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Route Reliability

Albuquerque → Chicago

ABQ–MDW · 1,121 miles · Albuquerque International Sunport to Chicago Midway International Airport

90
Nerd Approved
WanderNerd Reliability Score
89%
Arrive within 15 minutes
2 min early
Average arrival delay
1.6%
Cancelled
493
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Southwest Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 89% of the time across 493 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

ABQ–MDW flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 94% of the time, versus 71% between 3–6 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

ABQ–MDW flights arrived on time 96% of the time on Fridays. On Sundays: 82%.

Slipping a little lately.

ABQ–MDW flights arrived on time 87% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 92% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon89%(74 flights)
  • Tue85%(66 flights)
  • Wed86%(66 flights)
  • Thu87%(74 flights)
  • Fri96%(71 flights)
  • Sat94%(67 flights)
  • Sun82%(67 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM94%(114 flights)
  • 6–9 AM89%(192 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM92%(39 flights)
  • 12–3 PM88%(95 flights)
  • 3–6 PM71%(45 flights)
On-time trend by month
81%
May

Jun 87% → May 81% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202587%53
July 202584%49
August 202591%56
September 202588%56
October 202590%57
November 202588%32
December 202594%33
January 202694%31
February 202689%28
March 202683%29
April 202697%30
May 202681%31

Same trip, other airports

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Based on 493 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.