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Route Reliability

El Paso → Phoenix

ELPPHX · 347 miles · El Paso International Airport to Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport

87
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
82%
Arrive within 15 minutes
6 min
Average arrival delay
0.7%
Cancelled
2,510
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.American Airlines85%1,293 flights
  2. 2.Southwest Airlines79%1,217 flights

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

ELP–PHX flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 100% of the time, versus 64% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Monday is the weak spot.

ELP–PHX flights arrived on time 87% of the time on Tuesdays. On Mondays: 76%.

American Airlines has a slight edge here.

American Airlines arrived on time 85% of the time on this route; Southwest Airlines managed 79%.

Slipping a little lately.

ELP–PHX 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
  • Mon76%(386 flights)
  • Tue87%(334 flights)
  • Wed86%(340 flights)
  • Thu81%(392 flights)
  • Fri81%(384 flights)
  • Sat87%(281 flights)
  • Sun82%(372 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM100%(10 flights)
  • 6–9 AM91%(749 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM86%(309 flights)
  • 12–3 PM89%(371 flights)
  • 3–6 PM75%(474 flights)
  • 6–9 PM70%(507 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM64%(69 flights)
On-time trend by month
83%
May

Jun 82% → May 83% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202582%202
July 202577%207
August 202580%198
September 202584%189
October 202586%236
November 202580%208
December 202584%218
January 202687%202
February 202686%183
March 202676%224
April 202680%214
May 202683%208

Based on 2,510 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.