OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

San Diego to Albuquerque

628 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on SAN–ABQ arrive on time 75% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate75%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay50 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled1.1%of scheduled flights

based on 657 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

  • Southwest Airlines
    On-time75%
    Medianon time
    p9050 min
    Cancel1.1%
    Flights657

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline16%
  • Weather0%
  • Air traffic (NAS)6%
  • Late aircraft78%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

Over time

On-time trend

By season

On-time rate by month

When to fly

Best time to fly SAN → ABQ

All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-01 .. 2025-12).

Best time of day

Mornings are the most reliable time of day to fly this route — 89% on time.

  • Mornings89% on time · p90 15 min · 541 flights
  • Middays79% on time · p90 25 min · 419 flights
  • Afternoons74% on time · p90 35 min · 230 flights
  • Evenings70% on time · p90 55 min · 526 flights
  • Overnights55% on time · p90 60 min · 166 flights · limited

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 73% to 84% on time.

  • Saturdays84% on time · p90 25 min · 211 flights
  • Tuesdays79% on time · p90 50 min · 266 flights
  • Wednesdays78% on time · p90 35 min · 265 flights
  • Thursdays75% on time · p90 55 min · 281 flights
  • Mondays74% on time · p90 30 min · 285 flights
  • Fridays74% on time · p90 45 min · 284 flights
  • Sundays73% on time · p90 45 min · 290 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.