Flights Houston → Albuquerque
HOU → ABQ
Route overview
The flight route from Houston to Albuquerque is operated with a Boeing 737-300 aircraft and has an on-time performance rate of 72%, with an average delay of 12.7 minutes. The destination airport, which opened in 1941, handles approximately 4,365,400 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 Houston (HOU) → Albuquerque (ABQ) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 313 flights monitored in recent months, 71% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 13 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.96%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 18.2/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Albuquerque the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Houston the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Albuquerque: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Houston (HOU) to Albuquerque (ABQ) heads north-west for about 1,221 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 57m.
Departures from Houston on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 38% of HOU-ABQ flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Houston the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Albuquerque it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 313 tracked HOU-ABQ flights, 71% left on time with an average delay of 13 min and a 1.0% 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 HOU-ABQ
On the Houston (HOU) -> Albuquerque (ABQ) route, on-time performance is 71% with an average delay of 13 minutes, based on 313 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Houston-Albuquerque is 0.96% 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.
