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Airport month · October 2024
Albuquerque International Sunport in October 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 October 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 2,400 domestic departures from Albuquerque International Sunport (ABQ). 87.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 88.5% reached their destination on time; 0.2% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 85.5% of flights departed on time and 85.8% arrived on time, so ABQ departures were 2.3 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in October 2023, the airport had 2,370 departures with 80.0% leaving on time: a change of +7.8 points, with flights up 1%.
Flights arriving at ABQ that month were on time 87.0% of the time (2,400 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 42%, air carrier 37% and national aviation system 17%.
- On time 88.5%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 11.1%
- Cancelled 0.2%
- Diverted 0.2%
October 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Oct 2024 | Oct 2023 | ABQ, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Oct 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 87.8% | 80.0% | 81.2% | 85.5% |
| Arrived on time | 88.5% | 82.2% | 82.5% | 85.8% |
| Cancelled | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.9% | 1.0% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 7.9 min | 11.7 min | 13.6 min | 9.4 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 80 | 79 | 68 | 20,517 |
| Scheduled departures | 2,400 | 2,370 | 24,621 | 615,497 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 1,116 | 47% | 87.2% | 0.3 min | 0.4% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 383 | 16% | 92.2% | -5.7 min | 0.0% |
| AA American Airlines | 261 | 11% | 84.7% | 5.0 min | 0.0% |
| UA United Airlines | 208 | 9% | 95.7% | -7.3 min | 0.0% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 162 | 7% | 93.8% | -5.9 min | 0.0% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 99 | 4% | 88.9% | 3.0 min | 0.0% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 78 | 3% | 79.5% | 5.9 min | 1.3% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 67 | 3% | 83.6% | 3.2 min | 0.0% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 26 | 1% | 76.9% | 4.2 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABQ–PHX | Albuquerque to Phoenix | 319 | 87.1% | 0.0 min | 0.0% |
| ABQ–DEN | Albuquerque to Denver | 262 | 92.7% | -6.3 min | 0.4% |
| ABQ–LAX | Albuquerque to Los Angeles | 231 | 90.9% | -2.4 min | 0.0% |
| ABQ–DFW | Albuquerque to Dallas/Fort Worth | 229 | 83.4% | 7.3 min | 0.4% |
| ABQ–LAS | Albuquerque to Las Vegas | 195 | 87.2% | -1.3 min | 0.0% |
| ABQ–DAL | Albuquerque to Dallas | 160 | 90.0% | -1.0 min | 0.0% |
| ABQ–ORD | Albuquerque to Chicago | 119 | 93.3% | -6.6 min | 0.0% |
| ABQ–ATL | Albuquerque to Atlanta | 96 | 93.8% | -5.9 min | 0.0% |
| ABQ–SLC | Albuquerque to Salt Lake City | 92 | 93.5% | -6.0 min | 0.0% |
| ABQ–HOU | Albuquerque to Houston | 91 | 83.5% | 7.0 min | 0.0% |
| ABQ–AUS | Albuquerque to Austin | 79 | 87.3% | -0.5 min | 0.0% |
| ABQ–SEA | Albuquerque to Seattle | 59 | 86.4% | 3.1 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left ABQ on time in October 2024?
87.8% of 2,400 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 88.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.5% and 85.8%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In October 2023, 80.0% of 2,370 departures left on time and 0.3% were cancelled, against 87.8% and 0.2% in October 2024.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for October 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.