The flight time from Los Angeles to Albuquerque is 1 hour, 51 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves LAX Los Angeles, CA 4 minutes early.
14 minutes taxiing out
1 hour, 30 minutes in the air
6 minutes taxiing in
Arrives ABQ Albuquerque, NM 7 minutes early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

American
95%
Delta
91%
Southwest
83%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from Los Angeles to Albuquerque is 1 hour, 51 minutes. The time spent in the air is 1 hour, 30 minutes.

The flight distance from Los Angeles to Albuquerque is 677 Miles.

Reverse Journey

Albuquerque to Los Angeles
2 hours, 3 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

Southwest
1h 45m
American
1h 51m
Delta
1h 54m
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flight Time by Time of Day ?

12AM06AM12PM06PM 30m1h1h 30m
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flights By Time of Day ?
(Average)

12AM06AM12PM06PM0.00.51.01.52.0

Flights Per Week

45

Distance

677 Miles

Flights By Month ?

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Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun0246

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

Delta
19
American
15
Southwest
10

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is Los Angeles from Albuquerque by plane?

The distance from Los Angeles to Albuquerque by plane is 677 Miles. This is the air distance on the most direct route taken by the vast majority of flights.

How long is the flight from Los Angeles to Albuquerque?

The flight time from Los Angeles to Albuquerque is 1 hour, 51 minutes. The time spent in the air is 1 hour, 30 minutes. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with Southwest being the fastest taking 1 hour, 45 minutes, and Delta the slowest taking 1 hour, 54 minutes.

What airlines fly from Los Angeles to Albuquerque?

Southwest, American, and Delta are the airlines with direct flights from Los Angeles to Albuquerque.

Does Southwest fly from Los Angeles to Albuquerque?

Yes! Southwest does fly from Los Angeles (LAX) to Albuquerque (ABQ). On average, they have 10 flights per week on this route. This may vary seasonally, please check the chart above for more details.

Tables and Explanations

Data Source

Our information is computed from the latest available data from the US Department of Transportation.

Average Timeline Timeline Chart

The average timeline contains the median time a flight spends in 3 stages. The first of these three stages is taxiing out which includes the time from the flight leaving the gate to taking off. The second stage is in the air, which includes the time spent from the flight leaving the ground to touching back down at the end of it's journey. The last stage is taxiing in, which is from when the flight touches down to the flight arriving at it's gate.

The average timeline also estimates on average of when the flight will leave and arrive relative to it's stated departure time.

Leaves Los Angeles 4 minutes early
Taxi Out Time 14 minutes
In the Air 90 minutes
Taxiing In 6 minutes
Arrives Albuquerque 7 minutes early

Flight Reliability Reliability Chart

The reliability of an airline measures how often the airline's flights on this route are cancelled or delayed more than 20 minutes. For example, from Los Angeles to Albuquerque, Southwest is 83% reliable, which means that Southwest flights are on time 83% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
American 95% 5% 0%
Delta 91% 9% 0%
Southwest 83% 17% 0%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between Los Angeles and Albuquerque, this is due to different operational factors on the ground, as well as scheduling of planes. Each airline's flight time is split into three stages which are described above in the "Average Timeline" section. There are also miscellaneous operational issues which are included in the below total but are not accounted for in one of the three stages.

Airline Taxiing Out
(minutes)
In the Air
(minutes)
Taxiing In
(minutes)
Total
(minutes)
Southwest 13 86 4 105
American 14 90 7 111
Delta 15 91 6 114

Flights By Time of Day Flight Time By Day Chart

This one is pretty self explanatory, it represents the number of flights that leave the gate in a given hour of the day. The tricky thing here is that this is normally not a whole number since it is an average over 52 weeks. Partial numbers may indicate that a flight may be seasonal or may take off at different times due to different operational factors.

Time Count
7pm 0.99
4pm 0.27
1pm 0.09
2pm 1.03
9am 0.28
6pm 0.4
12pm 0.04
7am 0.4
8pm 0.33
5pm 0.05
3pm 0.56
10am 0.24
11am 0.1
8am 1.67
6am 0.08

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from Los Angeles to Albuquerque that take off in a given month of the year. This number changes because some flights are seasonal, and almost all flights have uneven demand througout the year.

Month Count
January 172
February 156
March 178
April 206
May 233
June 205
July 208
August 212
September 213
October 226
November 191
December 177

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from Los Angeles to Albuquerque that take off on a given day of the week. Some routes only have enough demand to sustain a few trips a week, while others have many flights a day. This number is also an average across the year, and hence may not be a whole number.

Day Count
Monday 6.87
Tuesday 6.56
Wednesday 6.63
Thursday 6.9
Friday 6.94
Saturday 5.31
Sunday 6.5

Flight per Airline (per Week) Flights By Airline Chart

How many times an airline flies this route in a week. Different factors play into how often a carrier chooses to fly a given route including it's need to connect disparate routes, and demand.

Airline Flights per Week
Delta 0
American 0
Southwest 0

Flight Time By Time of Day Flight Time by Time of Day Chart

The total flight time varies by each hour of the day due to factors such as airport traffic. More flights leaving an airport may cause higher taxi in or taxi out times. See the description of the average timeline above for a deeper discussion of each of these times.

Time Taxi Out
(minutes)
In the Air
(minutes)
Taxi In
(minutes)
Total
(minutes)
7pm 14 90 7 112
4pm 14 91 7 112
1pm 12 84 4 102
2pm 14 91 6 112
9am 15 90 6 114
6pm 14 90 6 111
12pm 9 87 6 102
7am 14 87 6 109
8pm 13 87 6 106
5pm 13 90 4 108
3pm 13 89 6 108
10am 18 86 4 109
11am 15 87 4 106
8am 15 90 6 113
6am 13 86 5 107
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.