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Airport month · March 2025
Albuquerque International Sunport in March 2025
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 March 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 2,005 domestic departures from Albuquerque International Sunport (ABQ). 83.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 83.7% reached their destination on time; 1.2% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 79.9% of flights departed on time and 79.3% arrived on time, so ABQ departures were 3.5 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in March 2024, the airport had 1,893 departures with 80.1% leaving on time: a change of +3.3 points, with flights up 6%.
Flights arriving at ABQ that month were on time 80.9% of the time (2,005 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 44%, air carrier 26% and extreme weather 15%.
- On time 83.7%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 15.0%
- Cancelled 1.2%
- Diverted 0.1%
March 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Mar 2025 | Mar 2024 | ABQ, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 83.4% | 80.1% | 81.2% | 79.9% |
| Arrived on time | 83.7% | 79.9% | 82.5% | 79.3% |
| Cancelled | 1.2% | 0.4% | 0.9% | 1.2% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 12.7 min | 16.9 min | 13.6 min | 14.9 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 67 | 63 | 68 | 20,029 |
| Scheduled departures | 2,005 | 1,893 | 24,621 | 600,872 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 986 | 49% | 84.2% | 0.7 min | 0.9% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 399 | 20% | 87.5% | -1.3 min | 1.3% |
| AA American Airlines | 265 | 13% | 79.2% | 12.9 min | 3.0% |
| UA United Airlines | 145 | 7% | 84.1% | -1.9 min | 0.7% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 86 | 4% | 83.7% | 5.8 min | 1.2% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 67 | 3% | 70.1% | 10.2 min | 0.0% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 31 | 2% | 90.3% | -11.3 min | 0.0% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 21 | 1% | 71.4% | 12.2 min | 0.0% |
| YX Republic Airline | 5 | 0% | 100.0% | -10.4 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABQ–PHX | Albuquerque to Phoenix | 313 | 80.2% | 2.9 min | 1.3% |
| ABQ–DEN | Albuquerque to Denver | 249 | 87.6% | -3.2 min | 1.2% |
| ABQ–DFW | Albuquerque to Dallas/Fort Worth | 191 | 77.0% | 22.8 min | 3.1% |
| ABQ–LAX | Albuquerque to Los Angeles | 181 | 86.2% | -8.4 min | 1.1% |
| ABQ–LAS | Albuquerque to Las Vegas | 164 | 79.3% | 6.0 min | 0.6% |
| ABQ–DAL | Albuquerque to Dallas | 143 | 81.1% | -1.4 min | 2.1% |
| ABQ–SLC | Albuquerque to Salt Lake City | 91 | 94.5% | -4.0 min | 0.0% |
| ABQ–ATL | Albuquerque to Atlanta | 86 | 83.7% | 5.8 min | 1.2% |
| ABQ–HOU | Albuquerque to Houston | 72 | 87.5% | 2.7 min | 0.0% |
| ABQ–AUS | Albuquerque to Austin | 71 | 90.1% | -4.0 min | 1.4% |
| ABQ–ORD | Albuquerque to Chicago | 60 | 78.3% | 3.8 min | 0.0% |
| ABQ–SFO | Albuquerque to San Francisco | 58 | 81.0% | 5.7 min | 3.4% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left ABQ on time in March 2025?
83.4% of 2,005 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 83.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.9% and 79.3%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In March 2024, 80.1% of 1,893 departures left on time and 0.4% were cancelled, against 83.4% and 1.2% in March 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for March 2025; 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.