Sun, Oct 4 has passed, so this is the 12-month record.

Itineraries flown on 20+ days in the Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026 schedule · each leg’s record Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

Connect in the morning. The same one-hour layover misses 3% of the time at 10 am and 17% of the time at 4 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Southwest	ABQ	AUS	1h 45m	79%	0.2%	830	Flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Austin on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Austin is 1 h ahead of Albuquerque). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


United Details →	ABQ 05:30 → DEN 07:00UA 5988 · flown by SkyWest	1h 00m Denver	DEN 08:00 → AUS 11:15UA 456	4h 45m	96%	91%
Southwest Details →	ABQ 05:00 → HOU 08:05WN 123	1h 20m Houston	HOU 09:25 → AUS 10:20WN 270	4h 20m	98%	90%
Southwest Details →	ABQ 05:10 → DEN 06:30WN 114	3h 30m Denver	DEN 10:00 → AUS 13:20WN 2263	7h 10m	100%	87%
American Details →	ABQ 06:00 → PHX 06:17AA 987	2h 27m Phoenix	PHX 08:44 → AUS 13:12AA 1394	6h 12m	99%	85%
Southwest Details →	ABQ 06:05 → LAS 06:35WN 130	1h 05m Las Vegas	LAS 07:40 → AUS 12:25WN 1864	5h 20m	94%	83%
Southwest Details →	ABQ 06:40 → PHX 07:00WN 146	1h 10m Phoenix	PHX 08:10 → AUS 12:25WN 4744	4h 50m	99%	82%
American Details →	ABQ 07:00 → LAX 08:12AA 4919 · flown by SkyWest	1h 06m Los Angeles	LAX 09:18 → AUS 14:34AA 6409 · flown by SkyWest	6h 34m	94%	81%
United Details →	ABQ 07:00 → DEN 08:23UA 621	1h 42m Denver	DEN 10:05 → AUS 13:20UA 1026	5h 20m	98%	80%
Tight connection: often missed
United Details →	ABQ 17:57 → DEN 19:40UA 4652 · flown by SkyWest	47m Denver	DEN 20:27 → AUS 23:44UA 1943	4h 47m	60%	40%
United Details →	ABQ 16:20 → DEN 17:50UA 725	49m Denver	DEN 18:39 → AUS 21:57UA 1942	4h 37m	35%	26%

Same layover, different day-part

How often the first flight arrives too late to connect (45 min minimum), for one-ticket layovers of 45–80 minutes.

Morning

PHX · 1h 10m · leaves 06:40 1%

HOU · 1h 20m · leaves 05:00 2%

SLC · 1h 01m · leaves 07:52 3%

Afternoon and evening

LAS · 1h 05m · leaves 17:42 19%

DFW · 1h 12m · leaves 17:28 24%

DEN · 49m · leaves 16:20 65%

Delays build through the day, so an afternoon first leg eats the layover. A short connection is fine early in the morning and a gamble later on.

Mixing airlines

One ticketMiss it and the airline rebooks you; bags go through. 45 min is enough.

Separate ticketsMiss it and you buy a new ticket. Re-check bags, clear security again: we require 90 min.


United UA 5988 ABQ 05:30 → DEN Southwest WN 2263 DEN 10:00 → AUS Connection details →	3h 00m	6h 50m	99%	87%
Southwest WN 4989 ABQ 05:30 → LAX United UA 5445 LAX 08:09 → AUS Connection details →	1h 39m	6h 59m	94%	85%
Delta DL 4115 ABQ 06:00 → LAX American AA 6409 LAX 09:18 → AUS Connection details →	2h 08m	7h 34m	98%	84%

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Regional partners count as the airline that sells them: SkyWest flying Delta Connection is one Delta ticket.

How these are worked out. Makes the connection: share of the last year’s flights where the first flight arrived with at least 45 minutes to spare (90 on separate tickets). Arrives on time: first flight not cancelled × connection made × second flight not cancelled and arriving within 15 minutes. Not yet counted: the second flight also leaving late (which helps), gate-to-gate distance at the hub, and rebooking after a missed connection.

About this data: US DOT on-time records, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, all US airlines; regional flights count under the airline that sells them. Schedules (which flights and connections exist, and their times) are as of Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026; seasonal flights outside that window aren’t ranked. Rebuilt monthly. JSON