Airport month record

ABQOCT

Albuquerque International Sunport in October 2025

Departures: 2,383
Month: October 2025
National, same month: 79.7%
Carriers: 7

Historical statistics for October 2025, not live status or a forecast for this year’s October. For today’s conditions at ABQ, see live FAA status.

ABQ in October earns a B+. More than four flights in five arrive inside the 15-minute window the DOT uses to define an on-time arrival, which puts it 4 points better than the national rate of 79.7%. When something does go wrong the average delay runs a little over an hour. That rests on 2,383 flights, of which SkyWest Airlines flew 394 at 89.0% on time.

Set against the rest of the country, ABQ's October record is 4 points better than the US average of 79.7%. That gap is worth roughly 44 fewer late arrivals for every thousand flights.

On time

84.1%

Arrivals under 15 minutes late, of 2,365 completed departures

Avg delay

75 min

Across delayed arrivals only, not all flights

Cancelled

0.38%

Nationally in October: 0.53%

Whole year

83.1%

ABQ across all twelve months

These figures cover 2,383 departures from Albuquerque International Sunport in October 2025. 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

October next to ABQ's other months

Against ABQ's own year, October ran about a point better than the twelve-month rate of 83.1%, which makes it number six of twelve months, best first. Cancellations were unusually low for ABQ in October, at 0.38% against 0.86% across the year. Either side of it, September ran 85.7% on time and November 85.6%, 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 (this page)	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	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 October

Departure time matters more here than the choice of carrier. The gap between the best and worst window is 19 points, against 8 points between the best and worst carrier.

5am–8am520 flights93.6%
8am–11am336 flights86.1%
11am–2pm635 flights85.3%
2pm–5pm450 flights78.5%
5pm–8pm363 flights75.0%
8pm–5am79 flights75.9%

Scale runs 65% to 100%.

Book the early departure. Flights leaving between 5am–8am arrive on time 93.6% of the time, against 75.0% for the evening window. That is 19 points of difference for no extra money, and it comes from the same aircraft having had no earlier flight to fall behind on. The 11am–2pm window is the busiest, with 635 flights scheduled in it.

Across the week, Wednesday is the strongest day at 88.9% on time and Monday the weakest at 76.1%, a spread of 13 points.

Carrier by carrier

Which airlines ran best at ABQ in October

The choice of carrier is not cosmetic here. SkyWest Airlines arrives on time 89.0% of the time; Southwest Airlines manages 80.6%. Sample sizes sit next to every figure, because a two-point gap across 1,186 flights means less than a ten-point one.

Carriers at ABQ in October 2025
Airline	Flights	On time	Avg delay	Cancelled	Grade
Southwest Airlines	1,186	80.6%	51 min	0.34%	B+
SkyWest Airlines	394	89.0%	122 min	0.00%	A+
American Airlinesthin sample	278	78.3%	105 min	0.72%	B+
United Airlinesthin sample	208	91.8%	67 min	0.48%	A+
Delta Air Linesthin sample	131	93.9%	46 min	0.00%	A+
Envoy Airthin sample	98	90.7%	56 min	0.00%	A+
Alaska Airlinesthin sample	67	90.8%	79 min	2.99%	A

SkyWest leads Southwest by 8 points. Real, but small enough that a better departure time on the weaker carrier can outweigh it.

Route by route

Busiest routes out of ABQ in October

Routes from ABQ in October 2025
Route	Flights	On time	Avg delay	Cancelled	Grade
ABQ to PHX · Phoenixthin sample	308	78.5%	52 min	0.00%	B+
ABQ to DEN · Denverthin sample	296	85.8%	56 min	0.00%	A+
ABQ to DFW · Dallas-Fort Worththin sample	201	83.8%	126 min	1.00%	B
ABQ to LAX · Los Angelesthin sample	195	81.8%	131 min	0.00%	B+
ABQ to DAL · Dallasthin sample	162	84.5%	60 min	2.47%	B
ABQ to LAS · Las Vegasthin sample	157	79.0%	50 min	0.00%	B+
ABQ to ORD · Chicagothin sample	117	91.4%	123 min	0.85%	A+
ABQ to ATL · Atlantathin sample	96	92.7%	36 min	0.00%	A+
ABQ to SLC · Salt Lake Citythin sample	92	95.7%	120 min	0.00%	A+
ABQ to AUS · Austinthin sample	91	83.3%	66 min	0.00%	B+
ABQ to HOU · Houstonthin sample	90	81.1%	45 min	0.00%	B+
ABQ to SEA · Seattlethin sample	60	89.7%	79 min	3.33%	A−
ABQ to MDW · Chicagothin sample	57	86.0%	30 min	0.00%	A+
ABQ to SAN · San Diegothin sample	57	84.2%	46 min	0.00%	B+
ABQ to SFO · San Franciscothin sample	56	75.0%	47 min	0.00%	B+
ABQ to BWI · Baltimorethin sample	53	83.0%	66 min	0.00%	B+
ABQ to IAH · Houstonthin sample	37	97.3%	185 min	0.00%	A+
ABQ to IAD · Washingtonthin sample	31	96.8%	16 min	0.00%	A+
ABQ to MCI · Kansas Citythin sample	31	90.3%	22 min	0.00%	A+
ABQ to OAK · Oaklandthin sample	31	93.5%	29 min	0.00%	A+
ABQ to BNA · Nashvillethin sample	31	64.5%	46 min	0.00%	D+

Delay causes

What held ABQ up in October

Carrier accounts for 44% of the 28,000 delay minutes carriers reported here, and the remaining four split what is left.

Carrier
44%
Late-arriving aircraft
39%
National Airspace System
16%
Extreme weather
1%

39% of delay minutes trace back to a late-arriving aircraft, meaning the plane was already behind before it got here. Across 28,000 reported delay minutes here, that single category outweighs weather by 39 to one. The split is drawn from 27,995 reported delay minutes.

Cancellations are rare at 0.38%, below the national 0.53% 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.

5.1% of arrivals land an hour or more late, close to the national 6.3%, so a 60 to 75 minute layover is reasonable here while anything under 45 minutes is a bet. Most delays on this route last a little over an hour, which a normal layover absorbs.

What to do with this

Flying from ABQ in October

For a October trip through ABQ: expect 84.1% on time and 0.38% cancelled, going by October 2025. The 5am–8am window was the strongest part of the day.

Albuquerque International Sunport (ABQ), the whole year
ABQ in September85.7%
ABQ in November85.6%
ABQ in December83.2%
ABQ in January87.0%
ABQ in February87.3%
ABQ in March84.5%
ABQ in April83.9%
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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