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Route Reliability

San Diego → El Paso

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

86
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
81%
Arrive within 15 minutes
6 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 81% of the time across 357 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

SAN–ELP flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 89% of the time, versus 69% between 6–9 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

SAN–ELP flights arrived on time 94% of the time on Tuesdays and just 67% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

Recent months have been rougher.

SAN–ELP flights arrived on time 69% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 91% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon73%(52 flights)
  • Tue94%(52 flights)
  • Wed83%(52 flights)
  • Thu82%(51 flights)
  • Fri83%(52 flights)
  • Sat82%(44 flights)
  • Sun67%(52 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM89%(70 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM87%(111 flights)
  • 12–3 PM77%(56 flights)
  • 3–6 PM80%(30 flights)
  • 6–9 PM69%(88 flights)
On-time trend by month
69%
May

Jun 73% → May 69% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202573%30
July 202581%31
August 202581%31
September 202583%30
October 202590%31
November 202577%30
December 202587%31
January 202693%30
February 202693%28
March 202663%30
April 202674%27
May 202669%26

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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.