Flights Oakland → Albuquerque
OAK → ABQ
Route overview
The flight route from Oakland to Albuquerque has a moderate on-time performance rate of 67%, with an average delay of 17.5 minutes per flight. Over the past year, there have been 83 flights on this route, connecting the historic Oakland airport, which opened in 1927, with Albuquerque International Sunport, established in 1941 and serving over 4.3 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 Oakland (OAK) → Albuquerque (ABQ) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 113 flights monitored in recent months, 73% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 14 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.00%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 16.1/100 (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 Oakland the average ATFM delay is 1.4 minutes.
Heading to Albuquerque: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Oakland (OAK) to Albuquerque (ABQ) heads east for about 1,427 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 12m.
Departures from Oakland on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 61% of OAK-ABQ flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Oakland the average ATFM delay is 1.4 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into Albuquerque it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 113 tracked OAK-ABQ flights, 73% left on time with an average delay of 14 min and a 0.0% 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 OAK-ABQ
On the Oakland (OAK) -> Albuquerque (ABQ) route, on-time performance is 73% with an average delay of 14 minutes, based on 113 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Oakland-Albuquerque is 0.00% across 113 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: Southwest Airlines.
Enter your flight number on FlightGuard for a real-time analysis based on 9 factors: weather at Albuquerque, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel, airline punctuality and recent trends.
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.
