Airport month record

ABQAPR

Albuquerque International Sunport in April 2026

Departures: 1,969
Month: April 2026
National, same month: 79.8%
Carriers: 7

Historical statistics for April 2026, not live status or a forecast for this year’s April. For today’s conditions at ABQ, see live FAA status.

ABQ in April lands a B+, 4 points better than the national rate of 79.8%. About one flight in six arrives 15 minutes late or worse, and those flights are late by about an hour on average. That rests on 1,969 flights, of which SkyWest Airlines flew 484 at 85.4% on time.

Set against the rest of the country, ABQ's April record is 4 points better than the US average of 79.8%. That gap is worth roughly 41 fewer late arrivals for every thousand flights.

On time

83.9%

Arrivals under 15 minutes late, of 1,955 completed departures

Avg delay

63 min

Across delayed arrivals only, not all flights

Cancelled

0.56%

Nationally in April: 0.90%

Whole year

83.1%

ABQ across all twelve months

These figures cover 1,969 departures from Albuquerque International Sunport in April 2026. On time means an arrival less than 15 minutes after the scheduled gate time, the DOT's threshold, and the national comparison uses every US departure in the same month rather than the whole year.

Against the year

April next to ABQ's other months

Against ABQ's own year, April ran level with the twelve-month rate of 83.1%, which makes it number seven of twelve months, best first. Either side of it, March ran 84.5% on time and May 82.1%, so this month sits in line with its neighbours.

ABQ month by month
Month	Flights	On time	Avg delay	Cancelled	Grade
September 2025	2,049	85.7%	77 min	0.49%	A+
October 2025	2,383	84.1%	75 min	0.38%	B+
November 2025	2,020	85.6%	67 min	1.63%	A
December 2025	2,054	83.2%	69 min	0.44%	B+
January 2026	1,759	87.0%	73 min	2.27%	A
February 2026	1,679	87.3%	64 min	0.66%	A+
March 2026	2,011	84.5%	72 min	1.04%	B
April 2026 (this page)	1,969	83.9%	63 min	0.56%	B+
May 2026	2,151	82.1%	71 min	0.65%	B+
June 2026	2,163	78.0%	69 min	1.06%	B
July 2026	2,227	78.0%	81 min	0.72%	B+
August 2026	2,082	80.3%	73 min	0.67%	B+

Departure window

The best time of day to leave ABQ in April

Departure time matters more here than the choice of carrier. The gap between the best and worst window is 22 points, against 3 points between the best and worst carrier.

5am–8am555 flights93.6%
8am–11am279 flights89.2%
11am–2pm439 flights82.6%
2pm–5pm282 flights73.3%
5pm–8pm341 flights76.8%
8pm–5am73 flights71.2%

Scale runs 65% to 100%.

Book the early departure. Flights leaving between 5am–8am arrive on time 93.6% of the time, against 71.2% for the overnight window. That is 22 points of difference for no extra money, and it comes from the same aircraft having had no earlier flight to fall behind on. The 5am–8am window is the busiest, with 555 flights scheduled in it.

Across the week, Wednesday is the strongest day at 86.8% on time and Thursday the weakest at 81.2%, a spread of 6 points.

Carrier by carrier

Which airlines ran best at ABQ in April

The two carriers here are closely matched: 3 points separate the best from the worst. At that spread, schedule and price are better tie-breakers than reliability. Sample sizes are shown so you can see which rows are worth weighing.

Carriers at ABQ in April 2026
Airline	Flights	On time	Avg delay	Cancelled	Grade
Southwest Airlines	939	82.5%	46 min	0.43%	B+
SkyWest Airlines	484	85.4%	76 min	0.41%	A+
American Airlinesthin sample	206	81.9%	74 min	0.49%	B+
United Airlinesthin sample	182	81.0%	78 min	1.65%	B
Delta Air Linesthin sample	86	95.3%	296 min	1.16%	A
Envoy Airthin sample	37	89.2%	71 min	0.00%	A+
Alaska Airlinesthin sample	35	91.4%	40 min	0.00%	A+

No carrier stands out. SkyWest tops the table at 85.4%, 3 points clear of the bottom, which is inside the range this kind of sample moves year to year.

Route by route

Busiest routes out of ABQ in April

Routes from ABQ in April 2026
Route	Flights	On time	Avg delay	Cancelled	Grade
ABQ to PHX · Phoenixthin sample	280	80.6%	68 min	0.36%	B+
ABQ to DEN · Denverthin sample	258	86.7%	56 min	0.78%	A+
ABQ to LAX · Los Angelesthin sample	205	89.2%	90 min	0.49%	A+
ABQ to DFW · Dallas-Fort Worththin sample	177	86.4%	66 min	0.56%	A+
ABQ to LAS · Las Vegasthin sample	145	80.0%	50 min	0.00%	B+
ABQ to DAL · Dallasthin sample	134	80.2%	42 min	2.24%	B
ABQ to ORD · Chicagothin sample	91	67.8%	89 min	0.00%	C+
ABQ to SLC · Salt Lake Citythin sample	90	93.3%	41 min	0.00%	A+
ABQ to ATL · Atlantathin sample	86	95.3%	296 min	1.16%	A
ABQ to HOU · Houstonthin sample	81	79.0%	48 min	0.00%	B+
ABQ to AUS · Austinthin sample	76	81.6%	41 min	0.00%	B+
ABQ to SFO · San Franciscothin sample	76	68.0%	40 min	1.32%	C
ABQ to SAN · San Diegothin sample	55	78.2%	53 min	0.00%	B+
ABQ to SEA · Seattlethin sample	35	91.4%	40 min	0.00%	A+
ABQ to BWI · Baltimorethin sample	30	93.3%	31 min	0.00%	A+
ABQ to MDW · Chicagothin sample	30	96.7%	18 min	0.00%	A+
ABQ to IAH · Houstonthin sample	30	86.7%	83 min	0.00%	A+
ABQ to IAD · Washingtonthin sample	30	96.6%	30 min	3.33%	A−

Delay causes

What held ABQ up in April

Late-arriving aircraft accounts for 48% of the 20,000 delay minutes carriers reported here, and the remaining four split what is left.

Late-arriving aircraft
48%
Carrier
31%
National Airspace System
19%
Extreme weather
3%

48% of delay minutes trace back to a late-arriving aircraft, meaning the plane was already behind before it got here. Across 20,000 reported delay minutes here, that single category outweighs weather by 15 to one. The split is drawn from 19,733 reported delay minutes.

Cancellations are rare at 0.56%, below the national 0.90% and low enough to earn the plus on the grade. Roughly one flight in 100 is called off; the risk here is arriving late, not not arriving.

Badly late arrivals are rare here: only 4.3% land an hour or more behind schedule, against 6.4% nationally. Connections built on this flight are about as safe as US domestic connections get, though a cancelled flight still ignores every layover you give it.

What to do with this

Flying from ABQ in April

For a April trip through ABQ: expect 83.9% on time and 0.56% cancelled, going by April 2026. The 5am–8am window was the strongest part of the day.

Albuquerque International Sunport (ABQ), the whole year
ABQ in September85.7%
ABQ in October84.1%
ABQ in November85.6%
ABQ in December83.2%
ABQ in January87.0%
ABQ in February87.3%
ABQ in March84.5%
ABQ in May82.1%
ABQ in June78.0%
ABQ in July78.0%
ABQ in August80.3%

Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, on-time performance data, September 2025 to August 2026. Last updated 22 October 2026; recomputed monthly. How this data is collected.

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