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Route Reliability

Chicago → El Paso

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

71
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
71%
Arrive within 15 minutes
9 min
Average arrival delay
1.8%
Cancelled
727
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.United Airlines73%358 flights
  2. 2.American Airlines70%369 flights

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

ORD–ELP flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 93% of the time, versus 61% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

ORD–ELP flights arrived on time 77% of the time on Tuesdays. On Sundays: 66%.

United Airlines has a slight edge here.

United Airlines arrived on time 73% of the time on this route; American Airlines managed 70%.

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
  • Mon75%(103 flights)
  • Tue77%(104 flights)
  • Wed71%(105 flights)
  • Thu69%(102 flights)
  • Fri66%(98 flights)
  • Sat75%(99 flights)
  • Sun66%(101 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM93%(45 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM83%(95 flights)
  • 12–3 PM(2 flights)
  • 3–6 PM82%(27 flights)
  • 6–9 PM68%(432 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM61%(111 flights)
On-time trend by month
69%
May

Jun 58% → May 69% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202558%64
July 202560%57
August 202576%58
September 202578%60
October 202573%62
November 202577%57
December 202563%57
January 202667%60
February 202684%56
March 202687%62
April 202665%57
May 202669%62

Based on 727 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.