El Paso International in February 2024

86.8%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 February 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,157 domestic departures from El Paso International (ELP). 86.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 86.3% reached their destination on time; 0.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 84.0% of flights departed on time and 83.4% arrived on time, so ELP departures were 2.8 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at ELP that month were on time 82.9% of the time (1,158 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 49%, air carrier 31% and national aviation system 19%.

On time 86.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 13.2%
Cancelled 0.3%
Diverted 0.2%

Every scheduled departure from ELP in February 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

February 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Feb 2024	Year earlier	ELP, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2024
Departed on time	86.8%	—	79.0%	84.0%
Arrived on time	86.3%	—	80.1%	83.4%
Cancelled	0.3%	—	1.1%	0.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	9.7 min	—	15.3 min	11.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	39	—	45	17,307
Scheduled departures	1,157	—	16,369	519,221

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	608	53%	88.3%	-1.1 min	0.3%
AA American Airlines	206	18%	84.0%	1.5 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	127	11%	84.3%	6.0 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	99	9%	89.9%	1.5 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	53	5%	84.9%	18.2 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	35	3%	71.4%	8.9 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	29	3%	79.3%	4.8 min	3.4%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ELP–DFW	El Paso to Dallas/Fort Worth	207	85.5%	3.4 min	0.0%
ELP–PHX	El Paso to Phoenix	192	85.4%	1.0 min	0.0%
ELP–DAL	El Paso to Dallas	124	95.2%	-7.0 min	0.0%
ELP–DEN	El Paso to Denver	110	81.8%	1.6 min	0.9%
ELP–LAS	El Paso to Las Vegas	85	80.0%	8.4 min	1.2%
ELP–LAX	El Paso to Los Angeles	79	75.9%	16.7 min	0.0%
ELP–AUS	El Paso to Austin	75	92.0%	-3.4 min	0.0%
ELP–HOU	El Paso to Houston	74	93.2%	-5.1 min	1.4%
ELP–SAT	El Paso to San Antonio	54	85.2%	0.9 min	0.0%
ELP–ATL	El Paso to Atlanta	53	84.9%	18.2 min	0.0%
ELP–IAH	El Paso to Houston	29	89.7%	-10.4 min	0.0%
ELP–ORD	El Paso to Chicago	29	96.6%	-13.0 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), February 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	31.4%	35.9%	3,223
Late-arriving aircraft	48.5%	36.9%	4,983
National Aviation System	18.8%	21.7%	1,927
Extreme weather	1.3%	5.3%	137
Security	0.0%	0.3%	0

10,270 delay minutes on 153 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 February 2024?

86.8% of 1,157 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 86.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.0% and 83.4%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

February 2023 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 February 2024; 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.