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Route Reliability

El Paso → Los Angeles

ELPLAX · 715 miles · El Paso International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport

90
Nerd Approved
WanderNerd Reliability Score
85%
Arrive within 15 minutes
3 min
Average arrival delay
0.4%
Cancelled
1,241
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.American Airlines88%758 flights
  2. 2.Southwest Airlines80%483 flights

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

ELP–LAX flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 91% of the time, versus 68% between 6–9 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

ELP–LAX flights arrived on time 92% of the time on Saturdays and just 76% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

American Airlines runs this route best.

American Airlines arrived on time 88% of the time on this route; Southwest Airlines managed 80%.

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
  • Mon79%(183 flights)
  • Tue89%(160 flights)
  • Wed90%(162 flights)
  • Thu85%(186 flights)
  • Fri84%(191 flights)
  • Sat92%(170 flights)
  • Sun76%(182 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM(1 flights)
  • 6–9 AM91%(330 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM90%(286 flights)
  • 12–3 PM86%(301 flights)
  • 3–6 PM77%(146 flights)
  • 6–9 PM68%(169 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM(1 flights)
On-time trend by month
89%
May

Jun 75% → May 89% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202575%94
July 202581%93
August 202585%109
September 202592%90
October 202588%113
November 202589%109
December 202584%108
January 202682%101
February 202683%97
March 202683%105
April 202686%99
May 202689%116

Based on 1,241 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.