ABQ → LAX Southwest Airlines

Southwest Airlines · Albuquerque, NM to Los Angeles, CA · 480 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 35 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 100% on-time departing 6–9am vs. 61% departing 6–9pm.
On-time arrival
76%
Median delay
-4 min
90th percentile
+51 min
Cancellation rate
1%

How on-time is Southwest Airlines from ABQ to LAX?

Across every Southwest Airlines flight number on ABQ → LAX (480 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 76% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -4 min; the worst 10% ran +51 min or later. 1% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time36376%
16-30 min378%
31-60 min388%
61-120 min245%
2+ hrs133%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-073161%+25 min
2025-083168%+20 min
2025-093073%+20 min
2025-104860%+18 min
2025-114288%-6 min
2025-124663%+12 min
2026-013586%-5 min
2026-023589%-2 min
2026-034486%0 min
2026-044286%-3 min
2026-054480%+1 min
2026-064777%+13 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon8076%
Tue5675%
Wed5377%
Thu7783%
Fri8280%
Sat5774%
Sun7067%

Based on US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics on-time data. Loading the full breakdown…