported months (U.S. airport mean taxi-out ≈ 16.4 min).

12 min14 min16 min18 min20 min Jan 24Dec 25 15.1 min 14.7 min ▼ -2.6%

ABQ's average taxi-out (14.7 min) sits near the recent U.S. airport mean (~16.4 min). Month-to-month, it swings from 13.1 min (September 2024) to 17.6 min (November 2024).

Cancellation & Diversion Analysis

Flight disruption statistics for Albuquerque, NM.

Cancellation Rate

0.97%

2,438 of 251,288 flights

Diversion Rate

0.11%

278 of 251,288 flights

Delay Rate

17.9%

45,105 of 251,288 flights

Top Routes from ABQ

Busiest routes to and from Albuquerque, NM.

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Route Flights On-Time Distance
ABQ (Albuquerque) → PHX (Phoenix) 16,998 84.3% 328 mi
PHX (Phoenix) → ABQ (Albuquerque) 16,920 82.2% 328 mi
DEN (Denver) → ABQ (Albuquerque) 14,852 77.1% 349 mi
ABQ (Albuquerque) → DEN (Denver) 14,851 83.3% 349 mi
DFW (Dallas/Fort Worth) → ABQ (Albuquerque) 13,800 75.1% 569 mi
ABQ (Albuquerque) → DFW (Dallas/Fort Worth) 13,798 80.9% 569 mi
ABQ (Albuquerque) → LAX (Los Angeles) 11,739 87.9% 677 mi
LAX (Los Angeles) → ABQ (Albuquerque) 11,732 86.1% 677 mi
LAS (Las Vegas) → ABQ (Albuquerque) 9,150 76.4% 486 mi
ABQ (Albuquerque) → LAS (Las Vegas) 9,118 80% 486 mi
DAL (Dallas) → ABQ (Albuquerque) 9,054 79.1% 580 mi
ABQ (Albuquerque) → DAL (Dallas) 9,038 83% 580 mi
ABQ (Albuquerque) → SLC (Salt Lake City) 6,312 92.7% 493 mi
SLC (Salt Lake City) → ABQ (Albuquerque) 6,312 90.3% 493 mi
ATL (Atlanta) → ABQ (Albuquerque) 5,014 84.5% 1,269 mi
ABQ (Albuquerque) → ATL (Atlanta) 5,013 89.1% 1,269 mi
ABQ (Albuquerque) → ORD (Chicago) 4,924 84.3% 1,118 mi
ORD (Chicago) → ABQ (Albuquerque) 4,923 80.2% 1,118 mi
ABQ (Albuquerque) → HOU (Houston) 4,693 86.6% 759 mi
HOU (Houston) → ABQ (Albuquerque) 4,637 80% 759 mi

Nationwide peers by on-time rate & flight volume

Two PlainFlights-derived comparison paths for Albuquerque, NM, both outside New Mexico so the neighborhoods are not same-state geography. Axes stay disjoint: volume peers exclude the on-time peer set. Same-state compare stays below.

Similar on-time rate

Nearest out-of-state BTS on-time rate (this airport: 82.1%).

Cincinnati, OH

Cincinnati, KY

82.1% on-time 423,583 flights

Myrtle Beach, SC

Myrtle Beach, SC

82.1% on-time 171,781 flights

Johnstown, PA

Johnstown, PA

82.1% on-time 7,267 flights

Charlotte, NC

Charlotte, NC

82% on-time 2,345,248 flights

Similar flight volume

Nearest out-of-state total flights (this airport: 251,288).

Memphis, TN

Memphis, TN

251,985 flights 81.3% on-time

Louisville, KY

Louisville, KY

252,784 flights 82.8% on-time

Hartford, CT

Hartford, CT

253,617 flights 80.7% on-time

Oklahoma City, OK

Oklahoma City, OK

248,285 flights 82.3% on-time

Other Airports in New Mexico

Compare performance with other New Mexico airports.

SAF 82%

Santa Fe, NM

Santa Fe · 26,561 flights
ROW 84.3%

Roswell, NM

Roswell · 11,879 flights
HOB 79.1%

Hobbs, NM

Hobbs · 4,498 flights
FMN 82.7%

Farmington, NM

Farmington · 475 flights

ABQ delay-share reading

The standout signal at Albuquerque, NM is the delay mix: Late Aircraft owns 42.5% of 1,364,256 delay minutes across 251,288 BTS flights. The on-time headline is 82.1% (3.1 pts above the 79% national average), with 45,105 delayed and 2,438 cancelled (0.97%).

Delay minutes concentrate in Late Aircraft (42.5% late-aircraft, 35.7% carrier, 16.7% NAS, 4.9% weather, 0.1% security). As a busy airport, that mix matters more for connection planning than for a thin schedule.

On the multi-year calendar, ABQ is strongest in November (93.4% on-time) and weakest in July (89.3%), a 4.1-point swing. Volume peaks in October (~4,000 flights/month). The busiest connecting route is to PHX (Phoenix) at 84.3% on-time. Field definitions: on-time performance explained.

Statewide aggregates for New Mexico: New Mexico flight data.

Data Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025). Statistics reflect cumulative performance across all available reporting periods. On-time rates exclude cancelled and diverted flights.

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Using ABQ's data

ABQ's on-time book is mid-pack; month and delay-cause mix move more than the headline rate.

  • Check the busiest route from ABQ before you book a connection. See top routes
  • Travel in November rather than July if your dates are flexible. Seasonal patterns
  • Gate-to-wheels taxi-out averages 14.7 min here; check the monthly series before a tight connection. Taxi times

On-time rate reflects the BTS historical average across all reporting carriers at this airport, not any single flight or airline.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) On-Time Performance data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainFlights

Source: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) Airline on-time performance and operational reliability · 2025

Every figure on PlainFlights is rendered directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no number is typed in by an editor. Airport figures are computed directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.