El Paso International in August 2025

81.1%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 August 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 1,372 domestic departures from El Paso International (ELP). 81.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 80.1% reached their destination on time; 1.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 76.8% of flights departed on time and 76.3% arrived on time, so ELP departures were 4.3 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in August 2024, the airport had 1,595 departures with 84.7% leaving on time: a change of −3.6 points, with flights down 14%.

Flights arriving at ELP that month were on time 76.1% of the time (1,372 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 43%, air carrier 28% and national aviation system 24%.

On time 80.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.8%
Cancelled 1.5%
Diverted 0.6%

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

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

Measure	Aug 2025	Aug 2024	ELP, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2025
Departed on time	81.1%	84.7%	79.0%	76.8%
Arrived on time	80.1%	83.6%	80.1%	76.3%
Cancelled	1.5%	0.6%	1.1%	1.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	13.2 min	11.8 min	15.3 min	17.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	46	53	45	20,079
Scheduled departures	1,372	1,595	16,369	602,378

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	750	55%	82.9%	2.7 min	0.4%
OO SkyWest Airlines	211	15%	81.5%	3.6 min	1.9%
AA American Airlines	140	10%	70.0%	23.6 min	5.0%
MQ Envoy Air	98	7%	79.6%	7.1 min	2.0%
UA United Airlines	62	5%	67.7%	11.7 min	3.2%
DL Delta Air Lines	60	4%	85.0%	-6.4 min	3.3%
F9 Frontier Airlines	45	3%	71.1%	17.0 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	6	0%	66.7%	1.6 min	16.7%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ELP–DFW	El Paso to Dallas/Fort Worth	201	69.7%	20.7 min	4.5%
ELP–PHX	El Paso to Phoenix	200	79.5%	5.7 min	0.5%
ELP–DEN	El Paso to Denver	150	70.7%	14.3 min	1.3%
ELP–DAL	El Paso to Dallas	149	81.2%	6.5 min	0.7%
ELP–LAX	El Paso to Los Angeles	110	84.5%	0.4 min	0.9%
ELP–LAS	El Paso to Las Vegas	103	86.4%	-2.8 min	1.0%
ELP–AUS	El Paso to Austin	86	86.0%	5.1 min	0.0%
ELP–HOU	El Paso to Houston	84	85.7%	0.7 min	0.0%
ELP–SAT	El Paso to San Antonio	73	91.8%	-4.5 min	0.0%
ELP–ORD	El Paso to Chicago	62	74.2%	1.9 min	6.5%
ELP–ATL	El Paso to Atlanta	60	85.0%	-6.4 min	3.3%
ELP–SAN	El Paso to San Diego	31	93.5%	-7.5 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), August 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	28.4%	33.1%	4,821
Late-arriving aircraft	42.6%	40.5%	7,249
National Aviation System	23.5%	19.2%	3,994
Extreme weather	5.5%	7.0%	937
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

17,001 delay minutes on 244 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 August 2025?

81.1% of 1,372 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 80.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.8% and 76.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In August 2024, 84.7% of 1,595 departures left on time and 0.6% were cancelled, against 81.1% and 1.5% in August 2025.

Provenance

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