Flights Albuquerque → Salt Lake City
ABQ → SLC
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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) → Salt Lake City (SLC) route is operated by Delta Air Lines. Across 348 flights monitored in recent months, 91% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 1 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.00%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 16.5/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Salt Lake City the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Albuquerque the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Salt Lake City: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Albuquerque (ABQ) to Salt Lake City (SLC) heads north-west for about 794 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 25m.
Departures from Albuquerque on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 34% of ABQ-SLC flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Albuquerque the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Salt Lake City it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 348 tracked ABQ-SLC flights, 91% left on time with an average delay of 1 min and a 0.0% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines (DL) | 80% | 8 min | 1.8% |
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On the Albuquerque (ABQ) -> Salt Lake City (SLC) route, on-time performance is 91% with an average delay of 1 minutes, based on 348 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Albuquerque-Salt Lake City is 0.00% across 348 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: Delta Air Lines.
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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.
