WN161 SAN → ABQ

Southwest Airlines · San Diego, CA to Albuquerque, NM · 30 flights observed, 2025-11-02 to 2026-01-05 · 628 mi

This flight is usually on time, but has a real long-delay tail — typical (median) delay is -9 min, while the worst 10% run +63 min or later.

WN161 covers more than one route in the data window — the stats below are for SAN → ABQ, the one it has flown most recently. The others are linked under “Other routes”.

On-time arrival
83%
Median delay
-9 min
90th percentile
+63 min
Cancellation rate
3%

How often is WN161 on time?

Across 30 flights on SAN → ABQ from 2025-11-02 to 2026-01-05, WN161 arrived within 15 minutes of schedule 83% of the time. The median arrival delay was -9 min, and the worst 10% of flights arrived +63 min or later. 3% of flights were cancelled.

Delay distribution

Arrival delay for completed flights (excludes cancellations and diversions).

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time2483%
16-30 min00%
31-60 min13%
61-120 min310%
2+ hrs13%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-111392%+4 min
2025-121369%+15 min
2026-013100%-9 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon667%
Tue333%
Wed1100%
Thu3100%
Fri7100%
SatNo data—
Sun989%

Based on US Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics on-time data. Loading live conditions and full charts…