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Route Reliability

Houston → Albuquerque

HOU–ABQ · 759 miles · William P. Hobby Airport to Albuquerque International Sunport

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Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
81%
Arrive within 15 minutes
4 min
Average arrival delay
0.5%
Cancelled
980
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Southwest Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 81% of the time across 980 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

HOU–ABQ flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 95% of the time, versus 64% between 3–6 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

HOU–ABQ flights arrived on time 85% of the time on Tuesdays. On Sundays: 77%.

Recent months have been rougher.

HOU–ABQ flights arrived on time 77% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 86% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon78%(147 flights)
  • Tue85%(119 flights)
  • Wed82%(118 flights)
  • Thu84%(147 flights)
  • Fri82%(149 flights)
  • Sat78%(140 flights)
  • Sun77%(154 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM95%(311 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM89%(52 flights)
  • 12–3 PM75%(154 flights)
  • 3–6 PM64%(95 flights)
  • 6–9 PM83%(124 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM69%(238 flights)
On-time trend by month
82%
May

Jun 70% → May 82% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202570%89
July 202578%92
August 202578%80
September 202586%77
October 202588%91
November 202582%76
December 202583%78
January 202690%71
February 202684%74
March 202670%83
April 202679%80
May 202682%83

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Based on 980 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.