SFO to ABQ flight delays
San Francisco, CA (SFO) Albuquerque, NM (ABQ) · 896 miles
710 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
82.72%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
0.42%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
56 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
11 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
The season swings this route hard. In October it ran 23.9 points more punctual than in May — 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 2 airlines here are separated by under 3 points — close enough to call a tie. Choose on price and departure time.
Flights from San Francisco to Albuquerque keep to schedule more reliably than most. On a route this punctual the day you fly matters more than the airline you pick.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over January 2025 – August 2026, SkyWest Airlines arrived on time most often on SFO to ABQ. United Airlines was late most often. Flights ran closest to schedule in October and worst in May.
Every airline on SFO to ABQ
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SkyWest Airlines | 515 | 83.4% | 0.58% | 61 min | B |
| United Airlines | 195 | 80.93% | 0% | 44 min | B |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
Other routes from San Francisco
Common questions
Are flights from San Francisco to Albuquerque usually delayed?
82.72% of flights on the SFO to ABQ 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 airline is most on time from San Francisco to Albuquerque?
SkyWest Airlines, at 83.4% on time across 515 flights. The least punctual on the route was United Airlines at 80.93%.
How often are SFO to ABQ flights cancelled?
0.42% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 4 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
What is the best month to fly San Francisco to Albuquerque?
October, when 94.6% of flights arrived on time. The worst was May at 70.7%.
When SFO to ABQ flights are late, how late are they?
About 56 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 SFO to ABQ 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 →