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 4% of the time at 7 am and 1 time in 3 at 7 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Alaska	ABQ	SEA	3h 16m	85%	0.7%	573	Flying now
Delta	ABQ	SEA	3h 27m	100%few flights	0.0%	11	Flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


Delta Details →	ABQ 06:00 → LAX 07:10DL 4115 · flown by SkyWest	2h 30m Los Angeles	LAX 09:40 → SEA 12:30DL 1714	7h 34m	99%	91%
Delta Details →	ABQ 07:52 → SLC 09:44DL 4152 · flown by SkyWest	1h 51m Salt Lake City	SLC 11:35 → SEA 12:52DL 2995	6h 00m	99%	87%
United Details →	ABQ 05:30 → DEN 07:00UA 5988 · flown by SkyWest	1h 01m Denver	DEN 08:01 → SEA 10:00UA 2271	5h 30m	96%	87%
Delta Details →	ABQ 19:59 → SLC 21:50DL 3726 · flown by SkyWest	55m Salt Lake City	SLC 22:45 → SEA 23:59DL 2998	5h 00m	93%	85%
United Details →	ABQ 07:00 → DEN 08:23UA 621	2h 59m Denver	DEN 11:22 → SEA 13:22UA 1424	7h 22m	98%	84%
Delta Details →	ABQ 12:25 → SLC 14:16DL 4084 · flown by SkyWest	3h 04m Salt Lake City	SLC 17:20 → SEA 18:36DL 871	7h 11m	100%	81%
Southwest Details →	ABQ 05:10 → DEN 06:30WN 114	1h 15m Denver	DEN 07:45 → SEA 09:45WN 1713	5h 35m	98%	81%
United Details →	ABQ 10:45 → DEN 12:28UA 5834 · flown by SkyWest	1h 32m Denver	DEN 14:00 → SEA 16:00UA 2164	6h 15m	97%	81%
Tight connection: often missed
United Details →	ABQ 16:20 → DEN 17:50UA 725	1h 20m Denver	DEN 19:10 → SEA 21:10UA 360	5h 50m	63%	43%
American Details →	ABQ 16:08 → DFW 19:08AA 9	1h 05m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 20:13 → SEA 22:26AA 2003	7h 18m	67%	34%
Southwest Details →	ABQ 18:40 → DEN 20:05WN 882	1h 05m Denver	DEN 21:10 → SEA 23:10WN 3856	5h 25m	45%	13%

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

DEN · 1h 15m · leaves 05:10 2%

LAS · 1h 05m · leaves 06:05 6%

PHX · 1h 03m · leaves 06:00 13%

Afternoon and evening

DFW · 1h 05m · leaves 16:08 33%

DEN · 1h 20m · leaves 16:20 37%

PHX · 1h 15m · leaves 21:15 41%

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.


Southwest WN 4683 ABQ 05:20 → AUS Delta DL 1684 AUS 11:19 → SEA Connection details →	3h 14m	9h 34m	100%	94%
Southwest WN 4989 ABQ 05:30 → LAX Delta DL 1714 LAX 09:40 → SEA Connection details →	3h 10m	8h 04m	97%	89%
Southwest WN 153 ABQ 06:55 → SAN Delta DL 2508 SAN 11:05 → SEA Connection details →	3h 20m	8h 26m	100%	89%

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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