El Paso International Airport (ELP) delays & on-time performance
El Paso, Texas · 17 nonstop destinations · 8 airlines · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
No FAA-reported ground stops or delays at ELP right now. Individual flights can still be delayed by the airline; check with your airline for your flight.
On-time arrivals
81%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
1.1%
173 flights
Avg arrival delay
15 min
73 min when late
Departed on time
80%
avg taxi-out 15 min
Figures cover 16,369 departures from ELP; on-time is measured at arrival. Arrivals into ELP were on time 75% of the time.
Key facts
- Flights departing El Paso International Airport (ELP) arrived on time 81% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, better than the 78% national average.
- 1.1% were cancelled, and 6% arrived an hour or more late.
- Delta Air Lines was the most punctual airline here (88% on time); Frontier Airlines was the least (78%).
- Departures scheduled around 5am did best (95% on time); around 4pm did worst (60%).
- The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (47%).
Most delayed routes from ELP
Lowest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
- DFW · Dallas/Fort Worth78%2,571 flts
- SAN · San Diego80%361 flts
- DEN · Denver80%1,864 flts
- DAL · Dallas80%1,770 flts
- AUS · Austin81%1,036 flts
- LAS · Las Vegas81%1,330 flts
- PHX · Phoenix81%2,506 flts
- SAT · San Antonio83%747 flts
- LAX · Los Angeles84%1,279 flts
- HOU · Houston84%1,037 flts
Most reliable routes from ELP
Highest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
- ATL · Atlanta88%724 flts
- ORD · Chicago84%727 flts
- HOU · Houston84%1,037 flts
- LAX · Los Angeles84%1,279 flts
- SAT · San Antonio83%747 flts
- PHX · Phoenix81%2,506 flts
- LAS · Las Vegas81%1,330 flts
- AUS · Austin81%1,036 flts
- DAL · Dallas80%1,770 flts
- DEN · Denver80%1,864 flts
Best airline at ELP
Departures from this airport, ranked by on-time arrival.
| Airline | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Routes | Flights |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines | 88% | 2.1% | 13 min | 1 | 724 |
| Republic Airways | 85% | 0.8% | 19 min | 1 | 126 |
| SkyWest Airlines | 84% | 1.0% | 17 min | 5 | 1,978 |
| Envoy Air | 83% | 0.9% | 14 min | 3 | 1,267 |
| United Airlines | 83% | 0.7% | 14 min | 3 | 766 |
| Southwest Airlines | 80% | 0.6% | 12 min | 13 | 8,810 |
| American Airlines | 78% | 3.2% | 23 min | 3 | 2,039 |
| Frontier Airlines | 78% | 1.1% | 22 min | 3 | 659 |
Best time to fly out of ELP
On-time arrival rate by scheduled departure hour (local time).
- 5am95%1,100 flts
- 6am93%2,379 flts
- 7am89%1,340 flts
- 8am87%791 flts
- 9am87%525 flts
- 10am86%893 flts
- 11am84%1,080 flts
- 12pm83%1,543 flts
- 1pm80%891 flts
- 2pm75%1,259 flts
- 3pm76%821 flts
- 4pm60%798 flts
- 5pm69%642 flts
- 6pm70%930 flts
- 7pm70%632 flts
- 8pm65%506 flts
- 9pm56%177 flts
Monthly trend
Why departures were late
- Late-arriving aircraft47%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)31%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion17%
- Extreme weather4%
- Security0%
Data: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 (12 months). Latest month published by BTS: July 2026. How we calculate this.