Flights Albuquerque → Houston
ABQ → HOU
Route overview
The flight route from Albuquerque to Houston operates with a Boeing 737-500 aircraft and has an on-time performance rate of 83%, with an average delay of 9.7 minutes per flight. Over the past year, this route has seen 239 flights, connecting Albuquerque International Sunport, which opened in 1941, to a highly trafficked destination airport that serves approximately 13,908,466 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) → Houston (HOU) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 313 flights monitored in recent months, 84% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 9 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.64%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 18.6/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Houston the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Albuquerque the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Houston: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Albuquerque (ABQ) to Houston (HOU) heads south-east for about 1,221 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 57m.
Departures from Albuquerque on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 58% of ABQ-HOU flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Albuquerque the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Houston it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 313 tracked ABQ-HOU flights, 84% left on time with an average delay of 9 min and a 0.6% 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-HOU
On the Albuquerque (ABQ) -> Houston (HOU) route, on-time performance is 84% with an average delay of 9 minutes, based on 313 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Albuquerque-Houston is 0.64% across 313 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.
