ABQ → LAX Flight Reliability

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Route reliability

July 2023 – July 2026

Route Reliability Score

88/ 100Strong

Better than 97% of comparable major US routes (4,598 compared)

Calculated from 7,010 flights. How this is calculated · What counts as on time

On-time arrivals

88.2%

6,161 of 6,983

Cancellation rate

0.20%

14 cancelled

Median arrival delay

-10 min

Average -1.9 min

Severe delays

3.5%

60+ minutes late

Delay when late

71 min

Average, when 15+ min late

Flights analyzed

7,010

2 carriers

ABQ → LAX arrives on time 88.2% of the time; the return trip, LAX → ABQ, arrives on time 86.3% of the time, a 2.0-point gap between the two directions of the same city pair.

ABQ → LAX spends 26.9 minutes on the ground on a 677-mile trip: 17.0 minutes from pushback to wheels-up at ABQ and 10.0 minutes from touchdown to gate at LAX.

Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · Data covering July 2023 – July 2026

What stands out

This route holds up about the same all year, a steadier seasonal pattern than 100% of 3,357 comparable routes.

92.4% on time in its best month (January) against 85.8% in its worst (July).

Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – July 2026 · Ranked against every other route with the same kind of figure and at least 3,357 in the comparison.

What sets this route apart

Where ABQ to LAX differs most from similar routes by hour, weekday, month and airline, July 2023 – July 2026.

ABQ to LAX is at its best against routes of similar length for flights scheduled at 7 PM: 87.2% arrive on time, 19.4 points ahead of the 67.8% those routes manage at that hour. Against all other routes the gap is 19.4 points.

ABQ to LAX holds up on Sundays better than routes of similar length do: 86.7% on time to their 74.4%, a 12.3 points lead. Against all other routes the gap is 11.9 points.

July is kinder to ABQ to LAX than to routes of similar length: 85.8% on time against 68.6%, 17.2 points better. Against all other routes the gap is 16.1 points.

SkyWest Airlines does better on ABQ to LAX than on its routes of similar length: 91.1% on time here, 83.1% there, 8 points apart. Against all other routes the gap is 9.9 points.

ABQ to LAX against comparable routes

July 2023 – July 2026

Where ABQ to LAX differs most from comparable routes, with the group each figure is compared with and the flights behind it
Measure	This route	Compared with	Them	Gap	Flights behind it
Hour: 7 PM departures	87.2%	routes of similar length	67.8%	+19.4 pts	499 here, 129,631 there
Weekday: Sunday	86.7%	routes of similar length	74.4%	+12.3 pts	1,013 here, 334,930 there
Month: July	85.8%	routes of similar length	68.6%	+17.2 pts	783 here, 254,725 there
Airline: SkyWest Airlines	91.1%	routes of similar length	83.1%	+8.0 pts	5,523 here, 136,464 there

Each comparison pools the flights of other routes, with this route’s own left out. Similar length means within 15% of this route’s 677 miles, with at least 5 such routes. A bucket is set against the most comparable group that has enough flights: similar length, then the same origin (at least 3 routes), then all other routes. Hours, weekdays and months appear only where both sides have 120 completed flights, and airlines where both have 600. The gap must be at least 2 points and 2 standard errors, and only the largest gap each way is kept per measure. These are differences in the flights counted, not causes.

When it goes wrong

July 2023 – July 2026

One arrival in ten is worse than

19 min late

against a median of 10 min early

Arrived an hour or more late3.5%

Typical delay when late71 min

Cancelled0.20%

Landed somewhere else0.19%

Percentiles over 7,010 operations; cancelled and diverted flights are counted separately.

Will your connection be tight enough?

Layovers at LAX after arriving from ABQ.

Connection buffer and chance of missing by layover length, ABQ → LAX arrivals
Connection time	Chance of missing	Reads as
30 min	24%	High risk
45 min	11%	Some risk
60 min	6.7%	Some risk
90 min	3.4%	Low risk
120 min	2.2%	Low risk

This is one leg of a connection. Gate changes and the next flight's own schedule matter too. And a connection can fail before delay is even the question — this route cancels 0.20% of the time and diverts 0.19% of the time, which a late arrival never shows up in.

Chance of missing is the share of 6,983 arrivals on this route that landed later than the connection time less 30 minutes to reach the next gate.

The worst tenth of arrivals on this route land at least 19 minutes late (90th-percentile gate arrival delay), over 7,010 operations.

Any other layover length: connection checker.

Best time to fly

ABQ → LAX flights departing 5–9 AM arrived on time 93.8% of the time, against 80.3% for 3–6 PM departures, a gap of 13.5 percentage points.

By departure window

5–9 AM93.8%

9 AM–12 PM88.6%

12–3 PM89.4%

3–6 PM80.3%

6–9 PM82.7%

9 PM–5 AM—

By departure hour

12 AM

3 AM

6 AM

9 AM

12 PM

3 PM

6 PM

9 PM

Departure windows with fewer than 120 flights are not scored.

Why ABQ → LAX runs late

July 2023 – July 2026

The airline58.9%

crew, maintenance, boarding and fueling, all within the carrier’s control

Late-arriving aircraft26.8%

the inbound aircraft was late, so this flight started late

Weather6.7%

weather severe enough to stop this flight specifically

Air traffic control6.5%

airspace and airport capacity, including weather-driven flow control

Security1.1%

screening or terminal security incidents

Share of the delay minutes US DOT attributed to each cause for ABQ → LAX. Only delays of 15 minutes or more are attributed. What the five causes mean

Airlines on this route

Carriers with at least 200 flights, by the airline that operated each one.

Airlines on this route
Carrier	Flights	On time	Cancelled	Median delay	Severe
SkyWest Airlines	5,542	91.1%	0.13%	-12 min	2.9%
Southwest Airlines	1,445	77.2%	0.48%	-3 min	6.0%

SkyWest Airlines flew 79.3% of the 6,987 flights listed.

SkyWest Airlines arrived on time 13.9 percentage points more often than Southwest Airlines on this route.

Flights on this route

Flight numbers with at least 600 operations here and still on the schedule.

Flights on this route
Flight	Scheduled	Operations	On time
OO4115 SkyWest Airlines	6:00 AM	905	94.5%

Weekly and seasonal patterns

By day of week

Mon89.0%

Tue90.4%

Wed89.8%

Thu87.9%

Fri87.1%

Sat86.7%

Sun86.7%

Tuesday is historically the most reliable day and Sunday the least, a gap of 3.7 percentage points.

By month

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

July is historically the weakest month and January the strongest, a spread of 6.6 percentage points.

Reliability over time

July 2023 – July 2026

24

25

26

Over the most recent 12 months (2025-08 to 2026-07), on-time arrivals averaged 88.1% against 89.1% in the 12 months before — broadly unchanged.

Data and methodology

Calculated by FlyerIntel from 7,010 ABQ → LAX flight records from the US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, covering July 2023 – July 2026. Late means 15 or more minutes past scheduled arrival; cancelled and diverted flights are left out of on-time rates.

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Analysis last recomputed September 26, 2026

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Route reliability

What stands out

What sets this route apart

ABQ to LAX against comparable routes

When it goes wrong

Will your connection be tight enough?

Best time to fly

By departure window

By departure hour

Why ABQ → LAX runs late

Airlines on this route

Flights on this route

Weekly and seasonal patterns

By day of week

By month

Reliability over time

Data and methodology