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 16% of the time at 10 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


United	ABQ	IAD	3h 42m	90%	1.1%	272	Flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Dulles on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Dulles is 2 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 → IAD 13:26UA 1101	5h 56m	96%	89%
United Details →	ABQ 10:45 → DEN 12:28UA 5834 · flown by SkyWest	1h 25m Denver	DEN 13:53 → IAD 19:22UA 347	6h 37m	96%	84%
Delta Details →	ABQ 12:25 → SLC 14:16DL 4084 · flown by SkyWest	3h 14m Salt Lake City	SLC 17:30 → IAD 23:30DL 847	9h 05m	100%	83%
Alaska Details →	ABQ 06:00 → SEA 08:10AS 1529	1h 03m Seattle	SEA 09:13 → IAD 17:11AS 737	9h 11m	96%	81%
United Details →	ABQ 13:25 → SFO 14:59UA 4628 · flown by SkyWest	1h 35m San Francisco	SFO 16:34 → IAD 00:55 +1UA 1453	9h 30m	91%	79%
United Details →	ABQ 07:00 → DEN 08:23UA 621	1h 57m Denver	DEN 10:20 → IAD 15:53UA 2087	6h 53m	98%	78%
United Details →	ABQ 08:00 → IAH 11:13UA 251	1h 00m Houston	IAH 12:13 → IAD 16:30UA 2366	6h 30m	94%	77%
Delta Details →	ABQ 08:28 → MSP 12:00DL 535	2h 30m Minneapolis	MSP 14:30 → IAD 18:04DL 3783 · flown by SkyWest	7h 36m	96%	76%
Tight connection: often missed
United Details →	ABQ 16:20 → DEN 17:50UA 725	1h 23m Denver	DEN 19:13 → IAD 00:45 +1UA 1412	6h 25m	64%	46%

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

SEA · 1h 03m · leaves 06:00 4%

DEN · 1h 00m · leaves 05:30 4%

IAH · 1h 00m · leaves 08:00 6%

Afternoon and evening

IAH · 1h 07m · leaves 14:08 14%

ATL · 53m · leaves 16:43 16%

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 882 ABQ 18:40 → DEN United UA 1924 DEN 23:59 → IAD Connection details →	3h 54m	8h 47m	97%	91%
Delta DL 4108 ABQ 12:12 → LAX United UA 1573 LAX 16:49 → IAD Connection details →	3h 23m	10h 43m	99%	91%
American AA 987 ABQ 06:00 → PHX United UA 1873 PHX 08:50 → IAD Connection details →	2h 33m	8h 17m	99%	90%

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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