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Route Reliability

El Paso → Chicago

ELPORD · 1,236 miles · El Paso International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport

85
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
84%
Arrive within 15 minutes
3 min
Average arrival delay
1.5%
Cancelled
730
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%371 flights
  2. 2.United Airlines80%359 flights

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

ELP–ORD flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 86% of the time, versus 77% between 12–3 PM.

Skip Saturday if you can.

ELP–ORD flights arrived on time 89% of the time on Thursdays. On Saturdays: 78%.

American Airlines runs this route best.

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

Slipping a little lately.

ELP–ORD flights arrived on time 80% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 86% 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
  • Mon85%(103 flights)
  • Tue84%(105 flights)
  • Wed81%(104 flights)
  • Thu89%(105 flights)
  • Fri87%(102 flights)
  • Sat78%(96 flights)
  • Sun83%(102 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM82%(61 flights)
  • 6–9 AM86%(517 flights)
  • 12–3 PM77%(139 flights)
On-time trend by month
70%
May

Jun 94% → May 70% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202594%64
July 202578%59
August 202579%58
September 202583%60
October 202590%62
November 202583%58
December 202581%57
January 202686%62
February 202691%56
March 202689%61
April 202683%57
May 202670%63

Based on 730 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.