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Route Reliability

El Paso → Chicago

ELPMDW · 1,237 miles · El Paso International Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport

85
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
84%
Arrive within 15 minutes
3 min
Average arrival delay
0.9%
Cancelled
214
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Southwest Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 84% of the time across 214 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

ELP–MDW flights departing between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 93% of the time, versus 79% between 12–3 PM.

Thursdays have been rough.

ELP–MDW flights arrived on time 97% of the time on Mondays and just 69% on Thursdays. That gap is worth planning around.

Recent months have been rougher.

ELP–MDW flights arrived on time 77% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 87% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon97%(32 flights)
  • Tue94%(31 flights)
  • Wed77%(30 flights)
  • Thu69%(29 flights)
  • Fri87%(31 flights)
  • Sat81%(26 flights)
  • Sun84%(31 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM80%(15 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM93%(75 flights)
  • 12–3 PM79%(120 flights)
On-time trend by month
76%
Dec

Jun 96% → Dec 76% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202596%28
July 202583%30
August 202583%30
September 202593%30
October 202581%31
November 202574%27
December 202576%29

Based on 214 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.