Albuquerque (ABQ) to Salt Lake City (SLC)
Flight time
≈ 1h 47m
Bearing
325° NW
Albuquerque (ABQ) to Salt Lake City (SLC) is 493 miles (794 km) as the crow flies — the great-circle baseline most distance-based mileage programs credit.
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What actually flies ABQ–SLC
US DOT T-100 · filed dataIn April 2026, SkyWest Airlines was the only carrier flying nonstop ABQ–SLC; the Embraer E175 was the most common aircraft at 99% of departures; flights ran 88% full.
Departures
181
April 2026
Seats
13,241
both directions
Passengers
11,625
both directions
Load factor
87.8%
passengers ÷ seats
Who flies ABQ–SLC?
SkyWest Airlines was the only carrier to fly nonstop ABQ–SLC in April 2026 (181 departures).
- OO
SkyWest Airlines
181 departures · 13,241 seats
Share of departures100.0%87.8%
Load
What plane flies ABQ–SLC?
In April 2026, the Embraer E175 flew 99% of ABQ–SLC departures — more than any other aircraft type.
- Embraer E175
180 departures · 88.2% load
99.5% - Bombardier CRJ-700
1 departures · 0.0% load
0.5%
How has ABQ–SLC traffic changed?
Nonstop ABQ–SLC departures fell from 226 in May 2025 to 181 in April 2026.
Monthly nonstop ABQ–SLC traffic, trailing 12 months through April 2026. Bars scale to the busiest month; months with no filed service show as zero.
May 2025
226 departures · 13,458 passengers
81.2%
Load
June 2025
234 departures · 13,880 passengers
81.5%
Load
July 2025
239 departures · 14,131 passengers
81.6%
Load
August 2025
198 departures · 11,864 passengers
82.1%
Load
September 2025
180 departures · 11,581 passengers
85.4%
Load
October 2025
185 departures · 11,939 passengers
84.3%
Load
November 2025
176 departures · 10,796 passengers
82.5%
Load
December 2025
181 departures · 10,826 passengers
81.0%
Load
January 2026
173 departures · 9,668 passengers
76.6%
Load
February 2026
157 departures · 9,897 passengers
85.0%
Load
March 2026
184 departures · 11,800 passengers
88.2%
Load
April 2026
181 departures · 11,625 passengers
87.8%
Load
By direction
The DOT files each direction separately — they rarely match.
SLC → ABQ
87.8% full
91 departures · 5,855 passengers
ABQ → SLC
87.7% full
90 departures · 5,770 passengers
Nonstop ABQ–SLC traffic has been filed with the US DOT since 2025.
Source: US DOT BTS Form 41 T-100 Segment (All Carriers). Data through April 2026; filings from 2025. Public domain (US Government work). The DOT publishes roughly three months in arrears.
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Frequently asked
How far is Albuquerque (ABQ) from Salt Lake City (SLC)?
ABQ to SLC is 493 miles (794 km / 429 nautical miles) measured great-circle — the shortest path over the surface of the Earth.
How long is the flight from ABQ to SLC?
A nonstop covers the 493-mile great-circle distance in roughly 1h 47m of block time, before winds. Actual schedules vary a few percent by direction and aircraft.
What plane flies ABQ–SLC?
In April 2026, the Embraer E175 flew the largest share of departures (99.5%), followed by the Bombardier CRJ-700 (0.5%).
What mileage do I earn flying ABQ–SLC?
Distance-based programs credit off the 493-mile great-circle figure, then apply your fare-class earning rate. Revenue-based programs credit off the fare instead.
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