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Route Reliability

Albuquerque → Denver

ABQDEN · 349 miles · Albuquerque International Sunport to Denver International Airport

87
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
82%
Arrive within 15 minutes
5 min
Average arrival delay
0.8%
Cancelled
3,158
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

Ranked by on-time arrivals. Historical results, not predictions.

  1. 1.United Airlines85%1,694 flights
  2. 2.Southwest Airlines79%1,464 flights

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

ABQ–DEN flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 96% of the time, versus 58% between 3–6 PM.

Thursday is the weak spot.

ABQ–DEN flights arrived on time 86% of the time on Saturdays. On Thursdays: 79%.

United Airlines has a slight edge here.

United Airlines arrived on time 85% of the time on this route; Southwest Airlines managed 79%.

Best historical flights

Ranked by on-time arrivals, minimum 100 flights. Past performance, not a promise.

Top flights by on-time rate

More flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon82%(472 flights)
  • Tue82%(434 flights)
  • Wed85%(431 flights)
  • Thu79%(465 flights)
  • Fri80%(467 flights)
  • Sat86%(396 flights)
  • Sun83%(465 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM96%(492 flights)
  • 6–9 AM91%(527 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM87%(617 flights)
  • 12–3 PM82%(579 flights)
  • 3–6 PM58%(256 flights)
  • 6–9 PM71%(657 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM(2 flights)
On-time trend by month
84%
May

Jun 73% → May 84% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202573%282
July 202568%284
August 202577%264
September 202585%256
October 202586%296
November 202592%259
December 202583%264
January 202686%222
February 202687%206
March 202681%247
April 202688%255
May 202684%295

Based on 3,158 historical flights, because apparently we checked. Historical flight data: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, June 2025 – May 2026. Data through May 2026. How we calculate this.