Flights Phoenix → Albuquerque
PHX → ABQ
Route overview
The flight route from Phoenix to Albuquerque operates with a high level of punctuality, achieving on-time performance for 78% of its total flights. Over the past year, this route has seen 836 flights, with an average delay time of 10.2 minutes when delays occur. The destination airport in Albuquerque, which opened in 1941 and currently serves over four million passengers annually, is serviced by a mix of Canadair Regional Jet 900s, Boeing 737-500s, and Boeing 737-300 aircraft.
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 Phoenix (PHX) → Albuquerque (ABQ) route is operated by American Airlines, Southwest Airlines. Across 1062 flights monitored in recent months, 78% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 12 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.47%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 18.7/100 (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 Phoenix the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Albuquerque: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Phoenix (PHX) to Albuquerque (ABQ) heads east for about 527 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 5m.
Departures from Phoenix on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 39% of PHX-ABQ flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Phoenix the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Albuquerque it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 1,062 tracked PHX-ABQ flights, 78% left on time with an average delay of 12 min and a 0.5% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines (AA) | 74% | 16 min | 3.0% |
| Southwest Airlines (WN) | 73% | 6 min | 3.1% |
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Frequently asked questions about PHX-ABQ
On the Phoenix (PHX) -> Albuquerque (ABQ) route, on-time performance is 78% with an average delay of 12 minutes, based on 1062 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Phoenix-Albuquerque is 0.47% across 1062 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 2 airlines: American Airlines, 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.
