Flights Albuquerque → Baltimore
ABQ → BWI
Route overview
The flight route from Albuquerque to Baltimore has an on-time performance rate of 81%, with flights typically experiencing a mean delay of 8.8 minutes. Since its origin airport opened in 1941 and the destination airport in 1947, this route connects two cities with rich aviation histories, serving millions of passengers annually at the busy Baltimore airport alone, which handles over 22,804,744 passengers per year.
Your rights on this US flight (DOT)
US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under the US DOT rules, if your flight is cancelled or significantly changed and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Amenities for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
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The Albuquerque (ABQ) → Baltimore (BWI) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 120 flights monitored in recent months, 79% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 13 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.83%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 15/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Baltimore the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Albuquerque the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Baltimore: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Albuquerque (ABQ) to Baltimore (BWI) heads east for about 2,682 km, a flight time of roughly 3h 46m.
Departures from Albuquerque on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 52% of ABQ-BWI flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Albuquerque the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Baltimore it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 120 tracked ABQ-BWI flights, 79% left on time with an average delay of 13 min and a 0.8% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines (WN) | 73% | 6 min | 3.1% |
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Frequently asked questions about ABQ-BWI
On the Albuquerque (ABQ) -> Baltimore (BWI) route, on-time performance is 79% with an average delay of 13 minutes, based on 120 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Albuquerque-Baltimore is 0.83% across 120 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: Southwest Airlines.
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US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under US DOT rules, if the airline cancels or significantly changes your flight and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Meals or hotels for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
