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

No clear winner: Southwest’s HOU → ABQ flights land within a few points of 4 in 5 on time whatever the hour.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Southwest	HOU	ABQ	2h 15m	81%	0.5%	978	Flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


Southwest Details →	HOU 05:30 → LAS 06:30WN 2251	1h 05m Las Vegas	LAS 07:35 → ABQ 10:10WN 3318	5h 40m	97%	93%
Southwest Details →	HOU 05:30 → DEN 06:55WN 1970	55m Denver	DEN 07:50 → ABQ 09:15WN 3056	4h 45m	91%	89%
Southwest Details →	HOU 06:20 → PHX 06:55WN 2062	3h 20m Phoenix	PHX 10:15 → ABQ 12:30WN 106	7h 10m	98%	85%
Southwest Details →	HOU 08:15 → DEN 09:45WN 1971	1h 35m Denver	DEN 11:20 → ABQ 12:40WN 170	5h 25m	97%	82%
Southwest Details →	HOU 06:25 → MDW 08:50WN 2039	3h 15m Chicago	MDW 12:05 → ABQ 14:00WN 2719	8h 35m	100%	81%
Southwest Details →	HOU 07:50 → LAS 09:00WN 1998	1h 20m Las Vegas	LAS 10:20 → ABQ 12:55WN 2175	6h 05m	98%	78%
Southwest Details →	HOU 07:00 → DAL 08:10WN 4	2h 35m Dallas	DAL 10:45 → ABQ 11:30WN 1253	5h 30m	100%	75%
Delta Details →	HOU 10:16 → ATL 13:20DL 1509	1h 02m Atlanta	ATL 14:22 → ABQ 15:38DL 1109	6h 22m	89%	73%
Tight connection: often missed
Southwest Details →	HOU 11:00 → BNA 12:55WN 1955	50m Nashville	BNA 13:45 → ABQ 15:40WN 4621	5h 40m	67%	38%
American Details →	HOU 18:49 → DFW 20:15AA 6385 · flown by SkyWest	1h 25m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 21:40 → ABQ 22:33AA 1062	4h 44m	72%	29%
Southwest Details →	HOU 17:55 → DEN 19:40WN 1974	1h 15m Denver	DEN 20:55 → ABQ 22:22WN 1468	5h 25m	39%	19%

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

LAS · 1h 20m · leaves 07:50 2%

DEN · 55m · leaves 05:30 9%

PHX · 50m · leaves 06:20 12%

Afternoon and evening

DFW · 1h 06m · leaves 20:23 20%

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.

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.

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