El Paso International in December 2023

85.8%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 December 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 1,418 domestic departures from El Paso International (ELP). 85.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 86.3% reached their destination on time; 0.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 83.8% arrived on time, so ELP departures were 2.7 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at ELP that month were on time 84.5% of the time (1,418 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 53%, air carrier 30% and national aviation system 14%.

On time 86.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 13.3%
Cancelled 0.4%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2023	Year earlier	ELP, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2023
Departed on time	85.8%	—	79.0%	83.1%
Arrived on time	86.3%	—	80.1%	83.8%
Cancelled	0.4%	—	1.1%	0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	10.0 min	—	15.3 min	11.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	47	—	45	19,013
Scheduled departures	1,418	—	16,369	570,394

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	794	56%	87.2%	-0.8 min	0.6%
AA American Airlines	182	13%	80.8%	8.6 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	174	12%	87.9%	6.8 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	149	11%	88.6%	0.5 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	62	4%	88.7%	-1.2 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	29	2%	79.3%	1.6 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	20	1%	80.0%	11.7 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	8	1%	75.0%	2.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ELP–PHX	El Paso to Phoenix	223	87.0%	1.9 min	0.4%
ELP–DFW	El Paso to Dallas/Fort Worth	217	83.4%	7.5 min	0.0%
ELP–AUS	El Paso to Austin	163	82.2%	10.3 min	0.0%
ELP–DAL	El Paso to Dallas	155	87.1%	0.0 min	0.0%
ELP–DEN	El Paso to Denver	125	88.8%	0.4 min	0.0%
ELP–LAS	El Paso to Las Vegas	115	85.2%	-0.3 min	0.0%
ELP–LAX	El Paso to Los Angeles	102	84.3%	1.8 min	0.0%
ELP–HOU	El Paso to Houston	93	90.3%	-8.2 min	3.2%
ELP–SAT	El Paso to San Antonio	70	90.0%	-4.1 min	1.4%
ELP–ATL	El Paso to Atlanta	62	88.7%	-1.2 min	0.0%
ELP–ORD	El Paso to Chicago	31	87.1%	-3.2 min	0.0%
ELP–SAN	El Paso to San Diego	31	87.1%	-4.8 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

100

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

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

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	30.0%	37.1%	3,587
Late-arriving aircraft	52.6%	38.8%	6,294
National Aviation System	13.5%	17.6%	1,611
Extreme weather	4.0%	6.2%	476
Security	0.0%	0.3%	0

11,968 delay minutes on 188 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 December 2023?

85.8% of 1,418 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 86.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.1% and 83.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

December 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 December 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.