Albuquerque International Sunport in December 2023

87.0%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 December 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 2,034 domestic departures from Albuquerque International Sunport (ABQ). 87.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 88.2% reached their destination on time; 0.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 83.8% arrived on time, so ABQ departures were 3.9 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at ABQ that month were on time 84.9% of the time (2,033 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 46%, air carrier 28% and national aviation system 21%.

On time 88.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 11.3%
Cancelled 0.3%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2023	Year earlier	ABQ, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2023
Departed on time	87.0%	—	81.2%	83.1%
Arrived on time	88.2%	—	82.5%	83.8%
Cancelled	0.3%	—	0.9%	0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	7.8 min	—	13.6 min	11.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	68	—	68	19,013
Scheduled departures	2,034	—	24,621	570,394

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	1,042	51%	86.7%	-0.6 min	0.5%
OO SkyWest Airlines	341	17%	88.6%	-0.5 min	0.3%
AA American Airlines	259	13%	86.1%	-0.2 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	151	7%	91.4%	-6.6 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	145	7%	95.2%	-7.1 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	34	2%	94.1%	-8.6 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	31	2%	96.8%	-8.3 min	0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	31	2%	93.5%	-9.1 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ABQ–PHX	Albuquerque to Phoenix	267	85.8%	1.9 min	0.0%
ABQ–DEN	Albuquerque to Denver	240	88.8%	-5.1 min	0.8%
ABQ–DFW	Albuquerque to Dallas/Fort Worth	181	85.1%	-0.8 min	0.0%
ABQ–LAS	Albuquerque to Las Vegas	178	82.0%	4.1 min	1.1%
ABQ–LAX	Albuquerque to Los Angeles	177	91.5%	-6.2 min	0.0%
ABQ–DAL	Albuquerque to Dallas	152	89.5%	-2.0 min	0.0%
ABQ–AUS	Albuquerque to Austin	99	90.9%	-0.7 min	0.0%
ABQ–HOU	Albuquerque to Houston	90	96.7%	-7.1 min	0.0%
ABQ–SLC	Albuquerque to Salt Lake City	84	95.2%	-8.7 min	1.2%
ABQ–ATL	Albuquerque to Atlanta	83	97.6%	-7.9 min	0.0%
ABQ–ORD	Albuquerque to Chicago	62	90.3%	-6.5 min	0.0%
ABQ–SAN	Albuquerque to San Diego	62	91.9%	-8.8 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), December 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	27.6%	37.1%	3,370
Late-arriving aircraft	46.3%	38.8%	5,666
National Aviation System	20.6%	17.6%	2,523
Extreme weather	5.0%	6.2%	616
Security	0.4%	0.3%	54

12,229 delay minutes on 230 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 December 2023?

87.0% of 2,034 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 88.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.1% and 83.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

December 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 December 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.