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Route Reliability

Chicago → Albuquerque

ORD–ABQ · 1,118 miles · Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Albuquerque International Sunport

72
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
71%
Arrive within 15 minutes
13 min
Average arrival delay
1.4%
Cancelled
1,206
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

Ranked by on-time arrivals. Historical results, not predictions.

  1. 1.United Airlines73%560 flights
  2. 2.American Airlines70%646 flights

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

ORD–ABQ flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 86% of the time, versus 56% between 6–9 PM.

Friday is doing you no favors.

ORD–ABQ flights arrived on time 77% of the time on Tuesdays. On Fridays: 62%.

United Airlines has a slight edge here.

United Airlines arrived on time 73% of the time on this route; American Airlines managed 70%.

Ticking up lately.

ORD–ABQ flights arrived on time 75% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 71% 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

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The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon72%(173 flights)
  • Tue77%(167 flights)
  • Wed74%(170 flights)
  • Thu75%(170 flights)
  • Fri62%(169 flights)
  • Sat71%(169 flights)
  • Sun69%(170 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM86%(56 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM78%(632 flights)
  • 12–3 PM75%(20 flights)
  • 3–6 PM67%(49 flights)
  • 6–9 PM56%(197 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM64%(234 flights)
On-time trend by month
83%
May

Jun 65% → May 83% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202565%117
July 202557%119
August 202576%95
September 202574%118
October 202575%117
November 202575%88
December 202567%90
January 202670%67
February 202675%73
March 202675%109
April 202667%90
May 202683%105

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Based on 1,206 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.