El Paso International in August 2023

83.2%departed on time

BTS: A flight is counted as on time if it arrived less than 15 minutes after its scheduled time. Only carriers with at least 0.5 percent of domestic scheduled passenger revenue report.

In August 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 1,502 domestic departures from El Paso International (ELP). 83.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 83.0% reached their destination on time; 0.9% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 76.7% of flights departed on time and 76.9% arrived on time, so ELP departures were 6.5 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at ELP that month were on time 77.3% of the time (1,502 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 50%, air carrier 39% and national aviation system 9%.

On time 83.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 15.6%
Cancelled 0.9%
Diverted 0.4%

Every scheduled departure from ELP in August 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

August 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Aug 2023	Year earlier	ELP, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2023
Departed on time	83.2%	—	79.0%	76.7%
Arrived on time	83.0%	—	80.1%	76.9%
Cancelled	0.9%	—	1.1%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	15.4 min	—	15.3 min	17.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	50	—	45	20,100
Scheduled departures	1,502	—	16,369	602,987

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	788	52%	86.2%	-0.4 min	0.8%
AA American Airlines	248	17%	75.8%	39.3 min	1.2%
MQ Envoy Air	183	12%	84.7%	-1.5 min	0.5%
OO SkyWest Airlines	125	8%	89.6%	-3.3 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	62	4%	85.5%	-6.6 min	4.8%
AS Alaska Airlines	31	2%	71.0%	8.0 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	30	2%	63.3%	9.8 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	26	2%	57.7%	23.5 min	3.8%
G4 Allegiant Air	9	1%	44.4%	17.3 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ELP–DFW	El Paso to Dallas/Fort Worth	248	77.8%	37.6 min	1.2%
ELP–PHX	El Paso to Phoenix	224	84.8%	1.6 min	0.0%
ELP–AUS	El Paso to Austin	164	86.6%	-1.5 min	0.6%
ELP–DAL	El Paso to Dallas	149	86.6%	-1.2 min	0.0%
ELP–LAX	El Paso to Los Angeles	134	87.3%	-0.9 min	0.0%
ELP–DEN	El Paso to Denver	129	71.3%	9.7 min	0.0%
ELP–LAS	El Paso to Las Vegas	113	79.6%	3.0 min	3.5%
ELP–HOU	El Paso to Houston	93	94.6%	-7.5 min	0.0%
ELP–ATL	El Paso to Atlanta	62	85.5%	-6.6 min	4.8%
ELP–SAT	El Paso to San Antonio	62	80.6%	-1.7 min	1.6%
ELP–LGB	El Paso to Long Beach	31	83.9%	-1.5 min	3.2%
ELP–ORD	El Paso to Chicago	31	87.1%	-3.8 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), August 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	38.5%	36.7%	8,088
Late-arriving aircraft	49.6%	42.2%	10,423
National Aviation System	8.9%	15.7%	1,871
Extreme weather	3.0%	5.1%	623
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

21,005 delay minutes on 235 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Questions and answers

How many flights left ELP on time in August 2023?

83.2% of 1,502 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 83.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.7% and 76.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

August 2022 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for ELP · methodology · corrections.