El Paso International in September 2023

84.7%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 September 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 1,449 domestic departures from El Paso International (ELP). 84.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 85.1% reached their destination on time; 0.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.5% of flights departed on time and 80.1% arrived on time, so ELP departures were 4.2 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at ELP that month were on time 81.2% of the time (1,449 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 53%, air carrier 35% and national aviation system 11%.

On time 85.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 14.3%
Cancelled 0.2%
Diverted 0.4%

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

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

Measure	Sep 2023	Year earlier	ELP, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Sep 2023
Departed on time	84.7%	—	79.0%	80.5%
Arrived on time	85.1%	—	80.1%	80.1%
Cancelled	0.2%	—	1.1%	1.2%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	10.8 min	—	15.3 min	14.1 min
Scheduled departures a day	48	—	45	18,978
Scheduled departures	1,449	—	16,369	569,338

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	744	51%	84.8%	-0.1 min	0.1%
MQ Envoy Air	185	13%	82.7%	-1.7 min	0.5%
OO SkyWest Airlines	184	13%	95.7%	1.3 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	161	11%	81.4%	13.0 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	60	4%	95.0%	-9.4 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	52	4%	75.0%	24.1 min	1.9%
UA United Airlines	30	2%	83.3%	1.0 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	23	2%	65.2%	7.6 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	10	1%	60.0%	37.4 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ELP–DFW	El Paso to Dallas/Fort Worth	227	81.1%	7.0 min	0.0%
ELP–PHX	El Paso to Phoenix	198	88.4%	6.2 min	0.0%
ELP–AUS	El Paso to Austin	164	86.0%	-2.0 min	0.6%
ELP–DAL	El Paso to Dallas	144	88.9%	-4.4 min	0.0%
ELP–LAX	El Paso to Los Angeles	135	91.1%	-1.6 min	0.0%
ELP–DEN	El Paso to Denver	130	80.8%	8.5 min	0.0%
ELP–LAS	El Paso to Las Vegas	128	76.6%	9.9 min	1.6%
ELP–HOU	El Paso to Houston	86	90.7%	-7.1 min	0.0%
ELP–ATL	El Paso to Atlanta	60	95.0%	-9.4 min	0.0%
ELP–SAT	El Paso to San Antonio	60	78.3%	7.4 min	0.0%
ELP–LGB	El Paso to Long Beach	30	83.3%	0.0 min	0.0%
ELP–ORD	El Paso to Chicago	30	93.3%	-7.7 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), September 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Sep 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	34.7%	36.4%	4,776
Late-arriving aircraft	52.9%	38.3%	7,275
National Aviation System	11.4%	19.9%	1,573
Extreme weather	0.8%	5.1%	112
Security	0.2%	0.2%	21

13,757 delay minutes on 207 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 September 2023?

84.7% of 1,449 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 85.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.5% and 80.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

September 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 September 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.