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Thu, Oct 22 - Mon, Oct 26
Delta Logo
8:40 am - 11:48 amLAX  Los Angeles Los Angeles-ABQ Albuquerque
2h 08mnonstop
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6:41 pm - 7:54 pmABQ  Albuquerque-LAX Los Angeles Los Angeles
2h 13mnonstop
$177Delta
Wed, Oct 7 - Wed, Oct 14
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8:40 am - 11:48 amLAX  Los Angeles Los Angeles-ABQ Albuquerque
2h 08mnonstop
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6:00 am - 7:14 amABQ  Albuquerque-LAX Los Angeles Los Angeles
2h 14mnonstop
$177Delta
Thu, Oct 22 - Mon, Oct 26
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7:50 am - 10:35 amLAX  Los Angeles Los Angeles-ABQ Albuquerque
1h 45mnonstop
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9:50 pm - 11:00 pmABQ  Albuquerque-LAX Los Angeles Los Angeles
2h 10mnonstop
$177Southwest
Thu, Sep 17 - Mon, Sep 21
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6:55 am - 9:50 amLAX  Los Angeles Los Angeles-ABQ Albuquerque
1h 55mnonstop
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7:55 pm - 9:00 pmABQ  Albuquerque-LAX Los Angeles Los Angeles
2h 05mnonstop
$177Southwest
Sat, Oct 10 - Thu, Oct 15
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8:24 pm - 11:23 pmLAX  Los Angeles Los Angeles-ABQ Albuquerque
1h 59mnonstop
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6:50 am - 8:02 amABQ  Albuquerque-LAX Los Angeles Los Angeles
2h 12mnonstop
$177American Airlines
Sat, Sep 26 - Mon, Sep 28
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8:55 am - 12:02 pmLAX  Los Angeles Los Angeles-ABQ Albuquerque
2h 07mnonstop
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7:00 am - 8:10 amABQ  Albuquerque-LAX Los Angeles Los Angeles
2h 10mnonstop
$177American Airlines
Mon, Sep 28 - Fri, Oct 2
United Airlines Logo
7:00 pm - 10:32 pmSFO  San Francisco-ABQ Albuquerque
2h 32mnonstop
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9:20 am - 11:06 amABQ  Albuquerque-SFO San Francisco
2h 46mnonstop
$258United Airlines
Mon, Sep 28 - Fri, Oct 2
United Airlines Logo
7:00 pm - 10:32 pmSFO  San Francisco-ABQ Albuquerque
2h 32mnonstop
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6:02 pm - 10:51 pmABQ  Albuquerque-SFO San Francisco
5h 49m1 stop Denver Intl
$268United Airlines
Tue, Oct 13 - Tue, Oct 20
Alaska Airlines Logo
7:31 pm - 11:28 pmSEA  Seattle/Tacoma Intl-ABQ Albuquerque
2h 57mnonstop
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12:16 pm - 2:27 pmABQ  Albuquerque-SEA Seattle/Tacoma Intl
3h 11mnonstop
$297Alaska Airlines
Sat, Oct 24 - Tue, Oct 27
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7:31 pm - 11:28 pmSEA  Seattle/Tacoma Intl-ABQ Albuquerque
2h 57mnonstop
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7:00 am - 9:17 amABQ  Albuquerque-SEA Seattle/Tacoma Intl
3h 17mnonstop
$297Alaska Airlines
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Flight from Los Angeles to Albuquerque

Flights to Rio Rancho: the best tips from KAYAK users' own experiences

Insights shared by verified travelers who flew to Rio Rancho 
JenniferFlew with Delta-Jul 2026
Don't expect drinks or snacks on shorter flights bring your own. Expect delays it is very common on delta
NFlew with United Airlines-Jul 2026
Only do carry on the checked bag was stressful and time consuming.
MicheleFlew with Alaska Airlines-May 2026
Be sure your actually getting window seats before paying extra fees.
AngelFlew with Alaska Airlines-Mar 2025
Fly into a different city with more options for departure times. Not to have a six hour layover.
EricFlew with Delta-Oct 2024
Read all fine print and ask questions before finalizing payment for an upgrade

FAQs - booking Rio Rancho flights

  • How long is the flight to Rio Rancho?

    Flights from Washington, D.C.4h 40m
    Flights from New York14h 33m
    Flights from San Francisco2h 23m
    Flights from Boston6h 30m
    Flights from Los Angeles1h 45m
  • What is the cheapest flight to Albuquerque?

