El Paso International in July 2025

74.9%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 July 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 1,445 domestic departures from El Paso International (ELP). 74.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 75.1% reached their destination on time; 1.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 69.7% of flights departed on time and 69.0% arrived on time, so ELP departures were 5.2 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in July 2024, the airport had 1,545 departures with 74.2% leaving on time: a change of +0.7 points, with flights down 6%.

Flights arriving at ELP that month were on time 68.7% of the time (1,445 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 44%, air carrier 28% and national aviation system 22%.

On time 75.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 23.3%
Cancelled 1.0%
Diverted 0.6%

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

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

Measure	Jul 2025	Jul 2024	ELP, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jul 2025
Departed on time	74.9%	74.2%	79.0%	69.7%
Arrived on time	75.1%	75.7%	80.1%	69.0%
Cancelled	1.0%	1.2%	1.1%	2.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	19.3 min	19.2 min	15.3 min	24.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	48	52	45	21,048
Scheduled departures	1,445	1,545	16,369	631,428

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	840	58%	74.5%	12.0 min	0.5%
OO SkyWest Airlines	189	13%	75.1%	13.7 min	1.1%
AA American Airlines	147	10%	70.7%	23.8 min	4.1%
MQ Envoy Air	134	9%	76.1%	6.4 min	1.5%
DL Delta Air Lines	61	4%	85.2%	7.8 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	43	3%	79.1%	13.2 min	2.3%
UA United Airlines	31	2%	80.6%	4.1 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ELP–DFW	El Paso to Dallas/Fort Worth	219	70.8%	19.0 min	3.7%
ELP–PHX	El Paso to Phoenix	208	76.0%	9.0 min	0.5%
ELP–DEN	El Paso to Denver	166	65.1%	25.6 min	1.2%
ELP–DAL	El Paso to Dallas	149	77.2%	8.7 min	1.3%
ELP–LAS	El Paso to Las Vegas	109	79.8%	10.1 min	0.0%
ELP–HOU	El Paso to Houston	93	80.6%	4.8 min	1.1%
ELP–LAX	El Paso to Los Angeles	93	80.6%	9.2 min	0.0%
ELP–AUS	El Paso to Austin	84	78.6%	5.0 min	0.0%
ELP–SAT	El Paso to San Antonio	84	79.8%	13.5 min	0.0%
ELP–ATL	El Paso to Atlanta	61	85.2%	7.8 min	0.0%
ELP–ORD	El Paso to Chicago	61	75.4%	8.9 min	1.6%
ELP–LGB	El Paso to Long Beach	31	74.2%	6.5 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), July 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jul 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	27.8%	31.1%	7,128
Late-arriving aircraft	43.7%	40.8%	11,205
National Aviation System	22.1%	20.7%	5,675
Extreme weather	6.1%	7.3%	1,563
Security	0.3%	0.1%	66

25,637 delay minutes on 337 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 July 2025?

74.9% of 1,445 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 75.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 69.7% and 69.0%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In July 2024, 74.2% of 1,545 departures left on time and 1.2% were cancelled, against 74.9% and 1.0% in July 2025.

Provenance

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