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Airport month · December 2025
Albuquerque International Sunport in December 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 December 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 2,054 domestic departures from Albuquerque International Sunport (ABQ). 80.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 82.7% reached their destination on time; 0.4% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 72.0% of flights departed on time and 71.9% arrived on time, so ABQ departures were 8.6 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in December 2024, the airport had 2,016 departures with 84.0% leaving on time: a change of −3.4 points, with flights up 2%.
Flights arriving at ABQ that month were on time 77.2% of the time (2,055 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 51%, air carrier 34% and national aviation system 14%.
- On time 82.7%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 16.7%
- Cancelled 0.4%
- Diverted 0.1%
December 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Dec 2025 | Dec 2024 | ABQ, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 80.6% | 84.0% | 81.2% | 72.0% |
| Arrived on time | 82.7% | 84.3% | 82.5% | 71.9% |
| Cancelled | 0.4% | 0.5% | 0.9% | 1.5% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 14.2 min | 11.5 min | 13.6 min | 21.2 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 69 | 67 | 68 | 19,410 |
| Scheduled departures | 2,054 | 2,016 | 24,621 | 582,304 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 1,049 | 51% | 81.6% | 2.3 min | 0.4% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 448 | 22% | 86.6% | -3.4 min | 0.0% |
| AA American Airlines | 182 | 9% | 78.6% | 8.4 min | 0.0% |
| UA United Airlines | 124 | 6% | 84.7% | 4.8 min | 0.8% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 118 | 6% | 83.9% | -2.9 min | 1.7% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 88 | 4% | 85.2% | 16.6 min | 1.1% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 45 | 2% | 73.3% | -1.8 min | 2.2% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABQ–PHX | Albuquerque to Phoenix | 320 | 84.7% | 0.0 min | 0.3% |
| ABQ–DEN | Albuquerque to Denver | 267 | 82.0% | 5.3 min | 0.7% |
| ABQ–LAX | Albuquerque to Los Angeles | 186 | 83.9% | -3.0 min | 0.0% |
| ABQ–DFW | Albuquerque to Dallas/Fort Worth | 171 | 77.2% | 8.7 min | 0.0% |
| ABQ–LAS | Albuquerque to Las Vegas | 147 | 86.4% | 0.8 min | 0.0% |
| ABQ–DAL | Albuquerque to Dallas | 137 | 84.7% | -1.1 min | 0.0% |
| ABQ–ORD | Albuquerque to Chicago | 91 | 71.4% | 4.0 min | 2.2% |
| ABQ–SLC | Albuquerque to Salt Lake City | 90 | 94.4% | -8.9 min | 0.0% |
| ABQ–ATL | Albuquerque to Atlanta | 88 | 85.2% | 16.6 min | 1.1% |
| ABQ–HOU | Albuquerque to Houston | 78 | 87.2% | -1.1 min | 0.0% |
| ABQ–AUS | Albuquerque to Austin | 69 | 79.7% | 4.8 min | 0.0% |
| ABQ–SAN | Albuquerque to San Diego | 56 | 78.6% | -4.2 min | 1.8% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left ABQ on time in December 2025?
80.6% of 2,054 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 82.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.0% and 71.9%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In December 2024, 84.0% of 2,016 departures left on time and 0.5% were cancelled, against 80.6% and 0.4% in December 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for December 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.