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Airport month · August 2024
Albuquerque International Sunport in August 2024
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 August 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 2,076 domestic departures from Albuquerque International Sunport (ABQ). 82.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 82.3% reached their destination on time; 0.4% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 75.4% of flights departed on time and 74.7% arrived on time, so ABQ departures were 6.8 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in August 2023, the airport had 2,172 departures with 79.8% leaving on time: a change of +2.4 points, with flights down 4%.
Flights arriving at ABQ that month were on time 77.6% of the time (2,077 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 49%, air carrier 34% and national aviation system 15%.
- On time 82.3%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.1%
- Cancelled 0.4%
- Diverted 0.2%
August 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Aug 2024 | Aug 2023 | ABQ, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Aug 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 82.2% | 79.8% | 81.2% | 75.4% |
| Arrived on time | 82.3% | 81.8% | 82.5% | 74.7% |
| Cancelled | 0.4% | 1.0% | 0.9% | 2.1% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 13.1 min | 14.6 min | 13.6 min | 18.4 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 69 | 72 | 68 | 20,634 |
| Scheduled departures | 2,076 | 2,172 | 24,621 | 619,025 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 976 | 47% | 81.4% | 4.8 min | 0.0% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 295 | 14% | 90.2% | -2.1 min | 0.0% |
| AA American Airlines | 290 | 14% | 76.6% | 15.1 min | 1.0% |
| UA United Airlines | 166 | 8% | 89.2% | -4.4 min | 0.6% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 144 | 7% | 92.4% | -10.5 min | 1.4% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 111 | 5% | 74.8% | 9.8 min | 0.0% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 51 | 2% | 76.5% | 12.0 min | 2.0% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 31 | 1% | 38.7% | 84.9 min | 6.5% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 12 | 1% | 100.0% | -18.7 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABQ–PHX | Albuquerque to Phoenix | 285 | 81.4% | 6.8 min | 0.0% |
| ABQ–DEN | Albuquerque to Denver | 240 | 85.4% | -2.1 min | 0.0% |
| ABQ–DFW | Albuquerque to Dallas/Fort Worth | 239 | 74.1% | 18.5 min | 0.8% |
| ABQ–LAS | Albuquerque to Las Vegas | 189 | 78.3% | 8.1 min | 0.5% |
| ABQ–LAX | Albuquerque to Los Angeles | 183 | 90.7% | 0.6 min | 0.0% |
| ABQ–DAL | Albuquerque to Dallas | 134 | 76.9% | 8.5 min | 0.0% |
| ABQ–SLC | Albuquerque to Salt Lake City | 92 | 88.0% | -7.1 min | 2.2% |
| ABQ–ATL | Albuquerque to Atlanta | 82 | 91.5% | -7.1 min | 0.0% |
| ABQ–HOU | Albuquerque to Houston | 81 | 86.4% | 1.6 min | 0.0% |
| ABQ–ORD | Albuquerque to Chicago | 62 | 82.3% | -3.0 min | 1.6% |
| ABQ–AUS | Albuquerque to Austin | 58 | 84.5% | 4.9 min | 0.0% |
| ABQ–MDW | Albuquerque to Chicago | 58 | 84.5% | 5.9 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left ABQ on time in August 2024?
82.2% of 2,076 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 82.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.4% and 74.7%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In August 2023, 79.8% of 2,172 departures left on time and 1.0% were cancelled, against 82.2% and 0.4% in August 2024.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 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.