El Paso International in October 2024

89.6%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 October 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,613 domestic departures from El Paso International (ELP). 89.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 89.0% reached their destination on time; 0.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.5% of flights departed on time and 85.8% arrived on time, so ELP departures were 4.1 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in October 2023, the airport had 1,531 departures with 82.4% leaving on time: a change of +7.2 points, with flights up 5%.

Flights arriving at ELP that month were on time 87.6% of the time (1,613 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 44%, late-arriving aircraft 41% and national aviation system 13%.

On time 89.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 10.7%
Cancelled 0.2%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2024	Oct 2023	ELP, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2024
Departed on time	89.6%	82.4%	79.0%	85.5%
Arrived on time	89.0%	84.0%	80.1%	85.8%
Cancelled	0.2%	0.5%	1.1%	1.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	7.9 min	10.6 min	15.3 min	9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	54	51	45	20,517
Scheduled departures	1,613	1,531	16,369	615,497

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	796	49%	89.7%	-2.3 min	0.3%
AA American Airlines	346	21%	86.7%	-2.6 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	142	9%	88.0%	5.8 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	134	8%	94.8%	-8.2 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	62	4%	95.2%	1.4 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	62	4%	83.9%	3.5 min	1.6%
UA United Airlines	62	4%	88.7%	-1.9 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	9	1%	44.4%	41.4 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ELP–DFW	El Paso to Dallas/Fort Worth	290	88.6%	-3.8 min	0.0%
ELP–PHX	El Paso to Phoenix	250	90.4%	-5.1 min	0.4%
ELP–DEN	El Paso to Denver	162	88.9%	-3.4 min	0.6%
ELP–DAL	El Paso to Dallas	150	87.3%	0.8 min	0.7%
ELP–LAX	El Paso to Los Angeles	131	85.5%	7.5 min	0.0%
ELP–LAS	El Paso to Las Vegas	130	84.6%	-0.4 min	0.0%
ELP–HOU	El Paso to Houston	90	90.0%	-1.5 min	0.0%
ELP–AUS	El Paso to Austin	88	90.9%	-1.0 min	0.0%
ELP–SAT	El Paso to San Antonio	78	89.7%	1.2 min	0.0%
ELP–ATL	El Paso to Atlanta	62	95.2%	1.4 min	0.0%
ELP–ORD	El Paso to Chicago	61	95.1%	-7.9 min	0.0%
ELP–MDW	El Paso to Chicago	31	100.0%	-15.2 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), October 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	44.2%	42.7%	5,064
Late-arriving aircraft	40.9%	37.4%	4,685
National Aviation System	13.0%	16.3%	1,494
Extreme weather	1.9%	3.4%	216
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

11,459 delay minutes on 172 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 October 2024?

89.6% of 1,613 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 89.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.5% and 85.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In October 2023, 82.4% of 1,531 departures left on time and 0.5% were cancelled, against 89.6% and 0.2% in October 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for October 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.