El Paso International in January 2026

82.8%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 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 1,289 domestic departures from El Paso International (ELP). 82.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 83.1% reached their destination on time; 2.9% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.6% of flights departed on time and 75.3% arrived on time, so ELP departures were 7.2 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in January 2025, the airport had 1,337 departures with 84.8% leaving on time: a change of −2.0 points, with flights down 4%.

Flights arriving at ELP that month were on time 77.2% of the time (1,287 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 42%, late-arriving aircraft 40% and national aviation system 18%.

On time 83.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 14.0%
Cancelled 2.9%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from ELP in January 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Jan 2026	Jan 2025	ELP, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jan 2026
Departed on time	82.8%	84.8%	79.0%	75.6%
Arrived on time	83.1%	85.2%	80.1%	75.3%
Cancelled	2.9%	2.2%	1.1%	4.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	11.1 min	10.2 min	15.3 min	16.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	43	45	45	18,133
Scheduled departures	1,289	1,337	16,369	544,003

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	634	49%	88.3%	-3.1 min	1.6%
AA American Airlines	222	17%	65.3%	8.9 min	10.8%
OO SkyWest Airlines	136	11%	85.3%	12.5 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	86	7%	90.7%	-3.9 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	68	5%	83.8%	-1.1 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	59	5%	78.0%	9.5 min	5.1%
F9 Frontier Airlines	58	4%	84.5%	-2.7 min	1.7%
YX Republic Airline	26	2%	76.9%	17.1 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ELP–DFW	El Paso to Dallas/Fort Worth	224	66.1%	7.6 min	11.2%
ELP–PHX	El Paso to Phoenix	202	86.6%	6.3 min	0.0%
ELP–DEN	El Paso to Denver	151	90.7%	-3.9 min	0.0%
ELP–DAL	El Paso to Dallas	149	84.6%	-3.0 min	5.4%
ELP–LAX	El Paso to Los Angeles	101	82.2%	3.4 min	0.0%
ELP–LAS	El Paso to Las Vegas	92	87.0%	-3.4 min	0.0%
ELP–HOU	El Paso to Houston	76	93.4%	-7.4 min	1.3%
ELP–AUS	El Paso to Austin	68	95.6%	-3.8 min	1.5%
ELP–ORD	El Paso to Chicago	62	83.9%	2.5 min	0.0%
ELP–ATL	El Paso to Atlanta	59	78.0%	9.5 min	5.1%
ELP–SAT	El Paso to San Antonio	40	85.0%	1.2 min	0.0%
ELP–SAN	El Paso to San Diego	31	74.2%	6.3 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), January 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jan 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	41.8%	37.3%	5,331
Late-arriving aircraft	40.1%	35.0%	5,116
National Aviation System	18.2%	18.0%	2,318
Extreme weather	0.0%	9.6%	0
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

12,765 delay minutes on 180 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 January 2026?

82.8% of 1,289 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 83.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.6% and 75.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In January 2025, 84.8% of 1,337 departures left on time and 2.2% were cancelled, against 82.8% and 2.9% in January 2026.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2026; 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.