Route Reliability

Airport reliability

El Paso (ELP) on-time performance

How reliably flights leave El Paso, TX (ELP) and reach their destinations, by airline, departure hour and month, September 2025 to August 2026.

Historical performance Official DOT data through August 2026 · Not live flight status

El Paso, TX16,368 departures in 12 months

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Three-letter airport codes, nonstop U.S. domestic flights. One direction at a time.

Departures on time
80.0%
U.S. average 75.6%
Cancelled
1.0%
U.S. average 1.9%
60+ minutes late
6.5%
U.S. average 8.1%
Scheduled departures
16,368
12 months

What this means

ELP departures beat the U.S. average.

  • 80.0% of the 16,368 scheduled departures from El Paso (ELP) arrived at their destination on time, 4.4 points higher than the U.S. average of 75.6%.
  • 1.0% of departures were cancelled (U.S. average 1.9%), and 6.5% arrived an hour or more late.
  • Flights arriving at ELP were on time 73.6% of the time.
  • Among airlines with at least 300 departures, Delta Air Lines was the most punctual from ELP (86.1%) and Frontier Airlines the least (75.9%).
  • Over the last 3 years, February was the most reliable month for departures from ELP (86.3% on time) and June the least reliable (74.8%).
  • Cancellations peaked in January, when 2.3% of flights were cancelled.
  • Flights scheduled to depart before 6 am were the most punctual (94.1% on time); flights scheduled to depart 9 pm to 10 pm were the least (56.4%).

Airlines at ELP

Ranked by on-time arrival

Departures from ELP, September 2025 to August 2026. On time means arrived at the destination within 15 minutes of schedule.
AirlineOn timeCancelled 60+ min lateAvg delay when lateDepartures
Delta Air Lines 86.1%1.8% 5.2%104 min 726
Republic AirwaysSold as American Eagle, Delta Connection, United Express 85.0%0.0% 8.3%122 min 120
United Airlines 83.8%0.7% 6.8%91 min 766
SkyWest AirlinesSold as United Express, Delta Connection, American Eagle, Alaska 83.7%0.8% 6.4%108 min 1,899
Envoy AirSold as American Eagle 83.2%0.7% 5.4%81 min 1,259
Southwest Airlines 79.1%0.6% 5.4%54 min 8,798
American Airlines 76.1%2.8% 9.7%102 min 2,124
Frontier Airlines 75.9%1.2% 12.3%97 min 676

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On-time rate by departure hour

<6a 94.1%
6a 91.3%
7a 88.7%
8a 84.4%
9a 87.8%
10a 83.7%
11a 83.9%
12p 81.7%
1p 78.7%
2p 74.3%
3p 74.0%
4p 58.5%
5p 67.6%
6p 69.2%
7p 67.2%
8p 64.0%
9p 56.4%
10p 42.2%
Share of scheduled flights on time ELP average 80.0%
Departures from ELP by scheduled local departure hour, September 2025 to August 2026. Scale starts at zero.
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PeriodOn timeFlights
Departing before 6 am 94.1% 1,077
Departing 6 am to 7 am 91.3% 2,450
Departing 7 am to 8 am 88.7% 1,338
Departing 8 am to 9 am 84.4% 806
Departing 9 am to 10 am 87.8% 499
Departing 10 am to 11 am 83.7% 935
Departing 11 am to noon 83.9% 1,090
Departing noon to 1 pm 81.7% 1,502
Departing 1 pm to 2 pm 78.7% 816
Departing 2 pm to 3 pm 74.3% 1,294
Departing 3 pm to 4 pm 74.0% 788
Departing 4 pm to 5 pm 58.5% 831
Departing 5 pm to 6 pm 67.6% 627
Departing 6 pm to 7 pm 69.2% 895
Departing 7 pm to 8 pm 67.2% 655
Departing 8 pm to 9 pm 64.0% 522
Departing 9 pm to 10 pm 56.4% 179
Departing 10 pm to 11 pm 42.2% 64

Best and worst months at ELP

Jan 83.3%
Feb 86.3%
Mar 81.0%
Apr 81.8%
May 76.8%
Jun 74.8%
Jul 75.5%
Aug 81.2%
Sep 85.7%
Oct 85.3%
Nov 85.2%
Dec 83.6%
Share of scheduled flights on time 12-month average 80.0%
Departures from ELP by calendar month, September 2023 to August 2026 pooled. Scale starts at zero.
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PeriodOn timeFlights
January 83.3% 3,912
February 86.3% 3,551
March 81.0% 4,179
April 81.8% 4,223
May 76.8% 4,360
June 74.8% 4,327
July 75.5% 4,436
August 81.2% 4,338
September 85.7% 4,244
October 85.3% 4,622
November 85.2% 4,393
December 83.6% 4,436

Month by month, last 12 months

Sep 84.1%
Oct 82.5%
Nov 80.7%
Dec 82.9%
Jan 83.1%
Feb 85.1%
Mar 78.6%
Apr 80.7%
May 77.6%
Jun 70.8%
Jul 75.7%
Aug 79.6%
Share of scheduled flights on time U.S. average 75.6%
Departures from ELP, September 2025 to August 2026. Scale starts at zero.
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PeriodOn timeFlights
Sep 2025 84.1% 1,301
Oct 2025 82.5% 1,478
Nov 2025 80.7% 1,438
Dec 2025 82.9% 1,470
Jan 2026 83.1% 1,289
Feb 2026 85.1% 1,159
Mar 2026 78.6% 1,362
Apr 2026 80.7% 1,303
May 2026 77.6% 1,357
Jun 2026 70.8% 1,394
Jul 2026 75.7% 1,446
Aug 2026 79.6% 1,371

Busiest routes from ELP

Nonstop routes from ELP by scheduled flights, September 2025 to August 2026.
ToOn timeCancelledAirlinesFlights
Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) 76.2%2.5%42,593
Phoenix (PHX) 80.9%0.7%42,505
Denver (DEN) 79.3%0.4%31,871
Dallas (DAL) 79.1%1.0%11,763
Las Vegas (LAS) 79.2%0.7%21,348
Los Angeles (LAX) 83.6%0.3%21,279
Austin (AUS) 79.8%0.5%11,038
Houston (HOU) 83.0%0.5%11,034
San Antonio (SAT) 81.3%0.1%1737
Chicago (ORD) 81.8%1.4%5727
Atlanta (ATL) 86.1%1.8%1726
San Diego (SAN) 74.8%0.6%1357
Chicago (MDW) 81.6%0.9%1212
Houston (IAH) 80.6%0.0%2124
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Sources & data dates

Source
U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance (1987-present)
Period
September 2025 to August 2026 (12 months); month-of-year patterns September 2023 to August 2026
Data through
August 2026
Processed
2026-11-03
Scope
Scheduled nonstop domestic departures from El Paso, TX (ELP) by airlines that report to the DOT.
Method
Rates use all scheduled flights as the denominator; cancelled and diverted flights count as not on time. Figures based on fewer than 50 scheduled flights are suppressed. Full methodology.

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