Route profile
DFW→ABQ
Flight reliability, delays and best times to fly from Dallas–Fort Worth to Albuquerque, 569 miles.
Right now
Aviation weather is not currently a factor.
Aviation weather is not currently a factor.
Route reliability
July 2023 – July 2026
Better than 7% of comparable major US routes (4,598 compared)
Calculated from 7,375 flights. How this is calculated · What counts as on time
DFW → ABQ arrives on time 70.1% of the time; the return trip, ABQ → DFW, arrives on time 78.4% of the time, an 8.3-point gap between the two directions of the same city pair.
DFW → ABQ spends 25.4 minutes on the ground on a 569-mile trip: 19.1 minutes from pushback to wheels-up at DFW and 6.3 minutes from touchdown to gate at ABQ.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · Data covering July 2023 – July 2026
What sets this route apart
Where DFW to ABQ differs most from similar routes by hour, weekday, month and airline, July 2023 – July 2026.
DFW to ABQ struggles most at 11 AM: 68.0% of its flights scheduled then arrive on time, 15 points behind the 83.0% on routes of similar length at the same hour. Against all other routes the gap is 13 points.
Monday is the day DFW to ABQ slips furthest against routes of similar length, 66.0% on time where they average 77.9%, 11.9 points lower. Against all other routes the gap is 11.3 points.
In May, DFW to ABQ runs 15.4 points below routes of similar length, 60.2% on time to 75.6%. Against all other routes the gap is 15.1 points.
American Airlines’ flights on DFW to ABQ arrive on time 68.0% of the time, 7 points below the 75.0% it manages on its routes of similar length. Against all other routes the gap is 7.1 points.
DFW to ABQ against comparable routes
July 2023 – July 2026| Measure | This route | Compared with | Them | Gap | Flights behind it |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hour: 11 AM departures | 68.0% | routes of similar length | 83.0% | −15.0 pts | 278 here, 116,730 there |
| Weekday: Monday | 66.0% | routes of similar length | 77.9% | −11.9 pts | 1,031 here, 283,349 there |
| Month: May | 60.2% | routes of similar length | 75.6% | −15.4 pts | 576 here, 160,701 there |
| Airline: American Airlines | 68.0% | routes of similar length | 75.0% | −7.0 pts | 5,817 here, 322,278 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 569 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.
Why DFW → ABQ flights are cancelled
July 2023 – July 2026
DFW → ABQ cancelled 187 of 7,375 scheduled flights — about 1 in every 39. The reason filed most often was extreme weather, 88.8% of the cancellations coded on this route — about 1 in every 44 scheduled flights.
Share of cancellations
Of 187 cancelled departures carrying a reason code.
What each reason means
Conditions the carrier judged severe enough to stop the flight: a blizzard, a hurricane, a line of thunderstorms.
166 cancellations, 88.8% of the total.
Crew, maintenance, aircraft cleaning, baggage or fueling: what BTS counts as within the carrier’s own control.
15 cancellations, 8.0% of the total.
Airport capacity, air traffic control flow programs, heavy traffic and ordinary bad weather. A system decision, not the airline’s.
6 cancellations, 3.2% of the total.
A terminal evacuation, a security breach, screening equipment failure, or screening queues over 29 minutes.
0 cancellations, 0.0% of the total.
Reason codes are the operating airline’s own filing with US DOT, not an independent finding of fault. With only one or two carriers on the route, the split mostly reflects how they file. Ordinary bad weather is filed under air traffic, so weather’s full share is larger than its bar.
187 coded cancellations were recorded on DFW → ABQ; the section appears from 50.
When it goes wrong
July 2023 – July 2026
62 min late
against a median of 1 min early
DFW → ABQ has an average that understates its risk: a typical arrival is 1 min early, but the worst tenth are 63 minutes worse than that. If the trip has something unmissable at the end of it, the median is the wrong number to plan against.
Percentiles over 7,375 operations; cancelled and diverted flights are counted separately.
Will your connection be tight enough?
Layovers at ABQ after arriving from DFW.
| Connection time | Chance of missing | Reads as |
|---|---|---|
| 30 min | 47% | Likely to miss |
| 45 min | 29% | High risk |
| 60 min | 20% | High risk |
| 90 min | 10% | Some risk |
| 120 min | 6.3% | Some 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 2.54% of the time and diverts 0.20% of the time, which a late arrival never shows up in.
Chance of missing is the share of 7,173 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 62 minutes late (90th-percentile gate arrival delay), over 7,375 operations.
Any other layover length: connection checker.
Best time to fly
DFW → ABQ flights departing 5–9 AM arrived on time 83.1% of the time, against 60.4% for 6–9 PM departures, a gap of 22.7 percentage points.
