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Airport · ELP · El Paso, Texas

El Paso, TX

According to PlainFlights' airport traffic ranking (BTS On-Time Performance total flights), El Paso, TX (ELP) ranks #74 of 382 tracked US airports by total flights (most flights = #1). El Paso, TX posts below-median on-time performance among the 382 tracked U.S. airports, as a high-volume U.S. airport.

Data updated 2026-06-13

81.4%
On-time
Top 74%
on-time, US airports
71 min
Delay when late
0.98%
Cancelled
#74 of 382
Corpus placement
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ELP on-time rate vs. the national average

Ahead of the U.S. average across all 382 tracked airports.

0%100%U.S. average79%81.4%

Delay Cause Breakdown

Top delay cause: Late Aircraft. Total delay minutes: 1,074,182.

Late Aircraft 45.4% (487,882 min)
Carrier 35.0% (375,774 min)
NAS (National Aviation System) 14.2% (153,052 min)
Weather 5.2% (56,246 min)
Security 0.1% (1,228 min)

ELP - seasonal on-time pattern

Best: January (93.5%) · worst: July (89.2%)

88%89%90%91%92%93%94% JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 91.1%

ELP - on-time rate by year

2020–2025, year-over-year trend.

90%92%94%96%98% 202020212022202320242025 96.5% 91.1% ▼ -5.6%

ELP - taxi-out and taxi-in (monthly)

Average taxi-out 14.5 min · taxi-in 4.7 min over the last 24 reported months (U.S. airport mean taxi-out ≈ 16.4 min).

13 min14 min15 min16 min Jan 24Dec 25 14.5 min 14.4 min ▼ -0.7%

ELP's average taxi-out (14.5 min) sits near the recent U.S. airport mean (~16.4 min). Month-to-month, it swings from 13.6 min (July 2024) to 15.6 min (November 2025).

Cancellation & Diversion Analysis

Flight disruption statistics for El Paso, TX.

Cancellation Rate

0.98%

1,832 of 186,225 flights

Diversion Rate

0.13%

242 of 186,225 flights

Delay Rate

18.6%

34,595 of 186,225 flights

Top Routes from ELP

Busiest routes to and from El Paso, TX.

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Route Flights On-Time Distance
ELP (El Paso) → DFW (Dallas/Fort Worth) 16,187 80.5% 551 mi
DFW (Dallas/Fort Worth) → ELP (El Paso) 16,178 73.4% 551 mi
PHX (Phoenix) → ELP (El Paso) 14,470 81.9% 347 mi
ELP (El Paso) → PHX (Phoenix) 14,437 85.7% 347 mi
DAL (Dallas) → ELP (El Paso) 9,227 78.3% 562 mi
ELP (El Paso) → DAL (Dallas) 9,181 85% 562 mi
ELP (El Paso) → DEN (Denver) 8,632 81.5% 563 mi
DEN (Denver) → ELP (El Paso) 8,619 76.6% 563 mi
AUS (Austin) → ELP (El Paso) 6,895 77.5% 528 mi
ELP (El Paso) → AUS (Austin) 6,882 84.4% 528 mi
ELP (El Paso) → LAS (Las Vegas) 6,396 80.4% 583 mi
LAS (Las Vegas) → ELP (El Paso) 6,377 76.9% 583 mi
LAX (Los Angeles) → ELP (El Paso) 6,201 86.8% 715 mi
ELP (El Paso) → LAX (Los Angeles) 6,116 87.2% 715 mi
ELP (El Paso) → HOU (Houston) 5,563 86.7% 677 mi
HOU (Houston) → ELP (El Paso) 5,479 79.9% 677 mi
ELP (El Paso) → ORD (Chicago) 4,034 85.4% 1,236 mi
ORD (Chicago) → ELP (El Paso) 4,032 81.2% 1,236 mi
ATL (Atlanta) → ELP (El Paso) 4,006 81.9% 1,282 mi
ELP (El Paso) → ATL (Atlanta) 4,004 89.3% 1,282 mi

Nationwide peers by on-time rate & flight volume

Two PlainFlights-derived comparison paths for El Paso, TX, both outside Texas so the neighborhoods are not same-state geography. Axes stay disjoint: volume peers exclude the on-time peer set. Same-state compare stays below.

Similar on-time rate

Nearest out-of-state BTS on-time rate (this airport: 81.4%).

Charleston, SC

Charleston, SC

81.4% on-time 276,798 flights

Pensacola, FL

Pensacola, FL

81.4% on-time 143,115 flights

Little Rock, AR

Little Rock, AR

81.4% on-time 133,985 flights

Birmingham, AL

Birmingham, AL

81.5% on-time 178,467 flights

Similar flight volume

Nearest out-of-state total flights (this airport: 186,225).

Tulsa, OK

Tulsa, OK

182,147 flights 82.9% on-time

Sarasota/Bradenton, FL

Sarasota/Bradenton, FL

177,587 flights 79.5% on-time

Kona, HI

Kona, HI

177,017 flights 86.3% on-time

Grand Rapids, MI

Grand Rapids, MI

195,613 flights 81.9% on-time

Other Airports in Texas

Compare performance with other Texas airports.

DFW 78.5%

Dallas/Fort Worth, TX

Dallas/Fort Worth · 3,395,134 flights
IAH 81.6%

Houston, TX

Houston · 1,404,392 flights
AUS 79.3%

Austin, TX

Austin · 909,441 flights
DAL 77.6%

Dallas, TX

Dallas · 791,209 flights
HOU 79.4%

Houston, TX

Houston · 618,821 flights
SAT 81.7%

San Antonio, TX

San Antonio · 419,736 flights
MAF 82.9%

Midland/Odessa, TX

Midland/Odessa · 100,719 flights
LBB 82%

Lubbock, TX

Lubbock · 69,433 flights

ELP delay-share reading

The standout signal at El Paso, TX is the delay mix: Late Aircraft owns 45.4% of 1,074,182 delay minutes across 186,225 BTS flights. The on-time headline is 81.4% (2.4 pts above the 79% national average), with 34,595 delayed and 1,832 cancelled (0.98%).

Delay minutes concentrate in Late Aircraft (45.4% late-aircraft, 35.0% carrier, 14.2% NAS, 5.2% weather, 0.1% security). As a busy airport, that mix matters more for connection planning than for a thin schedule.

On the multi-year calendar, ELP is strongest in January (93.5% on-time) and weakest in July (89.2%), a 4.3-point swing. Volume peaks in October (~2,804 flights/month). The busiest connecting route is to DFW (Dallas/Fort Worth) at 80.5% on-time. Field definitions: on-time performance explained.

Statewide aggregates for Texas: Texas flight data.

Data Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025). Statistics reflect cumulative performance across all available reporting periods. On-time rates exclude cancelled and diverted flights.

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Using ELP's data

ELP's on-time book sits in the slower half of the BTS set; check the delay mix and the worst month before treating the headline as typical.

  • Check the busiest route from ELP before you book a connection. See top routes
  • Travel in January rather than July if your dates are flexible. Seasonal patterns
  • Gate-to-wheels taxi-out averages 14.5 min here; check the monthly series before a tight connection. Taxi times

On-time rate reflects the BTS historical average across all reporting carriers at this airport, not any single flight or airline.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) On-Time Performance data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainFlights

Source: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) Airline on-time performance and operational reliability · 2025

Every figure on PlainFlights is rendered directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no number is typed in by an editor. Airport figures are computed directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.