Albuquerque International Sunport in March 2024

80.1%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 March 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,893 domestic departures from Albuquerque International Sunport (ABQ). 80.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 79.9% reached their destination on time; 0.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.5% of flights departed on time and 78.3% arrived on time, so ABQ departures were 1.6 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at ABQ that month were on time 77.3% of the time (1,892 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 42%, air carrier 38% and national aviation system 17%.

On time 79.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 19.5%
Cancelled 0.4%
Diverted 0.2%

Every scheduled departure from ABQ in March 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

March 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Mar 2024	Year earlier	ABQ, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2024
Departed on time	80.1%	—	81.2%	78.5%
Arrived on time	79.9%	—	82.5%	78.3%
Cancelled	0.4%	—	0.9%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	16.9 min	—	13.6 min	15.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	63	—	68	19,726
Scheduled departures	1,893	—	24,621	591,767

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	915	48%	80.4%	4.6 min	0.5%
OO SkyWest Airlines	310	16%	83.2%	0.4 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	271	14%	72.0%	35.8 min	0.4%
UA United Airlines	141	7%	86.5%	-3.5 min	0.7%
DL Delta Air Lines	111	6%	94.6%	-4.4 min	0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	55	3%	81.8%	-3.6 min	1.8%
AS Alaska Airlines	31	2%	64.5%	10.5 min	0.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways	31	2%	45.2%	74.0 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	28	1%	60.7%	24.6 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ABQ–PHX	Albuquerque to Phoenix	263	78.3%	11.4 min	0.0%
ABQ–DEN	Albuquerque to Denver	215	84.2%	-2.4 min	1.9%
ABQ–LAS	Albuquerque to Las Vegas	190	77.4%	6.8 min	0.5%
ABQ–DFW	Albuquerque to Dallas/Fort Worth	181	69.6%	46.1 min	0.6%
ABQ–LAX	Albuquerque to Los Angeles	181	85.6%	-0.5 min	0.0%
ABQ–DAL	Albuquerque to Dallas	140	82.9%	0.7 min	0.0%
ABQ–SLC	Albuquerque to Salt Lake City	88	93.2%	-11.9 min	0.0%
ABQ–ATL	Albuquerque to Atlanta	80	92.5%	1.1 min	0.0%
ABQ–HOU	Albuquerque to Houston	68	82.4%	2.7 min	1.5%
ABQ–AUS	Albuquerque to Austin	58	63.8%	21.3 min	0.0%
ABQ–ORD	Albuquerque to Chicago	57	84.2%	-1.3 min	0.0%
ABQ–SFO	Albuquerque to San Francisco	55	56.4%	20.8 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), March 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	38.4%	32.1%	11,398
Late-arriving aircraft	42.2%	42.1%	12,524
National Aviation System	17.3%	21.4%	5,127
Extreme weather	2.2%	4.2%	652
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

29,701 delay minutes on 369 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 March 2024?

80.1% of 1,893 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 79.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.5% and 78.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

March 2023 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 March 2024; 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.