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Airport month · August 2025
Albuquerque International Sunport in August 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 August 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 2,156 domestic departures from Albuquerque International Sunport (ABQ). 83.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 82.8% reached their destination on time; 1.0% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 76.8% of flights departed on time and 76.3% arrived on time, so ABQ departures were 6.7 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in August 2024, the airport had 2,076 departures with 82.2% leaving on time: a change of +1.3 points, with flights up 4%.
Flights arriving at ABQ that month were on time 78.4% of the time (2,154 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 41%, air carrier 30% and national aviation system 27%.
- On time 82.8%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 15.7%
- Cancelled 1.0%
- Diverted 0.5%
August 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Aug 2025 | Aug 2024 | ABQ, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 83.5% | 82.2% | 81.2% | 76.8% |
| Arrived on time | 82.8% | 82.3% | 82.5% | 76.3% |
| Cancelled | 1.0% | 0.4% | 0.9% | 1.1% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 12.7 min | 13.1 min | 13.6 min | 17.6 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 72 | 69 | 68 | 20,079 |
| Scheduled departures | 2,156 | 2,076 | 24,621 | 602,378 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 991 | 46% | 83.6% | 4.2 min | 0.3% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 425 | 20% | 89.6% | -4.9 min | 0.5% |
| AA American Airlines | 254 | 12% | 71.7% | 28.7 min | 3.1% |
| UA United Airlines | 186 | 9% | 81.7% | 4.3 min | 2.2% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 113 | 5% | 90.3% | -10.9 min | 1.8% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 88 | 4% | 71.6% | 7.5 min | 2.3% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 59 | 3% | 69.5% | 4.5 min | 0.0% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 31 | 1% | 93.5% | -6.0 min | 0.0% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 9 | 0% | 88.9% | -0.4 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABQ–DEN | Albuquerque to Denver | 268 | 74.6% | 10.2 min | 1.1% |
| ABQ–PHX | Albuquerque to Phoenix | 248 | 85.9% | 9.8 min | 0.0% |
| ABQ–DFW | Albuquerque to Dallas/Fort Worth | 230 | 68.7% | 17.3 min | 4.3% |
| ABQ–LAX | Albuquerque to Los Angeles | 175 | 88.6% | -2.4 min | 0.0% |
| ABQ–LAS | Albuquerque to Las Vegas | 145 | 88.3% | 3.8 min | 0.0% |
| ABQ–DAL | Albuquerque to Dallas | 135 | 84.4% | 1.2 min | 0.0% |
| ABQ–SLC | Albuquerque to Salt Lake City | 99 | 93.9% | -8.5 min | 0.0% |
| ABQ–ORD | Albuquerque to Chicago | 98 | 75.5% | 23.3 min | 3.1% |
| ABQ–ATL | Albuquerque to Atlanta | 82 | 89.0% | -12.8 min | 2.4% |
| ABQ–HOU | Albuquerque to Houston | 80 | 87.5% | 3.6 min | 0.0% |
| ABQ–AUS | Albuquerque to Austin | 64 | 85.9% | -0.9 min | 0.0% |
| ABQ–SAN | Albuquerque to San Diego | 61 | 83.6% | -3.2 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left ABQ on time in August 2025?
83.5% of 2,156 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 82.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.8% and 76.3%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In August 2024, 82.2% of 2,076 departures left on time and 0.4% were cancelled, against 83.5% and 1.0% in August 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 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.