El Paso International in May 2024

71.2%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 May 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,470 domestic departures from El Paso International (ELP). 71.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 72.4% reached their destination on time; 2.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 73.4% of flights departed on time and 72.3% arrived on time, so ELP departures were 2.2 points below the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at ELP that month were on time 67.2% of the time (1,470 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 51%, air carrier 26% and national aviation system 16%.

On time 72.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 24.7%
Cancelled 2.4%
Diverted 0.5%

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

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

Measure	May 2024	Year earlier	ELP, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, May 2024
Departed on time	71.2%	—	79.0%	73.4%
Arrived on time	72.4%	—	80.1%	72.3%
Cancelled	2.4%	—	1.1%	1.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	22.3 min	—	15.3 min	20.8 min
Scheduled departures a day	49	—	45	20,325
Scheduled departures	1,470	—	16,369	609,743

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	722	49%	73.4%	11.2 min	1.4%
AA American Airlines	251	17%	69.7%	29.3 min	7.2%
OO SkyWest Airlines	186	13%	80.6%	7.4 min	1.1%
MQ Envoy Air	148	10%	61.5%	31.6 min	2.7%
F9 Frontier Airlines	71	5%	67.6%	21.5 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	61	4%	77.0%	7.1 min	1.6%
UA United Airlines	22	1%	81.8%	2.5 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	9	1%	66.7%	10.6 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ELP–DFW	El Paso to Dallas/Fort Worth	250	58.0%	36.9 min	8.4%
ELP–PHX	El Paso to Phoenix	217	82.9%	11.4 min	0.5%
ELP–DEN	El Paso to Denver	170	75.3%	10.9 min	0.0%
ELP–DAL	El Paso to Dallas	136	71.3%	13.3 min	4.4%
ELP–LAX	El Paso to Los Angeles	128	85.2%	2.7 min	0.0%
ELP–LAS	El Paso to Las Vegas	123	71.5%	15.5 min	0.0%
ELP–HOU	El Paso to Houston	90	73.3%	3.3 min	3.3%
ELP–AUS	El Paso to Austin	88	80.7%	9.7 min	1.1%
ELP–ORD	El Paso to Chicago	62	51.6%	37.7 min	1.6%
ELP–SAT	El Paso to San Antonio	62	66.1%	22.2 min	0.0%
ELP–ATL	El Paso to Atlanta	61	77.0%	7.1 min	1.6%
ELP–SAN	El Paso to San Diego	38	68.4%	17.5 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), May 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, May 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	26.2%	29.8%	7,799
Late-arriving aircraft	50.8%	43.0%	15,127
National Aviation System	15.7%	20.1%	4,666
Extreme weather	7.3%	7.0%	2,178
Security	0.0%	0.1%	1

29,771 delay minutes on 363 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 May 2024?

71.2% of 1,470 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 72.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 73.4% and 72.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

May 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 May 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.