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Route Reliability

El Paso → San Antonio

ELP–SAT · 496 miles · El Paso International Airport to San Antonio International Airport

89
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
83%
Arrive within 15 minutes
5 min
Average arrival delay
0.1%
Cancelled
781
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Southwest Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 83% of the time across 781 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

ELP–SAT flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 97% of the time, versus 52% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Friday is doing you no favors.

ELP–SAT flights arrived on time 90% of the time on Tuesdays. On Fridays: 81%.

It basically never cancels.

Out of 781 scheduled flights, only 0.1% were cancelled.

Recent months have been rougher.

ELP–SAT flights arrived on time 75% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 90% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon81%(123 flights)
  • Tue90%(106 flights)
  • Wed85%(104 flights)
  • Thu83%(121 flights)
  • Fri81%(124 flights)
  • Sat81%(73 flights)
  • Sun83%(126 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM94%(16 flights)
  • 6–9 AM97%(120 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM96%(168 flights)
  • 12–3 PM83%(173 flights)
  • 3–6 PM65%(113 flights)
  • 6–9 PM81%(145 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM52%(42 flights)
On-time trend by month
80%
May

Jun 69% → May 80% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202569%78
July 202580%84
August 202592%73
September 202596%73
October 202584%75
November 202588%76
December 202590%77
January 202685%40
February 202696%27
March 202670%54
April 202673%59
May 202680%61

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Based on 781 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.