    In the last 5 days, the cheapest flight deal to Albuquerque was found on the route from Los Angeles, at $177 return. The most popular connection is from New York to Albuquerque and KAYAK users have found round-trip deals for as low as $306 in the last 5 days.

  • Which airlines fly to Albuquerque?

    Many airlines fly to Albuquerque, the most common ones being Southwest, American Airlines, and United Airlines. See the amount of flights per week for popular airlines flying to Albuquerque.

  • How to fly to Rio Rancho?

    You cannot fly directly to Rio Rancho. KAYAK recommends you fly to Albuquerque (ABQ) (13.61 miles from Rio Rancho). From there you can rent a car or get a taxi.

  • What airports are near Rio Rancho?

    The closest airport is Albuquerque (ABQ) (13.61 mi). Another nearby airport is Santa Fe (SAF) (41.82 mi). KAYAK recommends you fly to Albuquerque.

  • How far is Albuquerque Airport from central Albuquerque?

    The distance between Albuquerque Airport and downtown Albuquerque is 4 miles.

  • What is the name of Albuquerque’s airport?

    There is only 1 airport in Albuquerque, called Albuquerque Airport (ABQ). It can also be referred to as Albuquerque or Albuquerque Intl.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights to Rio Rancho?

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  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight to Rio Rancho?

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Top tips for finding cheap flights to Rio Rancho

  • There is no major airport in Rio Rancho. It is instead served by Albuquerque Airport.
  • Looking for cheap airfare to Rio Rancho? 25% of our users found round-trip tickets to Rio Rancho for the following prices or less: From Las Vegas $234, from San Francisco $257, from Los Angeles $461
  • Enter your preferred departure airport and travel dates into the search form above to unlock the latest Rio Rancho flight deals.

Reviews of the top 5 airlines flying to Rio Rancho

 
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from the United States to Rio Rancho? KAYAK airline reviews give an overall score for each airline based on loads of factors, including comfort, boarding, in-flight entertainment and more, to make your decision easier. See airline scores according to verified KAYAK customer reviews.
8.0
SouthwestOverall score based on 4194 reviews
7.5Entertainment
8.0Comfort
8.6Crew
7.0Food
8.1Boarding
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The Southwest airline was ok. A big thank you to Kayak team (David), who worked with me on Sunday afternoon to rebook my travel from Burbank, CA, to CVG. My original flight on Sunday was delayed, so I had to cancel Sunday flight and rebook my travel to Monday. Could not have done it without help from David from Kayak team. Ante Soda GE Aerospace

10.0 ExcellentAnte, Aug 2026
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The Southwest airline was ok. A big thank you to Kayak team (David), who worked with me on Sunday afternoon to rebook my travel from Burbank, CA, to CVG. My original flight on Sunday was delayed, so I had to cancel Sunday flight and rebook my travel to Monday. Could not have done it without help from David from Kayak team. Ante Soda GE Aerospace

Seated at front bulkhead for a smidge extra leg room away from home and on flight back home. Away crew was very proactive about assuring our carryons had space close behind us (because no seat in front of us our personal items had to be in a small bin overhead). They actively required passengers place overhead luggage on its side so more items could fit in bins. Home crew made no such efforts. I had to struggle back rows to get overhead bags upon landing, no crew help then either, and some disgruntled passengers as I and others retrieved our bags. There was a system that worked pretty well. The home bound crew just didn't feel like working.

Southwest has inacted unfriendly customer policies like other airlines. Watch the fine print very carefully if you are having to alter flight arrangements. Rules are now complicated and very stilted to travelers sacrificing travel funds (unlike before where the simple, straight forward flight change policy was worth the extra premium for ticket price.) On the positive side, SW Flight crews are still wonderfully helpful.

I don't know why flying out of Sarasota requires two plane changes.

mandatory demand customer to check their carry on because not enough people check bags.

No trays in our seats, we sat in first row, purchased a business class fare. Had to hold our drinks and snack in our hands. No plugs for our cell phones. Had to pay for it a drink cocktail each. Seats so uncomfortable.

Bring back peanuts Take our drink orders when were all seated, especially after you switch to assigned seating.

The last 30 min or so, they put the heat on full. We thought we were being basted.

Delayed 4 hours due to mechanical issues. No mention of compensation for being over 3 hours late

They wouldn’t serve us 🥤 drinks, said there was too much turbulence, I must have been on different plane ✈️

Gate agent was extremely rude and yelling at passengers during boarding. Then onboard, a flight attendant was also yelling at passengers. Ruined the experience, Alaska is usually better than this.