By departure window
By departure hour
- 12 AM to 7 AM: too few flights to score
- 8 AM: 83.0% on time from 929 flights
- 9 AM: 78.9% on time from 268 flights
- 10 AM: 79.5% on time from 795 flights
- 11 AM: 68.0% on time from 282 flights
- 12 PM: 82.9% on time from 389 flights
- 1 PM: 78.9% on time from 451 flights
- 2 PM: 67.9% on time from 323 flights
- 3 PM: 60.7% on time from 792 flights
- 4 PM: 73.7% on time from 200 flights
- 5 PM: 71.2% on time from 401 flights
- 6 PM: 59.6% on time from 373 flights
- 7 PM: 60.5% on time from 542 flights
- 8 PM: 61.4% on time from 245 flights
- 9 PM: 58.0% on time from 648 flights
- 10 PM: 63.7% on time from 734 flights
- 11 PM: too few flights to score
Why DFW → ABQ runs late
July 2023 – July 2026
the inbound aircraft was late, so this flight started late
crew, maintenance, boarding and fueling, all within the carrier’s control
airspace and airport capacity, including weather-driven flow control
weather severe enough to stop this flight specifically
screening or terminal security incidents
Share of the delay minutes US DOT attributed to each cause for DFW → ABQ. Only delays of 15 minutes or more are attributed. What the five causes mean
Late-arriving aircraft is the largest cause on DFW → ABQ, at 50.0%: flights here mostly leave late because the plane came in late, and the day shows it: 5–9 AM departures arrived on time 83.1% of the time and 6–9 PM departures 60.4%.
Airlines on this route
Carriers with at least 200 flights, by the airline that operated each one.
| Carrier | Flights | On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines | 5,996 | 68.0% | 2.77% | 0 min | 11.9% |
| Envoy Air | 1,171 | 80.1% | 1.71% | -4 min | 4.8% |
American Airlines flew 83.7% of the 7,167 flights listed. American Airlines cancelled 2.77% of its flights here against 1.71% for Envoy Air.
Envoy Air arrived on time 12.1 percentage points more often than American Airlines on this route.
Flights on this route
Flight numbers with at least 600 operations here and still on the schedule.
Weekly and seasonal patterns
By day of week
Tuesday is historically the most reliable day and Monday the least, a gap of 8.4 percentage points.
By month
- Jan: 70.1%
- Feb: 78.7%
- Mar: 68.6%
- Apr: 67.4%
- May: 60.2%
- Jun: 60.1%
- Jul: 62.7%
- Aug: 71.0%
- Sep: 75.5%
- Oct: 80.4%
- Nov: 77.6%
- Dec: 74.9%
June is historically the weakest month and October the strongest, a spread of 20.3 percentage points.
Reliability over time
July 2023 – July 2026
- July 2023: 70.1% from 212 flights
- August 2023: 80.6% from 217 flights
- September 2023: 78.9% from 204 flights
- October 2023: 82.2% from 188 flights
- November 2023: 85.5% from 173 flights
- December 2023: 86.3% from 182 flights
- January 2024: 63.3% from 186 flights
- February 2024: 79.5% from 172 flights
- March 2024: 62.4% from 181 flights
- April 2024: 69.9% from 165 flights
- May 2024: 50.3% from 212 flights
- June 2024: 60.8% from 222 flights
- July 2024: 50.4% from 228 flights
- August 2024: 72.6% from 239 flights
- September 2024: 77.7% from 211 flights
- October 2024: 83.0% from 230 flights
- November 2024: 79.2% from 202 flights
- December 2024: 75.2% from 212 flights
- January 2025: 75.1% from 192 flights
- February 2025: 78.5% from 184 flights
- March 2025: 73.4% from 191 flights
- April 2025: 64.9% from 207 flights
- May 2025: 66.2% from 209 flights
- June 2025: 57.7% from 236 flights
- July 2025: 62.6% from 245 flights
- August 2025: 60.0% from 230 flights
- September 2025: 69.0% from 189 flights
- October 2025: 75.6% from 200 flights
- November 2025: 67.6% from 175 flights
- December 2025: 62.1% from 170 flights
- January 2026: 72.3% from 154 flights
- February 2026: 78.1% from 147 flights
- March 2026: 70.0% from 172 flights
- April 2026: 67.8% from 178 flights
- May 2026: 63.7% from 203 flights
- June 2026: 62.0% from 227 flights
- July 2026: 68.1% from 230 flights
Over the most recent 12 months (2025-08 to 2026-07), on-time arrivals averaged 67.6% against 71.9% in the 12 months before — declining by 4.3 percentage points.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 7,375 DFW → ABQ 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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Related research: How Long a Layover Needs to Be · Two Airlines on One Route · Best Time of Day to Fly From Major US Airports
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