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Route Reliability

Phoenix → El Paso

PHX–ELP · 347 miles · Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport to El Paso International Airport

85
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
80%
Arrive within 15 minutes
7 min
Average arrival delay
0.7%
Cancelled
2,508
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.American Airlines83%1,292 flights
  2. 2.Southwest Airlines77%1,216 flights

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

PHX–ELP flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 91% of the time, versus 62% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

PHX–ELP flights arrived on time 85% of the time on Tuesdays. On Sundays: 77%.

American Airlines has a slight edge here.

American Airlines arrived on time 83% of the time on this route; Southwest Airlines managed 77%.

Recent months have been rougher.

PHX–ELP flights arrived on time 76% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 84% 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

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The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon78%(384 flights)
  • Tue85%(339 flights)
  • Wed84%(341 flights)
  • Thu78%(393 flights)
  • Fri78%(382 flights)
  • Sat83%(281 flights)
  • Sun77%(369 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 12–3 AM—(2 flights)
  • 6–9 AM91%(439 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM88%(336 flights)
  • 12–3 PM83%(528 flights)
  • 3–6 PM79%(506 flights)
  • 6–9 PM73%(367 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM62%(311 flights)
On-time trend by month
80%
May

Jun 80% → May 80% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202580%202
July 202577%206
August 202584%200
September 202582%190
October 202579%237
November 202580%207
December 202577%216
January 202690%201
February 202686%183
March 202675%224
April 202674%214
May 202680%209

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Based on 2,508 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.