Flights Seattle → Albuquerque
SEA → ABQ
Route overview
The flight route from Seattle to Albuquerque is served by a Boeing 737-300 aircraft and operates with an on-time performance rate of 86%, with flights typically experiencing an average delay of 5.4 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 Seattle (SEA) → Albuquerque (ABQ) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 119 flights monitored in recent months, 79% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 12 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.52%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 23.4/100 (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 Seattle the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Albuquerque: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Seattle (SEA) to Albuquerque (ABQ) heads south-east for about 1,897 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 47m.
Departures from Seattle on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 75% of SEA-ABQ flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Seattle the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Albuquerque it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 119 tracked SEA-ABQ flights, 79% left on time with an average delay of 12 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 SEA-ABQ
On the Seattle (SEA) -> Albuquerque (ABQ) route, on-time performance is 79% with an average delay of 12 minutes, based on 119 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Seattle-Albuquerque is 2.52% across 119 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.
