On-Time Report

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Airport month · January 2025

El Paso International in January 2025

84.8%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 January 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 1,337 domestic departures from El Paso International (ELP). 84.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 85.2% reached their destination on time; 2.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.3% of flights departed on time and 78.6% arrived on time, so ELP departures were 5.5 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in January 2024, the airport had 1,286 departures with 81.6% leaving on time: a change of +3.2 points, with flights up 4%.

Flights arriving at ELP that month were on time 79.9% of the time (1,337 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 46%, air carrier 32% and national aviation system 21%.

Every scheduled departure from ELP in January 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

MeasureJan 2025Jan 2024ELP, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Jan 2025
Departed on time84.8%81.6%79.0%79.3%
Arrived on time85.2%81.6%80.1%78.6%
Cancelled2.2%1.7%1.1%3.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)10.2 min13.0 min15.3 min14.0 min
Scheduled departures a day45434517,992
Scheduled departures1,3371,28616,369539,747

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
WN Southwest Airlines64949%88.0%-5.2 min1.8%
AA American Airlines24819%77.0%4.5 min5.6%
OO SkyWest Airlines16512%92.7%-2.4 min0.0%
MQ Envoy Air786%82.1%6.0 min1.3%
DL Delta Air Lines584%77.6%0.6 min5.2%
UA United Airlines554%81.8%6.1 min0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines514%80.4%1.3 min0.0%
YX Republic Airline312%87.1%-9.8 min0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air20%100.0%-19.0 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
ELP–DFWEl Paso to Dallas/Fort Worth25078.4%5.1 min6.0%
ELP–PHXEl Paso to Phoenix22289.2%-0.3 min0.0%
ELP–DALEl Paso to Dallas15186.8%-8.4 min4.6%
ELP–DENEl Paso to Denver14684.2%1.2 min0.7%
ELP–LASEl Paso to Las Vegas10788.8%-4.3 min0.0%
ELP–LAXEl Paso to Los Angeles9593.7%-11.0 min0.0%
ELP–HOUEl Paso to Houston7685.5%-2.6 min2.6%
ELP–AUSEl Paso to Austin7090.0%-2.1 min0.0%
ELP–ORDEl Paso to Chicago6379.4%-2.9 min0.0%
ELP–SATEl Paso to San Antonio6285.5%-3.0 min3.2%
ELP–ATLEl Paso to Atlanta5877.6%0.6 min5.2%
ELP–MDWEl Paso to Chicago1190.9%-17.1 min0.0%

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), January 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Jan 2025Minutes
Air carrier32.0%36.2%4,010
Late-arriving aircraft45.7%34.7%5,731
National Aviation System20.7%19.9%2,590
Extreme weather1.6%9.1%205
Security0.0%0.2%0
12,536 delay minutes on 168 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.
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Questions and answers

How many flights left ELP on time in January 2025?

84.8% of 1,337 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 85.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.3% and 78.6%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In January 2024, 81.6% of 1,286 departures left on time and 1.7% were cancelled, against 84.8% and 2.2% in January 2025.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2025; 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.