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Route Reliability

Seattle → Albuquerque

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

80
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
74%
Arrive within 15 minutes
5 min
Average arrival delay
0.5%
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 74% of the time across 574 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

The 3–6 PM departure wins.

SEA–ABQ flights departing between 3–6 PM arrived on time 100% of the time, versus 67% between 12–3 PM.

Wednesdays have been rough.

SEA–ABQ flights arrived on time 84% of the time on Tuesdays and just 67% on Wednesdays. That gap is worth planning around.

Ticking up lately.

SEA–ABQ flights arrived on time 90% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 85% 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
  • Mon76%(86 flights)
  • Tue84%(73 flights)
  • Wed67%(79 flights)
  • Thu71%(86 flights)
  • Fri79%(84 flights)
  • Sat70%(74 flights)
  • Sun71%(89 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM92%(99 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM69%(264 flights)
  • 12–3 PM67%(21 flights)
  • 3–6 PM100%(14 flights)
  • 6–9 PM69%(173 flights)
On-time trend by month
86%
May

Jun 57% → May 86% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202557%60
July 202542%62
August 202566%59
September 202573%51
October 202579%57
November 202578%50
December 202576%45
January 202689%36
February 202689%28
March 202693%30
April 202692%36
May 202686%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.