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Route Reliability

San Antonio → El Paso

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

89
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
81%
Arrive within 15 minutes
6 min
Average arrival delay
0%
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 81% of the time across 781 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

SAT–ELP flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 97% of the time, versus 56% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Thursdays have been rough.

SAT–ELP flights arrived on time 93% of the time on Tuesdays and just 74% on Thursdays. That gap is worth planning around.

It basically never cancels.

Out of 781 scheduled flights, only 0.0% were cancelled.

Slipping a little lately.

SAT–ELP flights arrived on time 81% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 86% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon75%(124 flights)
  • Tue93%(106 flights)
  • Wed90%(104 flights)
  • Thu74%(121 flights)
  • Fri76%(124 flights)
  • Sat82%(74 flights)
  • Sun80%(127 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM97%(215 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM95%(63 flights)
  • 12–3 PM80%(173 flights)
  • 3–6 PM85%(124 flights)
  • 6–9 PM58%(189 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM56%(16 flights)
On-time trend by month
77%
May

Jun 74% → May 77% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202574%80
July 202575%84
August 202581%73
September 202582%73
October 202587%75
November 202584%76
December 202581%77
January 202680%40
February 202696%28
March 202687%53
April 202678%59
May 202677%62

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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.