Albuquerque International Sunport in September 2023

84.7%departed on time

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 September 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 2,131 domestic departures from Albuquerque International Sunport (ABQ). 84.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 85.3% reached their destination on time; 0.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.5% of flights departed on time and 80.1% arrived on time, so ABQ departures were 4.2 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at ABQ that month were on time 81.4% of the time (2,136 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 58%, air carrier 27% and national aviation system 13%.

On time 85.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 14.4%
Cancelled 0.2%
Diverted 0.1%

Every scheduled departure from ABQ in September 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

September 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Sep 2023	Year earlier	ABQ, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Sep 2023
Departed on time	84.7%	—	81.2%	80.5%
Arrived on time	85.3%	—	82.5%	80.1%
Cancelled	0.2%	—	0.9%	1.2%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	10.0 min	—	13.6 min	14.1 min
Scheduled departures a day	71	—	68	18,978
Scheduled departures	2,131	—	24,621	569,338

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	959	45%	82.2%	3.5 min	0.2%
OO SkyWest Airlines	397	19%	90.4%	-3.4 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	245	11%	85.7%	5.0 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	179	8%	90.5%	-5.7 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	148	7%	94.6%	-7.1 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	80	4%	97.5%	-8.6 min	1.3%
AS Alaska Airlines	63	3%	79.4%	4.0 min	0.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways	30	1%	36.7%	44.8 min	3.3%
NK Spirit Airlines	30	1%	66.7%	8.3 min	3.3%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ABQ–PHX	Albuquerque to Phoenix	259	86.9%	4.6 min	0.0%
ABQ–DEN	Albuquerque to Denver	235	86.0%	0.1 min	0.0%
ABQ–LAX	Albuquerque to Los Angeles	213	88.3%	-1.4 min	0.0%
ABQ–DFW	Albuquerque to Dallas/Fort Worth	203	85.7%	1.9 min	0.0%
ABQ–LAS	Albuquerque to Las Vegas	165	73.3%	9.3 min	1.2%
ABQ–DAL	Albuquerque to Dallas	144	85.4%	-0.7 min	0.0%
ABQ–AUS	Albuquerque to Austin	117	91.5%	-4.4 min	0.9%
ABQ–ATL	Albuquerque to Atlanta	88	92.0%	-7.3 min	0.0%
ABQ–SLC	Albuquerque to Salt Lake City	88	97.7%	-12.8 min	0.0%
ABQ–ORD	Albuquerque to Chicago	83	84.3%	6.9 min	0.0%
ABQ–HOU	Albuquerque to Houston	78	89.7%	-4.9 min	0.0%
ABQ–SAN	Albuquerque to San Diego	60	68.3%	10.4 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), September 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Sep 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	26.7%	36.4%	4,671
Late-arriving aircraft	57.8%	38.3%	10,087
National Aviation System	13.2%	19.9%	2,299
Extreme weather	2.3%	5.1%	400
Security	0.1%	0.2%	9

17,466 delay minutes on 306 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Questions and answers

How many flights left ABQ on time in September 2023?

84.7% of 2,131 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 85.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.5% and 80.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

September 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 September 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.