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)
Nonstop details →Best connections, any airlines
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.
| Southwest + Deltatwo ticketsDetails → | ABQ 05:20 → AUS 08:05WN 4683 | 3h 14m Austin | AUS 11:19 → SEA 13:54DL 1684 | 9h 34m | 100% | 94% |
| DeltaDetails → | 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% |
| Southwest + Deltatwo ticketsDetails → | ABQ 06:55 → SAN 07:45WN 153 | 3h 20m San Diego | SAN 11:05 → SEA 14:21DL 2508 | 8h 26m | 100% | 89% |
| Southwest + Alaskatwo ticketsDetails → | ABQ 06:05 → LAS 06:35WN 130 | 3h 53m Las Vegas | LAS 10:28 → SEA 13:14AS 629 | 8h 09m | 100% | 89% |
| Southwest + Deltatwo ticketsDetails → | ABQ 09:40 → LAS 10:15WN 4685 | 3h 20m Las Vegas | LAS 13:35 → SEA 16:23DL 2905 | 7h 43m | 100% | 89% |
| American + Deltatwo ticketsDetails → | ABQ 06:00 → PHX 06:17AA 987 | 3h 03m Phoenix | PHX 09:20 → SEA 12:35DL 2374 | 7h 35m | 99% | 88% |
| Delta + Alaskatwo ticketsDetails → | ABQ 07:52 → SLC 09:44DL 4152 · flown by SkyWest | 3h 07m Salt Lake City | SLC 12:51 → SEA 14:04AS 664 | 7h 12m | 99% | 88% |
| UnitedDetails → | ABQ 05:30 → DEN 07:00UA 5988 · flown by SkyWest | 1h 01m Denver | DEN 08:01 → SEA 10:00UA 2271 | 5h 30m | 96% | 87% |
| Tight connection: often missed | ||||||
| UnitedDetails → | ABQ 16:20 → DEN 17:50UA 725 | 1h 20m Denver | DEN 19:10 → SEA 21:10UA 360 | 5h 50m | 63% | 43% |
| AmericanDetails → | ABQ 16:08 → DFW 19:08AA 9 | 1h 05m Dallas-Fort Worth | DFW 20:13 → SEA 22:26AA 2003 | 7h 18m | 67% | 34% |
| SouthwestDetails → | 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.
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
The table above includes two-ticket connections (marked “two tickets”), held to the 90-minute minimum. One ticket only →
Regional partners count as the airline that sells them: SkyWest flying Delta Connection is one Delta ticket.
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