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Route Reliability

El Paso → San Diego

ELP–SAN · 636 miles · El Paso International Airport to San Diego International Airport

87
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
84%
Arrive within 15 minutes
1 min
Average arrival delay
0.6%
Cancelled
357
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 357 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

ELP–SAN flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 94% of the time, versus 72% between 6–9 PM.

Thursdays have been rough.

ELP–SAN flights arrived on time 89% of the time on Wednesdays and just 73% on Thursdays. That gap is worth planning around.

Trending in the right direction.

ELP–SAN flights arrived on time 94% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 78% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon85%(52 flights)
  • Tue86%(51 flights)
  • Wed89%(52 flights)
  • Thu73%(51 flights)
  • Fri86%(51 flights)
  • Sat84%(44 flights)
  • Sun85%(52 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM94%(78 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM90%(59 flights)
  • 12–3 PM82%(61 flights)
  • 3–6 PM83%(72 flights)
  • 6–9 PM72%(83 flights)
On-time trend by month
100%
May

Jun 83% → May 100% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202583%30
July 202568%31
August 202594%31
September 202587%30
October 202577%30
November 202586%29
December 202580%30
January 202674%31
February 202679%28
March 202697%31
April 202685%27
May 2026100%25

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Based on 357 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.