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Airport month · March 2026
Albuquerque International Sunport in March 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 March 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 2,011 domestic departures from Albuquerque International Sunport (ABQ). 81.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 83.4% reached their destination on time; 1.0% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 72.8% of flights departed on time and 73.2% arrived on time, so ABQ departures were 8.2 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in March 2025, the airport had 2,005 departures with 83.4% leaving on time: a change of −2.4 points, with flights up 0%.
Flights arriving at ABQ that month were on time 78.4% of the time (2,013 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 43%, air carrier 31% and national aviation system 19%.
- On time 83.4%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 15.3%
- Cancelled 1.0%
- Diverted 0.2%
March 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Mar 2026 | Mar 2025 | ABQ, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 81.0% | 83.4% | 81.2% | 72.8% |
| Arrived on time | 83.4% | 83.7% | 82.5% | 73.2% |
| Cancelled | 1.0% | 1.2% | 0.9% | 2.9% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 12.9 min | 12.7 min | 13.6 min | 20.3 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 67 | 67 | 68 | 20,403 |
| Scheduled departures | 2,011 | 2,005 | 24,621 | 612,102 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 956 | 48% | 81.5% | 2.0 min | 0.6% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 486 | 24% | 86.8% | -2.9 min | 0.8% |
| AA American Airlines | 200 | 10% | 81.5% | 2.6 min | 0.5% |
| UA United Airlines | 189 | 9% | 87.3% | 7.6 min | 1.1% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 87 | 4% | 80.5% | 9.9 min | 4.6% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 58 | 3% | 82.8% | -4.4 min | 5.2% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 31 | 2% | 87.1% | -4.3 min | 3.2% |
| YX Republic Airline | 4 | 0% | 100.0% | -13.0 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABQ–PHX | Albuquerque to Phoenix | 306 | 84.6% | 1.0 min | 0.0% |
| ABQ–DEN | Albuquerque to Denver | 249 | 80.7% | 5.1 min | 0.8% |
| ABQ–LAX | Albuquerque to Los Angeles | 195 | 91.3% | -6.4 min | 0.0% |
| ABQ–DFW | Albuquerque to Dallas/Fort Worth | 173 | 83.8% | 0.6 min | 1.2% |
| ABQ–DAL | Albuquerque to Dallas | 145 | 88.3% | -4.0 min | 2.1% |
| ABQ–LAS | Albuquerque to Las Vegas | 145 | 78.6% | 1.0 min | 0.0% |
| ABQ–ORD | Albuquerque to Chicago | 114 | 80.7% | 5.9 min | 3.5% |
| ABQ–SLC | Albuquerque to Salt Lake City | 92 | 84.8% | -1.7 min | 0.0% |
| ABQ–ATL | Albuquerque to Atlanta | 87 | 80.5% | 9.9 min | 4.6% |
| ABQ–HOU | Albuquerque to Houston | 84 | 76.2% | 12.6 min | 1.2% |
| ABQ–AUS | Albuquerque to Austin | 72 | 76.4% | 7.4 min | 0.0% |
| ABQ–SFO | Albuquerque to San Francisco | 56 | 87.5% | -6.4 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left ABQ on time in March 2026?
81.0% of 2,011 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 83.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.8% and 73.2%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In March 2025, 83.4% of 2,005 departures left on time and 1.2% were cancelled, against 81.0% and 1.0% in March 2026.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for March 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.