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Route Reliability

El Paso → Dallas–Fort Worth

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

69
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
78%
Arrive within 15 minutes
15 min
Average arrival delay
3.1%
Cancelled
2,569
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Airlines on this route

  • American Airlines78% on time · 2,530 flights
  • Frontier Airlines73% 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.

ELP–DFW flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 89% of the time, versus 68% between 6–9 PM.

Skip Saturday if you can.

ELP–DFW flights arrived on time 84% of the time on Tuesdays. On Saturdays: 74%.

Keep a backup plan handy.

This route was cancelled 3.1% 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
  • Mon78%(368 flights)
  • Tue84%(346 flights)
  • Wed78%(344 flights)
  • Thu78%(364 flights)
  • Fri79%(364 flights)
  • Sat74%(331 flights)
  • Sun76%(360 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM89%(88 flights)
  • 6–9 AM87%(771 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM78%(504 flights)
  • 12–3 PM73%(559 flights)
  • 3–6 PM71%(394 flights)
  • 6–9 PM68%(161 flights)
On-time trend by month
78%
May

Jun 72% → May 78% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202572%210
July 202574%211
August 202574%190
September 202577%180
October 202580%230
November 202574%229
December 202584%230
January 202675%199
February 202684%188
March 202685%206
April 202681%200
May 202678%204

Based on 2,569 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.