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Route Reliability

Dallas–Fort Worth → El Paso

DFWELP · 551 miles · Dallas Fort Worth International Airport to El Paso International Airport

56
A Little Dicey
WanderNerd Reliability Score
67%
Arrive within 15 minutes
20 min
Average arrival delay
3.2%
Cancelled
2,567
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Airlines on this route

  • American Airlines67% on time · 2,528 flights
  • Frontier Airlines70% on time · 39 flights

Too little history on this route to call a winner. We rank airlines only after 100 flights each.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

DFW–ELP flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 76% of the time, versus 51% between 6–9 PM.

Skip Saturday if you can.

DFW–ELP flights arrived on time 73% of the time on Tuesdays. On Saturdays: 62%.

Keep a backup plan handy.

This route was cancelled 3.2% of the time. Typical for U.S. flights is around 1–2%.

Best historical flights

Ranked by on-time arrivals, minimum 100 flights. Past performance, not a promise.

Top flights by on-time rate

More flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon63%(371 flights)
  • Tue73%(343 flights)
  • Wed71%(346 flights)
  • Thu69%(362 flights)
  • Fri69%(363 flights)
  • Sat62%(335 flights)
  • Sun63%(361 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM76%(315 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM76%(396 flights)
  • 12–3 PM69%(571 flights)
  • 3–6 PM70%(502 flights)
  • 6–9 PM51%(259 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM57%(438 flights)
On-time trend by month
67%
May

Jun 54% → May 67% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202554%210
July 202560%210
August 202564%192
September 202573%182
October 202575%229
November 202565%229
December 202569%231
January 202664%195
February 202677%190
March 202672%207
April 202665%199
May 202667%207

Based on 2,567 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.