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Route Reliability

Chicago → Albuquerque

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

85
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
80%
Arrive within 15 minutes
5 min
Average arrival delay
0.6%
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 80% of the time across 493 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

The 12–3 PM departure wins.

MDW–ABQ flights departing between 12–3 PM arrived on time 95% of the time, versus 60% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

MDW–ABQ flights arrived on time 94% of the time on Wednesdays and just 68% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

Slipping a little lately.

MDW–ABQ flights arrived on time 78% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 82% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon83%(72 flights)
  • Tue82%(66 flights)
  • Wed94%(66 flights)
  • Thu78%(74 flights)
  • Fri78%(72 flights)
  • Sat76%(70 flights)
  • Sun68%(69 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM85%(177 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM74%(78 flights)
  • 12–3 PM95%(86 flights)
  • 3–6 PM75%(71 flights)
  • 6–9 PM60%(35 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM60%(42 flights)
On-time trend by month
70%
May

Jun 70% → May 70% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202570%53
July 202571%51
August 202586%57
September 202584%56
October 202586%57
November 202581%31
December 202564%33
January 202691%32
February 202693%28
March 202681%31
April 202683%30
May 202670%30

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.