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Airport month · October 2025
Albuquerque International Sunport in October 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 October 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 2,383 domestic departures from Albuquerque International Sunport (ABQ). 81.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 83.4% reached their destination on time; 0.4% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 80.0% of flights departed on time and 79.1% arrived on time, so ABQ departures were 1.7 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in October 2024, the airport had 2,400 departures with 87.8% leaving on time: a change of −6.1 points, with flights down 1%.
Flights arriving at ABQ that month were on time 80.6% of the time (2,381 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 44%, late-arriving aircraft 39% and national aviation system 16%.
- On time 83.4%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 15.8%
- Cancelled 0.4%
- Diverted 0.4%
October 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Oct 2025 | Oct 2024 | ABQ, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 81.7% | 87.8% | 81.2% | 80.0% |
| Arrived on time | 83.4% | 88.5% | 82.5% | 79.1% |
| Cancelled | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.9% | 0.5% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 13.8 min | 7.9 min | 13.6 min | 13.9 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 79 | 80 | 68 | 20,195 |
| Scheduled departures | 2,383 | 2,400 | 24,621 | 605,844 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 1,186 | 50% | 80.0% | 4.6 min | 0.3% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 394 | 17% | 88.3% | 3.4 min | 0.0% |
| AA American Airlines | 278 | 12% | 77.7% | 12.6 min | 0.7% |
| UA United Airlines | 208 | 9% | 91.3% | -5.1 min | 0.5% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 131 | 5% | 93.9% | -12.7 min | 0.0% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 98 | 4% | 89.8% | -6.0 min | 0.0% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 67 | 3% | 88.1% | -4.5 min | 3.0% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 20 | 1% | 70.0% | 109.8 min | 0.0% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 1 | 0% | 100.0% | -21.0 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABQ–PHX | Albuquerque to Phoenix | 308 | 78.2% | 4.8 min | 0.0% |
| ABQ–DEN | Albuquerque to Denver | 296 | 85.8% | 1.6 min | 0.0% |
| ABQ–DFW | Albuquerque to Dallas/Fort Worth | 201 | 82.6% | 8.1 min | 1.0% |
| ABQ–LAX | Albuquerque to Los Angeles | 195 | 80.5% | 15.6 min | 0.0% |
| ABQ–DAL | Albuquerque to Dallas | 162 | 80.9% | 1.2 min | 2.5% |
| ABQ–LAS | Albuquerque to Las Vegas | 157 | 79.0% | 5.2 min | 0.0% |
| ABQ–ORD | Albuquerque to Chicago | 117 | 90.6% | -1.1 min | 0.9% |
| ABQ–ATL | Albuquerque to Atlanta | 96 | 92.7% | -11.9 min | 0.0% |
| ABQ–SLC | Albuquerque to Salt Lake City | 92 | 95.7% | -8.6 min | 0.0% |
| ABQ–AUS | Albuquerque to Austin | 91 | 82.4% | 6.6 min | 0.0% |
| ABQ–HOU | Albuquerque to Houston | 90 | 81.1% | 2.5 min | 0.0% |
| ABQ–SEA | Albuquerque to Seattle | 60 | 86.7% | -4.4 min | 3.3% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left ABQ on time in October 2025?
81.7% of 2,383 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 83.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.0% and 79.1%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In October 2024, 87.8% of 2,400 departures left on time and 0.2% were cancelled, against 81.7% and 0.4% in October 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for October 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.