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Airport month · September 2025
Albuquerque International Sunport in September 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 September 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 2,049 domestic departures from Albuquerque International Sunport (ABQ). 84.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 85.1% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 82.8% arrived on time, so ABQ departures were 1.1 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in September 2024, the airport had 2,035 departures with 85.7% leaving on time: a change of −1.5 points, with flights up 1%.
Flights arriving at ABQ that month were on time 80.3% of the time (2,049 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 37%, late-arriving aircraft 35% and national aviation system 20%.
- On time 85.1%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 14.3%
- Cancelled 0.5%
- Diverted 0.1%
September 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Sep 2025 | Sep 2024 | ABQ, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 84.2% | 85.7% | 81.2% | 83.1% |
| Arrived on time | 85.1% | 88.1% | 82.5% | 82.8% |
| Cancelled | 0.5% | 0.2% | 0.9% | 0.5% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 12.5 min | 8.1 min | 13.6 min | 12.2 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 68 | 68 | 68 | 18,748 |
| Scheduled departures | 2,049 | 2,035 | 24,621 | 562,439 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 957 | 47% | 83.7% | 2.1 min | 0.3% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 381 | 19% | 90.8% | -2.5 min | 0.0% |
| AA American Airlines | 206 | 10% | 80.1% | 16.5 min | 2.9% |
| UA United Airlines | 204 | 10% | 87.7% | 5.5 min | 0.0% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 109 | 5% | 75.2% | 10.1 min | 0.0% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 107 | 5% | 94.4% | -12.8 min | 0.0% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 51 | 2% | 88.2% | -9.9 min | 0.0% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 26 | 1% | 73.1% | 26.6 min | 3.8% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 8 | 0% | 75.0% | 27.1 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABQ–DEN | Albuquerque to Denver | 257 | 83.7% | 3.5 min | 0.0% |
| ABQ–PHX | Albuquerque to Phoenix | 236 | 82.6% | 6.8 min | 1.3% |
| ABQ–DFW | Albuquerque to Dallas/Fort Worth | 190 | 74.7% | 12.6 min | 2.6% |
| ABQ–LAX | Albuquerque to Los Angeles | 166 | 85.5% | 4.6 min | 0.0% |
| ABQ–LAS | Albuquerque to Las Vegas | 141 | 85.1% | 6.2 min | 0.7% |
| ABQ–DAL | Albuquerque to Dallas | 133 | 90.2% | -3.6 min | 0.0% |
| ABQ–ORD | Albuquerque to Chicago | 117 | 84.6% | 8.9 min | 0.0% |
| ABQ–SLC | Albuquerque to Salt Lake City | 90 | 97.8% | -11.1 min | 0.0% |
| ABQ–ATL | Albuquerque to Atlanta | 77 | 94.8% | -15.3 min | 0.0% |
| ABQ–HOU | Albuquerque to Houston | 77 | 92.2% | -6.7 min | 0.0% |
| ABQ–AUS | Albuquerque to Austin | 60 | 88.3% | -3.5 min | 0.0% |
| ABQ–SAN | Albuquerque to San Diego | 60 | 76.7% | 6.1 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left ABQ on time in September 2025?
84.2% of 2,049 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 85.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.1% and 82.8%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In September 2024, 85.7% of 2,035 departures left on time and 0.2% were cancelled, against 84.2% and 0.5% in September 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for September 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.