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Airport month · May 2025
Albuquerque International Sunport in May 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 May 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 2,287 domestic departures from Albuquerque International Sunport (ABQ). 80.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 79.8% reached their destination on time; 1.0% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 76.7% of flights departed on time and 75.4% arrived on time, so ABQ departures were 3.6 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in May 2024, the airport had 2,134 departures with 75.1% leaving on time: a change of +5.2 points, with flights up 7%.
Flights arriving at ABQ that month were on time 75.9% of the time (2,289 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 38%, national aviation system 29% and air carrier 25%.
- On time 79.8%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.8%
- Cancelled 1.0%
- Diverted 0.3%
May 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | May 2025 | May 2024 | ABQ, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, May 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 80.3% | 75.1% | 81.2% | 76.7% |
| Arrived on time | 79.8% | 76.9% | 82.5% | 75.4% |
| Cancelled | 1.0% | 2.2% | 0.9% | 1.0% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 12.7 min | 18.6 min | 13.6 min | 17.5 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 76 | 71 | 68 | 20,188 |
| Scheduled departures | 2,287 | 2,134 | 24,621 | 605,648 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 1,081 | 47% | 77.0% | 7.4 min | 0.6% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 562 | 25% | 87.4% | -1.2 min | 0.7% |
| AA American Airlines | 266 | 12% | 75.9% | 8.2 min | 3.0% |
| UA United Airlines | 134 | 6% | 80.6% | 4.2 min | 0.7% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 111 | 5% | 89.2% | -6.2 min | 0.0% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 58 | 3% | 69.0% | 11.3 min | 0.0% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 35 | 2% | 62.9% | 21.0 min | 8.6% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 31 | 1% | 77.4% | -1.1 min | 3.2% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 9 | 0% | 88.9% | -9.4 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABQ–PHX | Albuquerque to Phoenix | 290 | 82.1% | 6.3 min | 1.0% |
| ABQ–DEN | Albuquerque to Denver | 286 | 66.8% | 15.0 min | 1.7% |
| ABQ–DFW | Albuquerque to Dallas/Fort Worth | 209 | 71.8% | 13.2 min | 5.3% |
| ABQ–LAX | Albuquerque to Los Angeles | 203 | 91.1% | -6.2 min | 0.5% |
| ABQ–LAS | Albuquerque to Las Vegas | 145 | 76.6% | 3.1 min | 0.7% |
| ABQ–DAL | Albuquerque to Dallas | 144 | 77.8% | 6.7 min | 0.7% |
| ABQ–ORD | Albuquerque to Chicago | 124 | 79.8% | 7.4 min | 0.0% |
| ABQ–SLC | Albuquerque to Salt Lake City | 113 | 95.6% | -7.2 min | 0.0% |
| ABQ–HOU | Albuquerque to Houston | 92 | 82.6% | 2.9 min | 0.0% |
| ABQ–ATL | Albuquerque to Atlanta | 87 | 86.2% | -3.4 min | 0.0% |
| ABQ–AUS | Albuquerque to Austin | 79 | 79.7% | 2.5 min | 0.0% |
| ABQ–SFO | Albuquerque to San Francisco | 62 | 80.6% | 1.5 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left ABQ on time in May 2025?
80.3% of 2,287 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 79.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.7% and 75.4%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In May 2024, 75.1% of 2,134 departures left on time and 2.2% were cancelled, against 80.3% and 1.0% in May 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for May 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.