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Airport month · December 2024
El Paso International in December 2024
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 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,548 domestic departures from El Paso International (ELP). 82.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.8% reached their destination on time; 0.9% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 77.8% of flights departed on time and 78.1% arrived on time, so ELP departures were 4.2 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in December 2023, the airport had 1,418 departures with 85.8% leaving on time: a change of −3.8 points, with flights up 9%.
Flights arriving at ELP that month were on time 80.4% of the time (1,548 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 51%, air carrier 31% and national aviation system 15%.
- On time 81.8%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.0%
- Cancelled 0.9%
- Diverted 0.3%
December 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Dec 2024 | Dec 2023 | ELP, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 82.0% | 85.8% | 79.0% | 77.8% |
| Arrived on time | 81.8% | 86.3% | 80.1% | 78.1% |
| Cancelled | 0.9% | 0.4% | 1.1% | 0.7% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 15.0 min | 10.0 min | 15.3 min | 16.6 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 52 | 47 | 45 | 19,686 |
| Scheduled departures | 1,548 | 1,418 | 16,369 | 590,581 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 832 | 54% | 82.1% | 4.8 min | 0.6% |
| AA American Airlines | 238 | 15% | 68.1% | 20.9 min | 2.9% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 161 | 10% | 91.9% | 6.8 min | 0.0% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 106 | 7% | 88.7% | 2.7 min | 0.0% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 63 | 4% | 85.7% | -3.6 min | 0.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 58 | 4% | 82.8% | 3.4 min | 0.0% |
| UA United Airlines | 50 | 3% | 92.0% | -1.8 min | 0.0% |
| YX Republic Airline | 31 | 2% | 83.9% | -3.4 min | 6.5% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 9 | 1% | 66.7% | 13.0 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ELP–DFW | El Paso to Dallas/Fort Worth | 256 | 70.7% | 18.4 min | 2.7% |
| ELP–PHX | El Paso to Phoenix | 228 | 86.0% | 5.3 min | 0.4% |
| ELP–DEN | El Paso to Denver | 171 | 87.1% | -0.4 min | 0.0% |
| ELP–DAL | El Paso to Dallas | 162 | 79.0% | 8.8 min | 1.9% |
| ELP–LAS | El Paso to Las Vegas | 134 | 88.8% | 0.9 min | 0.0% |
| ELP–LAX | El Paso to Los Angeles | 118 | 86.4% | 1.9 min | 0.0% |
| ELP–HOU | El Paso to Houston | 94 | 77.7% | 5.7 min | 1.1% |
| ELP–AUS | El Paso to Austin | 91 | 80.2% | 2.7 min | 0.0% |
| ELP–SAT | El Paso to San Antonio | 71 | 85.9% | 2.1 min | 0.0% |
| ELP–ATL | El Paso to Atlanta | 63 | 85.7% | -3.6 min | 0.0% |
| ELP–ORD | El Paso to Chicago | 60 | 85.0% | -1.0 min | 3.3% |
| ELP–MDW | El Paso to Chicago | 31 | 77.4% | 7.1 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left ELP on time in December 2024?
82.0% of 1,548 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.8% and 78.1%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In December 2023, 85.8% of 1,418 departures left on time and 0.4% were cancelled, against 82.0% and 0.9% in December 2024.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for December 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.