ABQ to SEA flight delays
Albuquerque, NM (ABQ) Seattle, WA (SEA) · 1,180 miles
542 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
81.75%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
0.92%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
39 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
8 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
The season swings this route hard. In April it ran 21.9 points more punctual than in August — 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. SEA to ABQ arrives on time 6.8 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.
Only Alaska Airlines flies this route in the published record, so there is no choice to weigh — the route's figures and the airline's are the same figures.
This is a thin route — 542 flights across the whole period. On a route this infrequent a cancellation is far more costly than the rate suggests, because the next departure may not be the same day.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over January 2025 – August 2026, Alaska Airlines arrived on time most often on ABQ to SEA. Flights ran closest to schedule in February and worst in August.
Every airline on ABQ to SEA
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska Airlines | 538 | 81.61% | 0.93% | 39 min | B |
| SkyWest Airlines | 4 | 100% | 0% | — | — |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
SEA to ABQ Seattle back to Albuquerque 74.95% on time COther routes from Albuquerque
Common questions
Are flights from Albuquerque to Seattle usually delayed?
81.75% of flights on the ABQ to SEA route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 2 in every ten arrived late. That is better than the average route in this record.
Which airlines fly from Albuquerque to Seattle?
Only Alaska Airlines appears in the published record on this route, with 538 flights and 81.61% arriving on time.
How often are ABQ to SEA flights cancelled?
0.92% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 9 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
What is the best month to fly Albuquerque to Seattle?
April, when 91.4% of flights arrived on time. The worst was August at 69.5%.
When ABQ to SEA flights are late, how late are they?
About 39 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 SEA 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 →