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Airport month · September 2025
El Paso International in September 2025
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 September 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 1,301 domestic departures from El Paso International (ELP). 82.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 84.1% reached their destination on time; 0.8% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 82.8% arrived on time, so ELP departures were 1.0 points below the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in September 2024, the airport had 1,494 departures with 87.1% leaving on time: a change of −5.0 points, with flights down 13%.
Flights arriving at ELP that month were on time 80.2% of the time (1,301 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 40%, air carrier 38% and national aviation system 19%.
- On time 84.1%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 14.9%
- Cancelled 0.8%
- Diverted 0.2%
September 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Sep 2025 | Sep 2024 | ELP, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 82.1% | 87.1% | 79.0% | 83.1% |
| Arrived on time | 84.1% | 87.8% | 80.1% | 82.8% |
| Cancelled | 0.8% | 0.1% | 1.1% | 0.5% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 13.5 min | 8.5 min | 15.3 min | 12.2 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 43 | 50 | 45 | 18,748 |
| Scheduled departures | 1,301 | 1,494 | 16,369 | 562,439 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 725 | 56% | 85.1% | 3.5 min | 0.3% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 172 | 13% | 87.8% | 0.0 min | 1.2% |
| AA American Airlines | 121 | 9% | 74.4% | 22.9 min | 5.0% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 111 | 9% | 77.5% | 11.0 min | 0.0% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 60 | 5% | 96.7% | -10.4 min | 0.0% |
| UA United Airlines | 60 | 5% | 78.3% | 6.0 min | 0.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 46 | 4% | 87.0% | -4.8 min | 0.0% |
| YX Republic Airline | 6 | 0% | 83.3% | -5.5 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ELP–PHX | El Paso to Phoenix | 193 | 80.8% | 5.2 min | 2.1% |
| ELP–DFW | El Paso to Dallas/Fort Worth | 188 | 73.4% | 21.3 min | 3.2% |
| ELP–DAL | El Paso to Dallas | 146 | 87.0% | 3.2 min | 0.0% |
| ELP–DEN | El Paso to Denver | 141 | 78.0% | 8.9 min | 0.0% |
| ELP–LAS | El Paso to Las Vegas | 102 | 85.3% | 5.0 min | 0.0% |
| ELP–LAX | El Paso to Los Angeles | 90 | 92.2% | -2.3 min | 0.0% |
| ELP–AUS | El Paso to Austin | 86 | 89.5% | -1.0 min | 0.0% |
| ELP–HOU | El Paso to Houston | 81 | 87.7% | -4.5 min | 0.0% |
| ELP–SAT | El Paso to San Antonio | 73 | 94.5% | -5.4 min | 0.0% |
| ELP–ATL | El Paso to Atlanta | 60 | 96.7% | -10.4 min | 0.0% |
| ELP–ORD | El Paso to Chicago | 60 | 83.3% | -1.3 min | 0.0% |
| ELP–MDW | El Paso to Chicago | 30 | 93.3% | -3.6 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left ELP on time in September 2025?
82.1% of 1,301 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 84.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.1% and 82.8%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In September 2024, 87.1% of 1,494 departures left on time and 0.1% were cancelled, against 82.1% and 0.8% in September 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for September 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.