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Airport Reliability

ELP · El Paso

El Paso International Airport

82%
Departures within 15 minutes
11 min
Average departure delay
77%
Arrivals within 15 minutes
1.1%
Departures cancelled

Based on 18,623 departures and 18,623 arrivals. Data through May 2026.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

Departures from ELP departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 94% of the time, versus 63% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Tuesday has been the better bet.

A small edge: 86% on time on Tuesdays against 80% on Mondays.

Slipping a little lately.

Departures from ELP arrived on time 81% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 86% in the three months before that.

When ELP gets messy

On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM94%(1415 flights)
  • 6–9 AM91%(5063 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM86%(2517 flights)
  • 12–3 PM80%(4396 flights)
  • 3–6 PM71%(2450 flights)
  • 6–9 PM71%(2331 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM63%(182 flights)
On-time by weekday
  • Mon80%(2757 flights)
  • Tue86%(2513 flights)
  • Wed84%(2517 flights)
  • Thu81%(2743 flights)
  • Fri81%(2741 flights)
  • Sat84%(2337 flights)
  • Sun81%(2746 flights)
On-time trend by month
81%
May

Jun 77% → May 81% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202577%1589
July 202577%1626
August 202582%1542
September 202585%1487
October 202584%1659
November 202583%1583
December 202584%1635
January 202686%1397
February 202687%1300
March 202680%1532
April 202683%1490
May 202681%1514

Airlines departing ELP

Busiest routes from ELP

Based on 18,623 historical flights, because apparently we checked. Historical flight data: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, June 2025 – May 2026. Data through May 2026. How we calculate this.