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Route Reliability

Washington → Albuquerque

IADABQ · 1,628 miles · Washington Dulles International Airport to Albuquerque International Sunport

86
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
82%
Arrive within 15 minutes
10 min
Average arrival delay
0.4%
Cancelled
272
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

United Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 82% of the time across 272 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

IAD–ABQ flights departing between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 87% of the time, versus 70% between 3–6 PM.

Friday is doing you no favors.

IAD–ABQ flights arrived on time 87% of the time on Thursdays. On Fridays: 74%.

Recent months have been rougher.

IAD–ABQ flights arrived on time 70% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 93% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon80%(39 flights)
  • Tue76%(38 flights)
  • Wed82%(38 flights)
  • Thu87%(39 flights)
  • Fri74%(39 flights)
  • Sat87%(38 flights)
  • Sun85%(39 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 9 AM–12 PM87%(183 flights)
  • 3–6 PM70%(87 flights)
On-time trend by month
67%
May

Jun 70% → May 67% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202570%30
July 202587%30
August 202584%31
September 202587%30
October 202597%31
November 202597%30
March 202668%28
April 202676%29
May 202667%30

Based on 272 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.