El Paso International in April 2024

81.3%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 April 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,430 domestic departures from El Paso International (ELP). 81.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 82.4% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.5% of flights departed on time and 80.2% arrived on time, so ELP departures were 0.8 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at ELP that month were on time 80.1% of the time (1,431 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 42%, air carrier 37% and national aviation system 12%.

On time 82.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 16.6%
Cancelled 0.5%
Diverted 0.4%

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

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

Measure	Apr 2024	Year earlier	ELP, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Apr 2024
Departed on time	81.3%	—	79.0%	80.5%
Arrived on time	82.4%	—	80.1%	80.2%
Cancelled	0.5%	—	1.1%	0.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	13.5 min	—	15.3 min	14.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	48	—	45	19,406
Scheduled departures	1,430	—	16,369	582,185

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	706	49%	83.7%	1.8 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	246	17%	78.0%	14.6 min	2.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	217	15%	88.5%	7.4 min	0.5%
MQ Envoy Air	113	8%	77.9%	5.8 min	0.9%
DL Delta Air Lines	60	4%	86.7%	2.0 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	49	3%	65.3%	15.8 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	30	2%	86.7%	-2.7 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	9	1%	66.7%	13.1 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ELP–DFW	El Paso to Dallas/Fort Worth	243	77.8%	8.5 min	2.1%
ELP–PHX	El Paso to Phoenix	232	81.5%	19.7 min	0.4%
ELP–DEN	El Paso to Denver	162	82.1%	0.0 min	0.0%
ELP–DAL	El Paso to Dallas	135	84.4%	4.4 min	0.0%
ELP–LAX	El Paso to Los Angeles	118	87.3%	-2.7 min	0.0%
ELP–LAS	El Paso to Las Vegas	116	74.1%	7.4 min	0.0%
ELP–HOU	El Paso to Houston	87	88.5%	-4.1 min	0.0%
ELP–AUS	El Paso to Austin	85	85.9%	2.6 min	0.0%
ELP–ATL	El Paso to Atlanta	60	86.7%	2.0 min	0.0%
ELP–SAT	El Paso to San Antonio	60	75.0%	8.5 min	0.0%
ELP–ORD	El Paso to Chicago	46	87.0%	4.3 min	0.0%
ELP–IAH	El Paso to Houston	30	86.7%	-0.7 min	3.3%

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), April 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Apr 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	37.2%	33.6%	6,319
Late-arriving aircraft	42.0%	41.0%	7,123
National Aviation System	12.2%	20.0%	2,074
Extreme weather	8.4%	5.1%	1,423
Security	0.2%	0.2%	34

16,973 delay minutes on 238 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 April 2024?

81.3% of 1,430 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 82.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.5% and 80.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

April 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 April 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.