Flights Salt Lake City → Albuquerque
SLC → ABQ
Route overview
The flight route from Salt Lake City to Albuquerque operates with a high level of punctuality, achieving an on-time performance rate of 88%. Over the past year, there have been 260 flights along this route, with an average delay time of just 1.2 minutes per flight. The destination airport in Albuquerque, which opened in 1941 and currently serves over 4.3 million passengers annually, is primarily serviced by Canadair Regional Jet 700 and 900 aircraft models.
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 Salt Lake City (SLC) → Albuquerque (ABQ) route is operated by Delta Air Lines. Across 348 flights monitored in recent months, 87% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 4 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.00%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 17.2/100 (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 Salt Lake City the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Albuquerque: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Salt Lake City (SLC) to Albuquerque (ABQ) heads south-east for about 794 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 25m.
Departures from Salt Lake City on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 34% of SLC-ABQ flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Salt Lake City the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Albuquerque it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 348 tracked SLC-ABQ flights, 87% left on time with an average delay of 4 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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Frequently asked questions about SLC-ABQ
On the Salt Lake City (SLC) -> Albuquerque (ABQ) route, on-time performance is 87% with an average delay of 4 minutes, based on 348 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Salt Lake City-Albuquerque 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.
