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Route Reliability

Albuquerque → Seattle

ABQ–SEA · 1,180 miles · Albuquerque International Sunport to Seattle–Tacoma International Airport

85
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
80%
Arrive within 15 minutes
1 min early
Average arrival delay
0.9%
Cancelled
574
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Alaska Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 80% of the time across 574 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

ABQ–SEA flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 91% of the time, versus 63% between 3–6 PM.

Tuesday comes out ahead.

A small edge: 82% on time on Tuesdays against 75% on Sundays.

Ticking up lately.

ABQ–SEA flights arrived on time 90% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 86% in the three months before that.

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%(87 flights)
  • Tue82%(73 flights)
  • Wed82%(78 flights)
  • Thu81%(82 flights)
  • Fri81%(84 flights)
  • Sat79%(76 flights)
  • Sun75%(89 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM91%(194 flights)
  • 12–3 PM90%(133 flights)
  • 3–6 PM63%(209 flights)
  • 6–9 PM88%(33 flights)
On-time trend by month
88%
May

Jun 62% → May 88% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202562%60
July 202571%61
August 202570%59
September 202588%51
October 202590%58
November 202576%49
December 202575%44
January 202687%37
February 202696%28
March 202690%30
April 202691%35
May 202688%57

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Based on 574 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.