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Airport month · August 2023
Albuquerque International Sunport in August 2023
BTS: A flight is counted as on time if it arrived less than 15 minutes after its scheduled time. Only carriers with at least 0.5 percent of domestic scheduled passenger revenue report.
In August 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 2,172 domestic departures from Albuquerque International Sunport (ABQ). 79.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.8% reached their destination on time; 1.0% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 76.7% of flights departed on time and 76.9% arrived on time, so ABQ departures were 3.1 points above the national departure figure.
Flights arriving at ABQ that month were on time 77.5% of the time (2,171 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 46%, late-arriving aircraft 40% and national aviation system 13%.
- On time 81.8%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.0%
- Cancelled 1.0%
- Diverted 0.1%
August 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Aug 2023 | Year earlier | ABQ, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Aug 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 79.8% | — | 81.2% | 76.7% |
| Arrived on time | 81.8% | — | 82.5% | 76.9% |
| Cancelled | 1.0% | — | 0.9% | 1.5% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 14.6 min | — | 13.6 min | 17.3 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 72 | — | 68 | 20,100 |
| Scheduled departures | 2,172 | — | 24,621 | 602,987 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 1,003 | 46% | 78.3% | 5.2 min | 1.5% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 314 | 14% | 91.7% | -0.8 min | 0.3% |
| AA American Airlines | 296 | 14% | 83.8% | 14.4 min | 0.7% |
| UA United Airlines | 185 | 9% | 80.0% | 2.4 min | 1.1% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 144 | 7% | 90.3% | -3.2 min | 1.4% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 89 | 4% | 84.3% | -2.3 min | 0.0% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 79 | 4% | 77.2% | 4.1 min | 0.0% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 31 | 1% | 58.1% | 94.7 min | 0.0% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 31 | 1% | 77.4% | 6.1 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABQ–DEN | Albuquerque to Denver | 269 | 78.1% | 5.8 min | 1.5% |
| ABQ–PHX | Albuquerque to Phoenix | 258 | 80.6% | 17.2 min | 1.6% |
| ABQ–DFW | Albuquerque to Dallas/Fort Worth | 217 | 85.3% | 3.1 min | 0.9% |
| ABQ–LAX | Albuquerque to Los Angeles | 213 | 91.5% | -5.1 min | 0.0% |
| ABQ–LAS | Albuquerque to Las Vegas | 178 | 76.4% | 4.8 min | 2.2% |
| ABQ–DAL | Albuquerque to Dallas | 149 | 82.6% | 2.0 min | 1.3% |
| ABQ–AUS | Albuquerque to Austin | 120 | 80.0% | 3.4 min | 0.0% |
| ABQ–HOU | Albuquerque to Houston | 93 | 86.0% | 2.0 min | 0.0% |
| ABQ–SLC | Albuquerque to Salt Lake City | 93 | 93.5% | -7.1 min | 0.0% |
| ABQ–ATL | Albuquerque to Atlanta | 82 | 86.6% | 1.2 min | 2.4% |
| ABQ–IAH | Albuquerque to Houston | 62 | 87.1% | 7.5 min | 1.6% |
| ABQ–ORD | Albuquerque to Chicago | 62 | 72.6% | 12.6 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left ABQ on time in August 2023?
79.8% of 2,172 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.7% and 76.9%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
August 2022 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for ABQ · methodology · corrections.