OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Albuquerque to Seattle

1,180 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on ABQ–SEA arrive on time 78% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate78%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay35 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled1.0%of scheduled flights

based on 509 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

  • Alaska Airlines
    On-time78%
    Medianon time
    p9035 min
    Cancel1.0%
    Flights509

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline13%
  • Weather8%
  • Air traffic (NAS)19%
  • Late aircraft60%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline80%
  • Weather20%
  • Air traffic (NAS)0%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Airline. Shares are among 5 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 → SEA

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

Best time of day

On-time rates are fairly even by time of day on this route — ranging from 71% to 90% on time.

  • Mornings90% on time · p90 10 min · 434 flights
  • Middays83% on time · p90 30 min · 114 flights · limited
  • Evenings77% on time · p90 30 min · 405 flights
  • Afternoons71% on time · p90 40 min · 504 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 75% to 85% on time.

  • Tuesdays85% on time · p90 30 min · 183 flights · limited
  • Wednesdays82% on time · p90 30 min · 198 flights · limited
  • Saturdays81% on time · p90 30 min · 194 flights · limited
  • Thursdays79% on time · p90 30 min · 217 flights
  • Fridays78% on time · p90 35 min · 222 flights
  • Mondays75% on time · p90 30 min · 220 flights
  • Sundays75% on time · p90 35 min · 223 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.