Albuquerque International Sunport in October 2023

80.0%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 October 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 2,370 domestic departures from Albuquerque International Sunport (ABQ). 80.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 82.2% reached their destination on time; 0.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.8% of flights departed on time and 84.0% arrived on time, so ABQ departures were 3.8 points below the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at ABQ that month were on time 80.4% of the time (2,369 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 48%, air carrier 36% and national aviation system 13%.

On time 82.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.3%
Cancelled 0.3%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2023	Year earlier	ABQ, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2023
Departed on time	80.0%	—	81.2%	83.8%
Arrived on time	82.2%	—	82.5%	84.0%
Cancelled	0.3%	—	0.9%	0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	11.7 min	—	13.6 min	11.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	79	—	68	19,966
Scheduled departures	2,370	—	24,621	598,968

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	1,085	46%	75.3%	7.7 min	0.3%
OO SkyWest Airlines	353	15%	90.4%	-3.0 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	298	13%	84.2%	0.9 min	1.0%
UA United Airlines	266	11%	89.8%	-6.9 min	0.4%
DL Delta Air Lines	178	8%	96.6%	-9.5 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	63	3%	85.7%	3.4 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	58	2%	94.8%	-12.5 min	0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	41	2%	65.9%	12.0 min	2.4%
B6 JetBlue Airways	28	1%	53.6%	33.8 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ABQ–DEN	Albuquerque to Denver	289	86.2%	-1.0 min	0.0%
ABQ–PHX	Albuquerque to Phoenix	271	82.7%	4.7 min	0.0%
ABQ–LAX	Albuquerque to Los Angeles	226	86.7%	0.0 min	0.0%
ABQ–LAS	Albuquerque to Las Vegas	190	72.1%	11.6 min	1.1%
ABQ–DFW	Albuquerque to Dallas/Fort Worth	187	79.7%	1.6 min	1.6%
ABQ–DAL	Albuquerque to Dallas	151	78.1%	9.7 min	0.0%
ABQ–ORD	Albuquerque to Chicago	122	91.0%	-3.9 min	0.0%
ABQ–AUS	Albuquerque to Austin	102	76.5%	4.0 min	0.0%
ABQ–ATL	Albuquerque to Atlanta	98	99.0%	-12.8 min	0.0%
ABQ–SLC	Albuquerque to Salt Lake City	89	91.0%	0.0 min	0.0%
ABQ–HOU	Albuquerque to Houston	87	77.0%	5.1 min	1.1%
ABQ–IAH	Albuquerque to Houston	83	91.6%	-10.0 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

100

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

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

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	35.7%	41.3%	7,788
Late-arriving aircraft	48.2%	40.5%	10,522
National Aviation System	12.9%	14.4%	2,823
Extreme weather	3.1%	3.7%	675
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

21,808 delay minutes on 411 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 October 2023?

80.0% of 2,370 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 82.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.8% and 84.0%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

October 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 October 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.