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Route Reliability

El Paso → Denver

ELPDEN · 563 miles · El Paso International Airport to Denver International Airport

86
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
80%
Arrive within 15 minutes
8 min
Average arrival delay
0.4%
Cancelled
1,835
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

Ranked by on-time arrivals. Historical results, not predictions.

  1. 1.United Airlines83%729 flights
  2. 2.Frontier Airlines80%333 flights
  3. 3.Southwest Airlines78%773 flights

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

ELP–DEN flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 96% of the time, versus 51% between 3–6 PM.

Skip Thursday if you can.

ELP–DEN flights arrived on time 84% of the time on Tuesdays. On Thursdays: 74%.

United Airlines has a slight edge here.

United Airlines arrived on time 83% of the time on this route; Southwest Airlines managed 78%.

Slipping a little lately.

ELP–DEN flights arrived on time 81% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 87% in the three months before that.

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
  • Mon80%(274 flights)
  • Tue84%(240 flights)
  • Wed82%(249 flights)
  • Thu74%(272 flights)
  • Fri77%(270 flights)
  • Sat83%(244 flights)
  • Sun81%(277 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM96%(301 flights)
  • 6–9 AM91%(405 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM90%(68 flights)
  • 12–3 PM76%(628 flights)
  • 3–6 PM51%(205 flights)
  • 6–9 PM74%(219 flights)
On-time trend by month
74%
May

Jun 70% → May 74% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202570%160
July 202566%164
August 202572%148
September 202578%141
October 202583%160
November 202591%151
December 202584%160
January 202691%151
February 202686%139
March 202681%152
April 202688%145
May 202674%155

Based on 1,835 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.