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Airport month · December 2024
Albuquerque International Sunport in December 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 December 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 2,016 domestic departures from Albuquerque International Sunport (ABQ). 84.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 84.3% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 77.8% of flights departed on time and 78.1% arrived on time, so ABQ departures were 6.2 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in December 2023, the airport had 2,034 departures with 87.0% leaving on time: a change of −3.0 points, with flights down 1%.
Flights arriving at ABQ that month were on time 81.2% of the time (2,017 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 54%, air carrier 22% and national aviation system 17%.
- On time 84.3%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 14.8%
- Cancelled 0.5%
- Diverted 0.3%
December 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Dec 2024 | Dec 2023 | ABQ, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 84.0% | 87.0% | 81.2% | 77.8% |
| Arrived on time | 84.3% | 88.2% | 82.5% | 78.1% |
| Cancelled | 0.5% | 0.3% | 0.9% | 0.7% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 11.5 min | 7.8 min | 13.6 min | 16.6 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 67 | 68 | 68 | 19,686 |
| Scheduled departures | 2,016 | 2,034 | 24,621 | 590,581 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 989 | 49% | 80.9% | 5.4 min | 0.3% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 418 | 21% | 91.1% | -8.3 min | 0.0% |
| AA American Airlines | 208 | 10% | 83.7% | 14.4 min | 2.9% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 133 | 7% | 89.5% | -8.5 min | 0.0% |
| UA United Airlines | 107 | 5% | 91.6% | -2.3 min | 0.9% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 94 | 5% | 80.9% | 3.4 min | 0.0% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 46 | 2% | 69.6% | 1.0 min | 2.2% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 21 | 1% | 95.2% | -6.6 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABQ–PHX | Albuquerque to Phoenix | 300 | 85.7% | -4.1 min | 0.3% |
| ABQ–DEN | Albuquerque to Denver | 254 | 90.9% | -1.9 min | 0.0% |
| ABQ–DFW | Albuquerque to Dallas/Fort Worth | 212 | 80.2% | 12.1 min | 2.8% |
| ABQ–LAX | Albuquerque to Los Angeles | 191 | 87.4% | -4.0 min | 0.0% |
| ABQ–LAS | Albuquerque to Las Vegas | 168 | 85.7% | 0.2 min | 0.0% |
| ABQ–DAL | Albuquerque to Dallas | 150 | 72.0% | 15.9 min | 0.0% |
| ABQ–SLC | Albuquerque to Salt Lake City | 90 | 90.0% | -8.6 min | 0.0% |
| ABQ–ATL | Albuquerque to Atlanta | 84 | 85.7% | -6.0 min | 0.0% |
| ABQ–HOU | Albuquerque to Houston | 77 | 85.7% | -1.3 min | 0.0% |
| ABQ–AUS | Albuquerque to Austin | 68 | 91.2% | 2.1 min | 0.0% |
| ABQ–ORD | Albuquerque to Chicago | 60 | 91.7% | 13.3 min | 0.0% |
| ABQ–SEA | Albuquerque to Seattle | 46 | 69.6% | 1.0 min | 2.2% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left ABQ on time in December 2024?
84.0% of 2,016 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 84.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.8% and 78.1%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In December 2023, 87.0% of 2,034 departures left on time and 0.3% were cancelled, against 84.0% and 0.5% in December 2024.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for December 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.