Flights Albuquerque → Seattle
ABQ → SEA
Route overview
The flight route from Albuquerque to Seattle has a high on-time performance rate of 90%, with an average delay of just 0.6 minutes across the total of 94 flights recorded. The destination airport in Seattle serves over 52 million passengers annually, making it one of the busiest airports in the country.
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) → Seattle (SEA) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 118 flights monitored in recent months, 84% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 7 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.54%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 19.5/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Seattle the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Albuquerque the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Seattle: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Albuquerque (ABQ) to Seattle (SEA) heads north-west for about 1,897 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 47m.
Departures from Albuquerque on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 72% of ABQ-SEA flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Albuquerque the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Seattle it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 118 tracked ABQ-SEA flights, 84% left on time with an average delay of 7 min and a 2.5% 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-SEA
On the Albuquerque (ABQ) -> Seattle (SEA) route, on-time performance is 84% with an average delay of 7 minutes, based on 118 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Albuquerque-Seattle is 2.54% across 118 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.
