On-Time Report

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Airport month · September 2024

Albuquerque International Sunport in September 2024

85.7%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 September 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 2,035 domestic departures from Albuquerque International Sunport (ABQ). 85.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 88.1% reached their destination on time; 0.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 84.4% of flights departed on time and 83.9% arrived on time, so ABQ departures were 1.3 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in September 2023, the airport had 2,131 departures with 84.7% leaving on time: a change of +1.0 points, with flights down 5%.

Flights arriving at ABQ that month were on time 82.8% of the time (2,039 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 44%, air carrier 39% and national aviation system 17%.

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

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

MeasureSep 2024Sep 2023ABQ, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Sep 2024
Departed on time85.7%84.7%81.2%84.4%
Arrived on time88.1%85.3%82.5%83.9%
Cancelled0.2%0.2%0.9%0.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)8.1 min10.0 min13.6 min10.6 min
Scheduled departures a day68716819,421
Scheduled departures2,0352,13124,621582,622

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
WN Southwest Airlines91345%84.6%1.9 min0.2%
OO SkyWest Airlines32216%92.2%-6.8 min0.0%
AA American Airlines24312%86.4%-3.7 min0.0%
UA United Airlines19910%96.0%-9.9 min1.0%
DL Delta Air Lines1326%92.4%-7.8 min0.0%
MQ Envoy Air1186%94.1%-4.1 min0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines482%81.3%12.2 min0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines301%90.0%-10.7 min3.3%
B6 JetBlue Airways301%80.0%-4.6 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
ABQ–PHXAlbuquerque to Phoenix26586.4%5.0 min0.0%
ABQ–DENAlbuquerque to Denver23190.0%-5.3 min0.4%
ABQ–DFWAlbuquerque to Dallas/Fort Worth21187.7%-3.4 min0.0%
ABQ–LASAlbuquerque to Las Vegas18281.3%6.2 min0.0%
ABQ–LAXAlbuquerque to Los Angeles17589.7%-7.0 min0.0%
ABQ–DALAlbuquerque to Dallas12886.7%-1.0 min0.8%
ABQ–ORDAlbuquerque to Chicago11091.8%-9.1 min0.0%
ABQ–SLCAlbuquerque to Salt Lake City8893.2%-10.0 min0.0%
ABQ–ATLAlbuquerque to Atlanta8090.0%-6.2 min0.0%
ABQ–HOUAlbuquerque to Houston7790.9%-4.0 min0.0%
ABQ–AUSAlbuquerque to Austin5590.9%-4.3 min0.0%
ABQ–MDWAlbuquerque to Chicago5587.3%5.0 min0.0%

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), September 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Sep 2024Minutes
Air carrier38.5%38.6%5,096
Late-arriving aircraft43.9%38.4%5,815
National Aviation System17.0%18.2%2,253
Extreme weather0.6%4.8%76
Security0.0%0.1%0
13,240 delay minutes on 236 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.
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Questions and answers

How many flights left ABQ on time in September 2024?

85.7% of 2,035 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 88.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.4% and 83.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In September 2023, 84.7% of 2,131 departures left on time and 0.2% were cancelled, against 85.7% and 0.2% in September 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for September 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.