I liked the flight. What could be done better is that airplanes should seat the passengers from back to front and not front to back.

Flight was delayed 1.5 hours. Inflight WiFi did not work. Servide in first class was very good.

The bags arrived much later than expected. The boarding was done slowly. The taxi time was too long at SEA. It is a bad airport for international connections.

We had paid for window seats just to not get window seats. When we ask the flight attendant to switch seats she said no because it was a full flight. It was the the worst experience I had ever.

This was our first time flying with Alaska. It was a seamless experience, with comfortable seats and leg room. Staff were friendly and helpful.

They only had one flight to my destination for the entire day. Six hour layover. Coming from their sister airline we didn't have any boarding grouping on our boarding tickets. Had to ask where we were within the grouping.

Cabin was a bit cold. Didn’t seem like they turned up the heat until we were half way. All personnel were wonderful.

The boarding was fine.the crew was efficient and helpful.

I like the airplane E175. I will never fly on a 737 Max.

The temperature on the flight was unbearably hot and they were unable to serve waters and did t make any adjustments. This impacted us both when leaving, we pushed away from the gate but didn’t taxi for takeoff for awhile then arrived ‘early’ yet were stuck in the plane for longer than we should have been.

Terrible - the flight was delayed taking off after boarding. Then the flight circled lga before landing. Significant delay

The actual flight was smooth and we arrived earlier than expected which was great. The flight attendants gave unclear instructions and were rude. They seemed overwhelmed or flustered for the flight. Inflight service was delayed and unsure why.

Everything went smooth from check in, thru TSA, then boarding, and a smooth flight to ATL.

There were weather issues in the area apparently; however, that was not obvious from what we saw outside of LaGuardia. We were delayed leaving (which I understand); however, once we were on the plane we didn't leave for a long time. It may have been two hours?? - all I know is that we sat there for a long time with no information as to why we were not taking off. Finally, after 45 minutes to an hour (maybe?), the pilot gave us an update that no planes were able to go in the our flight path direction (or something like that) due to weather. There was nothing additional added. What does this mean? Why is this? What are the options? When will you give us another update? There were no updates for maybe another 30-45 minutes. There was no explanation as to why we couldn't be rerouted to avoid the weather. We had no information at all. We just sat on the plane (for about 2 hours) with very limited information. All I would have wanted is an explanation as to what was going on. Tell me there is bad weather coming our way. Tell me they are working to reroute us around it (which is what they did). Tell me SOMETHING.

No snacks not been water was offered I fly weekly and have to select Economy or extra comfort per business rules but will choose American at least they offer mid seat class passengers water. on short flights. The WIFI was awful on the plane as well. The thing I can not figure out is why you treat business class people this way we spend more money that your one trip first class passengers cumulative than others maybe look at the company name of the people flying and treat us better as there are thousands of us flying weekly and choose what airline we want to select.

My 4pm flight did not leave until about 10pm. I did not enjoy this experience.

It was good delayed again but once on board the flight crew were very good the entertainment and wifi worked on this plane and we were offered snacks and drinks

I upgraded to first class only to find out that I still had no access to the sky lounge without a sky miles card or AmEx (something that should be emphasized outside of the fine print!) Also, no food or drink service provided during the flight, so I basically paid 4x more just for “free” checked baggage and a bigger seat. Not worth it.

I am so shocked at the service in first class. We were not greeted or offered a beverage for 45 minutes into the flight. She did however have time to write a long note. I just wanted a snack and something to drink. We were never offered coffee and the snacks came after dinner? It was the oddest flight I have ever been on. The gentleman next to me got up and gave our dinner box’s to the flight attendant and asked for a second glass of wine for each of us. Our dinner boxes sat on our tray for 20 minutes. She was rather distracted. He then asked another flight attendant for wine… finally we had a second glass. I was trying to give her some grace, she also told the man next me we couldn’t have any more wine because we drank it all… after landing the seasoned traveler next me ask for her employee number. Then it was a mutiny! She was refusing and it got tense. The captain came and asked what was happening, the flight attendants totally gave a biased account of the fact. The captain told the police the man I was seated next to was intoxicated! That was completely inaccurate and it really escalated things. I policeman found me at the luggage carousel to verify the facts. The flight attendants made false accusations that he touched them! That never happened. It was a very poorly trained crew. I am so anngry and shock by the entire experience! It was terrible service! I would like a refund for what I paid to be in first class and the most uncomfortable flight ever. I always fly Delta, it has been wonderful. I was so flustered by the entire experience! Please give me an update on this matter! Thank you, Kelle Myers

