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BUR vs ABQ - Airport Comparison

Select two airports to compare on-time performance, delays, cancellations, and top routes using U.S. Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) data (2020–2025) across all 50 states. See our methodology for how metrics are computed.

Airport A
BUR

Burbank, CA

Burbank, California

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Airport B
ABQ

Albuquerque, NM

Albuquerque, New Mexico

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Key Performance Metrics

BTS on-time performance data, 2020–2025 cumulative.

Metric BUR ABQ
On-Time Rate (higher is better) 82.4% 82.1%
Avg Delay (lower is better) 62.1 min 67.6 min
Delay Rate (lower is better) 17.6% 17.9%
Cancellation Rate (lower is better) 1.44% 0.97%
Total Flights 319,148 251,288
Delayed Flights 56,118 45,105
Cancelled Flights 4,589 2,438
Top Delay Cause Late Aircraft Late Aircraft

✓ / ▲ indicates the more favorable value. Data: BTS On-Time Performance, 2020–2025.

Delay Cause Breakdown

BUR - Burbank, CA

Late Aircraft 49.5%
Carrier 25.1%
NAS 22.0%
Weather 3.2%
Security 0.1%

ABQ - Albuquerque, NM

Late Aircraft 42.5%
Carrier 35.7%
NAS 16.7%
Weather 4.9%
Security 0.1%

Top Routes

Top routes from BUR

Route Flights On-Time
BUR → LAS
Las Vegas
22,547 79.6%
LAS → BUR
Burbank
22,470 78.4%
BUR → PHX
Phoenix
18,423 85.2%
OAK → BUR
Burbank
18,412 85.2%
BUR → OAK
Oakland
18,409 86.6%
PHX → BUR
Burbank
18,329 82.6%

Top routes from ABQ

Route Flights On-Time
ABQ → PHX
Phoenix
16,998 84.3%
PHX → ABQ
Albuquerque
16,920 82.2%
DEN → ABQ
Albuquerque
14,852 77.1%
ABQ → DEN
Denver
14,851 83.3%
DFW → ABQ
Albuquerque
13,800 75.1%
ABQ → DFW
Dallas/Fort Worth
13,798 80.9%

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025) Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025) On-time rates exclude cancelled and diverted flights. PlainFlights is not affiliated with BTS or the DOT

Every figure on PlainFlights is rendered directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no number is typed in by an editor. This tool queries live on-time, delay, and cancellation figures for the two selected airports from the dataset. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.