El Paso International in May 2025

80.2%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 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 1,533 domestic departures from El Paso International (ELP). 80.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 80.2% reached their destination on time; 0.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 76.7% of flights departed on time and 75.4% arrived on time, so ELP departures were 3.5 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in May 2024, the airport had 1,470 departures with 71.2% leaving on time: a change of +9.0 points, with flights up 4%.

Flights arriving at ELP that month were on time 75.9% of the time (1,533 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 50%, air carrier 21% and national aviation system 21%.

On time 80.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.6%
Cancelled 0.8%
Diverted 0.3%

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

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

Measure	May 2025	May 2024	ELP, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, May 2025
Departed on time	80.2%	71.2%	79.0%	76.7%
Arrived on time	80.2%	72.4%	80.1%	75.4%
Cancelled	0.8%	2.4%	1.1%	1.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	14.7 min	22.3 min	15.3 min	17.5 min
Scheduled departures a day	51	49	45	20,188
Scheduled departures	1,533	1,470	16,369	605,648

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	778	51%	80.7%	5.2 min	0.3%
AA American Airlines	249	16%	72.3%	13.5 min	3.2%
OO SkyWest Airlines	213	14%	87.3%	1.7 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	122	8%	80.3%	2.0 min	1.6%
DL Delta Air Lines	62	4%	93.5%	-9.5 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	52	3%	73.1%	31.4 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	48	3%	68.8%	4.8 min	2.1%
YX Republic Airline	9	1%	100.0%	-23.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ELP–DFW	El Paso to Dallas/Fort Worth	274	71.5%	13.5 min	3.6%
ELP–PHX	El Paso to Phoenix	228	81.6%	5.0 min	0.0%
ELP–DEN	El Paso to Denver	149	69.1%	27.2 min	0.0%
ELP–DAL	El Paso to Dallas	145	75.2%	8.2 min	1.4%
ELP–LAX	El Paso to Los Angeles	124	90.3%	-3.6 min	0.0%
ELP–LAS	El Paso to Las Vegas	116	85.3%	-3.1 min	0.9%
ELP–HOU	El Paso to Houston	93	88.2%	-1.6 min	0.0%
ELP–AUS	El Paso to Austin	90	81.1%	10.2 min	0.0%
ELP–ORD	El Paso to Chicago	89	84.3%	-2.2 min	0.0%
ELP–SAT	El Paso to San Antonio	80	78.8%	5.2 min	0.0%
ELP–ATL	El Paso to Atlanta	62	93.5%	-9.5 min	0.0%
ELP–MDW	El Paso to Chicago	31	90.3%	-14.9 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 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, May 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	21.3%	29.3%	4,353
Late-arriving aircraft	49.6%	37.8%	10,152
National Aviation System	21.2%	25.9%	4,341
Extreme weather	7.8%	6.9%	1,604
Security	0.2%	0.1%	34

20,484 delay minutes on 285 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 2025?

80.2% of 1,533 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 80.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.7% and 75.4%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In May 2024, 71.2% of 1,470 departures left on time and 2.4% were cancelled, against 80.2% and 0.8% in May 2025.

Provenance

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