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Airport month · January 2026
Albuquerque International Sunport in January 2026
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 January 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 1,759 domestic departures from Albuquerque International Sunport (ABQ). 85.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 84.9% reached their destination on time; 2.3% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 75.6% of flights departed on time and 75.3% arrived on time, so ABQ departures were 9.7 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in January 2025, the airport had 1,790 departures with 85.7% leaving on time: a change of −0.4 points, with flights down 2%.
Flights arriving at ABQ that month were on time 81.9% of the time (1,755 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 39%, late-arriving aircraft 31% and national aviation system 25%.
- On time 84.9%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 12.7%
- Cancelled 2.3%
- Diverted 0.1%
January 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Jan 2026 | Jan 2025 | ABQ, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Jan 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 85.3% | 85.7% | 81.2% | 75.6% |
| Arrived on time | 84.9% | 85.9% | 82.5% | 75.3% |
| Cancelled | 2.3% | 1.5% | 0.9% | 4.7% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 10.4 min | 9.4 min | 13.6 min | 16.7 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 59 | 60 | 68 | 18,133 |
| Scheduled departures | 1,759 | 1,790 | 24,621 | 544,003 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 879 | 50% | 86.6% | -3.8 min | 1.7% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 355 | 20% | 92.7% | -10.2 min | 0.0% |
| AA American Airlines | 172 | 10% | 67.4% | 22.4 min | 9.9% |
| UA United Airlines | 141 | 8% | 76.6% | 9.0 min | 1.4% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 129 | 7% | 84.5% | -9.1 min | 2.3% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 71 | 4% | 87.3% | -11.0 min | 4.2% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 12 | 1% | 75.0% | -1.2 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABQ–PHX | Albuquerque to Phoenix | 293 | 83.6% | -3.0 min | 1.7% |
| ABQ–DEN | Albuquerque to Denver | 223 | 84.8% | -1.2 min | 0.4% |
| ABQ–LAX | Albuquerque to Los Angeles | 158 | 92.4% | -13.2 min | 0.0% |
| ABQ–DFW | Albuquerque to Dallas/Fort Worth | 154 | 74.7% | 17.9 min | 10.4% |
| ABQ–DAL | Albuquerque to Dallas | 129 | 86.0% | -5.2 min | 4.7% |
| ABQ–LAS | Albuquerque to Las Vegas | 128 | 86.7% | -5.1 min | 0.8% |
| ABQ–SLC | Albuquerque to Salt Lake City | 86 | 94.2% | -7.4 min | 0.0% |
| ABQ–ATL | Albuquerque to Atlanta | 71 | 87.3% | -11.0 min | 4.2% |
| ABQ–HOU | Albuquerque to Houston | 71 | 87.3% | -1.8 min | 0.0% |
| ABQ–ORD | Albuquerque to Chicago | 67 | 73.1% | 9.2 min | 0.0% |
| ABQ–SAN | Albuquerque to San Diego | 57 | 84.2% | -9.5 min | 1.8% |
| ABQ–SFO | Albuquerque to San Francisco | 54 | 87.0% | -1.8 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left ABQ on time in January 2026?
85.3% of 1,759 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 84.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.6% and 75.3%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In January 2025, 85.7% of 1,790 departures left on time and 1.5% were cancelled, against 85.3% and 2.3% in January 2026.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2026; 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.