I missed the flight due to maintenance issues. This is the second flight I’ve missed in four days because United allows such little time between layovers. Very disappointing

My return flight to Honolulu (UA 1170) was on a 777-200. I’d forgotten the weird seating arrangement in first-class (2-2-2); I was in 1B, so I faced the passenger in 1C. Unfortunately, there was a problem with the flight computer, so we left LA an hour late (6:05pm). The meal I chose was Korean BBQ Glazed short rib. It was served with a nice salad and fried rice. This meal was better than breakfast on the outgoing leg. All in all, a decent flying experience. Ratings: 777: 3.75, food: 3.5, service: 5 (out of 5).

Food was not Good Nuts came very wet & not tasting Good Main course I asked for Steak they got me Chicken because they don’t have more !!!!

It cancelled and we were unable to catch our connecting international flights.

Terrible service - they don’t want to be there and bad food. Entertainment system in economy from the 2000s

I did bought anything… I don’t understand how this book appears to me . Ridiculous

Leaving at 7 when scheduled to leave at 4:20 - you tell me. Understood there was a ground stop. Then having to "reboot" the plane because of a lighting strike, also understood. But basically the flight was a "clusterf#$%".

No drink service but there was no N/A as an option to choose. Seats were extremely tight. I am under 5.5 and I bumped my knees have no idea how taller people could manage.

We had a delay, but thankfully I made it to my connection. Overall it went smooth

Very uncomfortable seats and seat backs, and I am only 5’9”. Delayed due to crew issues, spent a long time with no ventilation. Teeny overhead bins. Wifi worked well. Arrived safely.

Nothing was good about this flight. Although the flight actually departed more than 3 hours late, due to “air traffic control management” we pushed back from gate 2 hours and 20 minutes late and proceeded to sit 100 yards from gate for and then n tarmac for another 1/2 hour additional 20 minutes

Our flight was delayed to Louisville. What made this worse was they did not have another flight attendant to service the flight. This caused an even longer delay. Then when a flight attendant did show up, she chose to "swap" flights with another flight attendant. Therefore, we had to wait longer for the other flight attendant to come to our flight. This is information that the gate attendant should not have shared. Processes and execution at American are broken. Passengers are feeling it. Fixing this starts at the top of the organization.

Both the gate agent and flight crew did a horrible job of expediting the boarding process. It was simply miss managed. The airplane was late to Tampa. Therefore, they should have expedited the de-boarding process and also boarding process. This did not happen and caused me to miss my connection. I ended up with a 7 hour hour layover just to get home. The overall flying experience on American has simply been degraded. On-time performance is a real problem every single week. This has caused me to consider moving my loyalty to an airline that has better performance metrics.

I understand that the plane is a regional jet, but American Airlines can do better! They have been operating these planes for 25 years by now. The seats are uncomfortable, and both boarding and deplaning are painful and waste a lot of time due to carry-on baggage.

Delays and multiple changes in gates. In accurate info sent to phone. Worst flight in years. With no apologies or recompense.

Flight was delayed for 2 hours, then last minute the change to on time. The satélite location is far and a nightmare to get to.

This time there was nothing to be better, really! Boarding on time, taking off on time and arriving earlier. The only complain is about way too long line at pre-check security point at DFW. But this is the airport’s problem, not American Airline.

Re-checking our bags, the workers were not able to help us with boarding passes for the flight, told us to wait, then ignored us while they helped many other passengers. Until I got rude, they would have left us standing there, and even then they were very curt and dismissive in telling us where to get boarding passes printed. We made it to the gate just as they were starting to board passengers. It was just rude customer service.

I had first class itinerary, yet they put me boarding group 5 from FNT to ORD! I spoke with the gate agent though, and she let me board in Group 1 like I should have been assigned. Would've liked water on that flight. I'm glad that I asked about food on the flight from ORD to DALLAS. If I fly United from ORD to any city in Texas, they always offer a hot meal and regardless if it is a time in between meal times. The excuse was that it was not dinner time yet. It was almost 6pm?? And the flight was over 2 hours. There were some healthy snack options at least, but fresh snacks like apples or something would be nice. At least offer cheese plates or similar. Please bring seatback screens like United is doing. The flight attendant in first class was wonderful.

Gate lady was short & annoyed with us when we had already missed our connection to Albuquerque. She finally gave us both center seats. American Airlines is my least favorite airlines.

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