ABQ to ORD flight delays
Albuquerque, NM (ABQ) Chicago, IL (ORD) · 1,118 miles
1,176 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
78.34%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
1.53%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
90 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
20 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
Which airline you fly changes the odds here. Envoy Air arrived on time 20.2 points more often than American Airlines over the same period on the same route — same airports, same weather, same air traffic control. A gap that survives all of that is about how the two airlines are run.
The shape of the lateness matters here. Flights on this route are not late often, but when they are late they are late by about 90 minutes — long enough to lose a connection or an evening. The on-time percentage looks reassuring and understates the consequence of being on the wrong flight.
The season swings this route hard. In October it ran 23.6 points more punctual than in July — a difference bigger than the one between the best and worst airlines on most routes. If the date is flexible, it is worth more than the carrier.
The two directions do not behave alike. ORD to ABQ arrives on time 7.5 points less often than the outbound. Delay accumulates through the flying day, so whichever direction is scheduled later tends to carry the worse record — which is an argument for booking the morning departure if the choice exists.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over January 2025 – August 2026, Envoy Air arrived on time most often on ABQ to ORD. American Airlines was late most often. Flights ran closest to schedule in October and worst in April.
Every airline on ABQ to ORD
Ranked by how many flights each one operated. A carrier with fewer than 100 flights in the period is listed but not graded.
| Airline | Flights | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Airlines | 392 | 79.06% | 1.79% | 96 min | C |
| Envoy Air | 317 | 87.7% | 1.58% | 65 min | B |
| American Airlines | 299 | 67.47% | 1.34% | 108 min | D |
| SkyWest Airlines | 109 | 72.64% | 1.83% | 56 min | D |
| Republic Airways | 59 | 88.14% | 0% | 55 min | — |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
ORD to ABQ Chicago back to Albuquerque 70.83% on time DOther routes from Albuquerque
Common questions
Are flights from Albuquerque to Chicago usually delayed?
78.34% of flights on the ABQ to ORD route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 2 in every ten arrived late. That is about the same as the average route in this record.
Which airline is most on time from Albuquerque to Chicago?
Envoy Air, at 87.7% on time across 317 flights. The least punctual on the route was American Airlines at 67.47%.
How often are ABQ to ORD flights cancelled?
1.53% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 15 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
What is the best month to fly Albuquerque to Chicago?
October, when 91.4% of flights arrived on time. The worst was July at 67.8%.
When ABQ to ORD flights are late, how late are they?
About 90 minutes on average across the flights that arrived more than 15 minutes behind schedule.
What these figures do and do not tell you
Everything on this page is counted from the flights that actually operated on ABQ to ORD during January 2025 – August 2026, as reported by the airlines to the US Bureau of Transportation Statistics. "On time" is the federal definition: arriving at the gate within 15 minutes of the scheduled time.
A route's record is a description of the past, not a forecast. Weather, air traffic control and the aircraft's earlier flights that day drive most delays, and none of them are predictable from a historical rate. What the record does tell you is whether this route runs late more often than others, and which carrier on it has the better history — which is the part you can actually act on when you book.
Cancellations are counted separately from delays because they are a different problem for a traveller: a late flight still gets you there. How the grade is calculated →