Flights Albuquerque → Dallas-Fort Worth
ABQ → DFW
Route overview
The flight route from Albuquerque to Dallas-Fort Worth operates with an aircraft model McDonnell Douglas MD-83 and has a total of 496 flights, maintaining an 86% on-time performance rate. The average delay for the flights is 5.6 minutes, serving one of the busiest airports in the world, which sees over 87 million passengers annually.
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) → Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) route is operated by American Airlines. Across 682 flights monitored in recent months, 82% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 9 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.47%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 22.6/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Dallas-Fort Worth the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Albuquerque the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Dallas-Fort Worth: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Albuquerque (ABQ) to Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) heads east for about 914 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 34m.
Departures from Albuquerque on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 61% of ABQ-DFW flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Albuquerque the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Dallas-Fort Worth it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 682 tracked ABQ-DFW flights, 82% left on time with an average delay of 9 min and a 1.5% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines (AA) | 74% | 16 min | 3.0% |
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Frequently asked questions about ABQ-DFW
On the Albuquerque (ABQ) -> Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) route, on-time performance is 82% with an average delay of 9 minutes, based on 682 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Albuquerque-Dallas-Fort Worth is 1.47% across 682 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: American 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.
