OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Albuquerque to Denver

349 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on ABQ–DEN arrive on time 81% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate81%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay35 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.8%of scheduled flights

based on 3,158 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

Too close to call — no single carrier is clearly more on-time here.

  • SkyWest Airlines
    On-time84%
    Medianon time
    p9030 min
    Cancel0.9%
    Flights902
  • United Airlines
    On-time83%
    Medianon time
    p9025 min
    Cancel1.0%
    Flights792
  • Southwest Airlines
    On-time78%
    Medianon time
    p9045 min
    Cancel0.5%
    Flights1,464

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline21%
  • Weather5%
  • Air traffic (NAS)36%
  • Late aircraft38%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline33%
  • Weather46%
  • Air traffic (NAS)21%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 24 cancellations with a reported cause (BTS reports causes from June 2003).

Over time

On-time trend

By season

On-time rate by month

When to fly

Best time to fly ABQ → DEN

All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-06 .. 2026-05).

Best time of day

Mornings are the most reliable time of day to fly this route — 92% on time.

  • Mornings92% on time · p90 5 min · 2,764 flights
  • Middays84% on time · p90 20 min · 2,988 flights
  • Evenings72% on time · p90 55 min · 2,016 flights
  • Overnights68% on time · p90 55 min · 338 flights
  • Afternoons67% on time · p90 65 min · 813 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 78% to 84% on time.

  • Wednesdays84% on time · p90 25 min · 1,234 flights
  • Saturdays84% on time · p90 20 min · 1,121 flights
  • Sundays83% on time · p90 30 min · 1,296 flights
  • Tuesdays82% on time · p90 30 min · 1,236 flights
  • Mondays82% on time · p90 35 min · 1,339 flights
  • Fridays78% on time · p90 40 min · 1,353 flights
  • Thursdays78% on time · p90 40 min · 1,340 flights

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Methodology

A flight is on time when it arrives within 15 minutes of schedule — the US DOT / BTS standard. Median and p90(the “1-in-10 bad day”) are read from the full arrival-delay distribution, never averaged across periods.

Figures cover a carrier’s own BTS-coded flights. Cells below ~200 flights are flagged as limited data. All numbers are pre-computed from public BTS On-Time Performance data.