Albuquerque International Sunport in May 2024

75.1%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 May 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 2,134 domestic departures from Albuquerque International Sunport (ABQ). 75.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 76.9% reached their destination on time; 2.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 73.4% of flights departed on time and 72.3% arrived on time, so ABQ departures were 1.7 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at ABQ that month were on time 71.2% of the time (2,136 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 44%, air carrier 35% and national aviation system 15%.

On time 76.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 20.5%
Cancelled 2.2%
Diverted 0.4%

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

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

Measure	May 2024	Year earlier	ABQ, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, May 2024
Departed on time	75.1%	—	81.2%	73.4%
Arrived on time	76.9%	—	82.5%	72.3%
Cancelled	2.2%	—	0.9%	1.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	18.6 min	—	13.6 min	20.8 min
Scheduled departures a day	71	—	68	20,325
Scheduled departures	2,134	—	24,621	609,743

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	992	46%	75.3%	8.3 min	1.2%
OO SkyWest Airlines	390	18%	82.1%	6.4 min	2.1%
AA American Airlines	301	14%	70.1%	27.7 min	8.0%
UA United Airlines	156	7%	78.8%	6.9 min	0.6%
DL Delta Air Lines	134	6%	87.3%	-2.0 min	0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	55	3%	85.5%	1.1 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	39	2%	71.8%	18.8 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	36	2%	72.2%	8.9 min	8.3%
B6 JetBlue Airways	31	1%	67.7%	43.4 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ABQ–PHX	Albuquerque to Phoenix	281	80.1%	7.3 min	0.4%
ABQ–DEN	Albuquerque to Denver	243	79.4%	6.2 min	0.4%
ABQ–LAX	Albuquerque to Los Angeles	212	80.7%	8.8 min	0.0%
ABQ–DFW	Albuquerque to Dallas/Fort Worth	211	63.5%	37.7 min	12.8%
ABQ–LAS	Albuquerque to Las Vegas	191	78.0%	4.6 min	0.5%
ABQ–DAL	Albuquerque to Dallas	142	71.8%	12.2 min	3.5%
ABQ–IAH	Albuquerque to Houston	96	70.8%	11.5 min	9.4%
ABQ–HOU	Albuquerque to Houston	88	79.5%	1.7 min	3.4%
ABQ–SLC	Albuquerque to Salt Lake City	88	90.9%	-1.5 min	0.0%
ABQ–ATL	Albuquerque to Atlanta	79	82.3%	2.2 min	0.0%
ABQ–ORD	Albuquerque to Chicago	62	66.1%	17.9 min	0.0%
ABQ–SAN	Albuquerque to San Diego	58	62.1%	26.8 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), May 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, May 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	35.2%	29.8%	12,013
Late-arriving aircraft	43.6%	43.0%	14,863
National Aviation System	14.7%	20.1%	5,004
Extreme weather	6.5%	7.0%	2,216
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

34,096 delay minutes on 437 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 May 2024?

75.1% of 2,134 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 76.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 73.4% and 72.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

May 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 May 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.