El Paso International in February 2026

84.6%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 February 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 1,159 domestic departures from El Paso International (ELP). 84.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 85.1% reached their destination on time; 0.9% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.1% of flights departed on time and 78.3% arrived on time, so ELP departures were 6.5 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2025, the airport had 1,235 departures with 86.6% leaving on time: a change of −2.0 points, with flights down 6%.

Flights arriving at ELP that month were on time 82.7% of the time (1,160 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 42%, late-arriving aircraft 34% and national aviation system 17%.

On time 85.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 13.8%
Cancelled 0.9%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Feb 2026	Feb 2025	ELP, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2026
Departed on time	84.6%	86.6%	79.0%	78.1%
Arrived on time	85.1%	87.4%	80.1%	78.3%
Cancelled	0.9%	0.6%	1.1%	2.3%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	12.3 min	10.3 min	15.3 min	15.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	39	41	45	17,168
Scheduled departures	1,159	1,235	16,369	515,037

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	592	51%	86.0%	-0.1 min	1.0%
AA American Airlines	162	14%	82.1%	8.9 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	129	11%	79.8%	15.6 min	1.6%
MQ Envoy Air	77	7%	92.2%	-6.1 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	65	6%	84.6%	5.3 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	56	5%	89.3%	-10.9 min	3.6%
F9 Frontier Airlines	50	4%	78.0%	2.0 min	2.0%
YX Republic Airline	28	2%	92.9%	-15.5 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ELP–DFW	El Paso to Dallas/Fort Worth	189	83.1%	6.3 min	0.0%
ELP–PHX	El Paso to Phoenix	185	85.4%	3.6 min	1.1%
ELP–DEN	El Paso to Denver	139	85.6%	2.8 min	0.0%
ELP–DAL	El Paso to Dallas	132	86.4%	1.9 min	1.5%
ELP–LAX	El Paso to Los Angeles	99	79.8%	9.3 min	2.0%
ELP–LAS	El Paso to Las Vegas	93	84.9%	-0.1 min	1.1%
ELP–HOU	El Paso to Houston	75	85.3%	-0.8 min	1.3%
ELP–AUS	El Paso to Austin	70	85.7%	1.5 min	1.4%
ELP–ATL	El Paso to Atlanta	56	89.3%	-10.9 min	3.6%
ELP–ORD	El Paso to Chicago	56	91.1%	-9.7 min	0.0%
ELP–SAN	El Paso to San Diego	28	78.6%	-1.8 min	0.0%
ELP–SAT	El Paso to San Antonio	28	92.9%	-0.9 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), February 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	42.1%	38.2%	5,386
Late-arriving aircraft	33.9%	37.2%	4,339
National Aviation System	17.1%	18.5%	2,182
Extreme weather	1.2%	6.0%	158
Security	5.7%	0.2%	727

12,792 delay minutes on 160 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 February 2026?

84.6% of 1,159 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 85.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.1% and 78.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2025, 86.6% of 1,235 departures left on time and 0.6% were cancelled, against 84.6% and 0.9% in February 2026.

Provenance

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