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Airport month · May 2026
Albuquerque International Sunport in May 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 May 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 2,151 domestic departures from Albuquerque International Sunport (ABQ). 78.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.3% reached their destination on time; 0.7% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 77.1% of flights departed on time and 77.6% arrived on time, so ABQ departures were 1.4 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in May 2025, the airport had 2,287 departures with 80.3% leaving on time: a change of −1.8 points, with flights down 6%.
Flights arriving at ABQ that month were on time 74.8% of the time (2,153 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 48%, national aviation system 23% and air carrier 23%.
- On time 81.3%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.7%
- Cancelled 0.7%
- Diverted 0.4%
May 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | May 2026 | May 2025 | ABQ, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, May 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 78.5% | 80.3% | 81.2% | 77.1% |
| Arrived on time | 81.3% | 79.8% | 82.5% | 77.6% |
| Cancelled | 0.7% | 1.0% | 0.9% | 0.9% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 14.9 min | 12.7 min | 13.6 min | 16.0 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 72 | 76 | 68 | 20,391 |
| Scheduled departures | 2,151 | 2,287 | 24,621 | 611,735 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 969 | 45% | 77.8% | 7.6 min | 0.2% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 470 | 22% | 88.3% | -1.8 min | 0.0% |
| AA American Airlines | 238 | 11% | 78.2% | 10.6 min | 3.8% |
| UA United Airlines | 233 | 11% | 78.1% | 8.2 min | 0.9% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 111 | 5% | 91.0% | -9.5 min | 0.9% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 57 | 3% | 86.0% | -3.4 min | 0.0% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 44 | 2% | 79.5% | 9.8 min | 0.0% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 18 | 1% | 88.9% | -0.1 min | 0.0% |
| YX Republic Airline | 11 | 1% | 90.9% | -4.6 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABQ–DEN | Albuquerque to Denver | 296 | 82.1% | 2.5 min | 0.3% |
| ABQ–PHX | Albuquerque to Phoenix | 270 | 82.2% | 7.0 min | 0.0% |
| ABQ–LAX | Albuquerque to Los Angeles | 207 | 90.8% | -5.5 min | 0.0% |
| ABQ–DFW | Albuquerque to Dallas/Fort Worth | 204 | 75.5% | 14.5 min | 4.4% |
| ABQ–LAS | Albuquerque to Las Vegas | 150 | 82.7% | 2.2 min | 0.7% |
| ABQ–DAL | Albuquerque to Dallas | 136 | 66.9% | 16.9 min | 0.7% |
| ABQ–SLC | Albuquerque to Salt Lake City | 113 | 92.0% | -7.1 min | 0.0% |
| ABQ–ORD | Albuquerque to Chicago | 103 | 78.6% | 5.2 min | 0.0% |
| ABQ–ATL | Albuquerque to Atlanta | 87 | 88.5% | -8.2 min | 1.1% |
| ABQ–HOU | Albuquerque to Houston | 84 | 76.2% | 7.7 min | 0.0% |
| ABQ–AUS | Albuquerque to Austin | 80 | 73.8% | 12.6 min | 0.0% |
| ABQ–SFO | Albuquerque to San Francisco | 76 | 59.2% | 22.7 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left ABQ on time in May 2026?
78.5% of 2,151 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.1% and 77.6%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In May 2025, 80.3% of 2,287 departures left on time and 1.0% were cancelled, against 78.5% and 0.7% in May 2026.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for May 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.