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Airport month · March 2026
El Paso International in March 2026
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 March 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 1,362 domestic departures from El Paso International (ELP). 77.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 78.6% reached their destination on time; 1.0% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 72.8% of flights departed on time and 73.2% arrived on time, so ELP departures were 4.8 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in March 2025, the airport had 1,495 departures with 83.5% leaving on time: a change of −5.9 points, with flights down 9%.
Flights arriving at ELP that month were on time 73.1% of the time (1,363 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 55%, air carrier 32% and national aviation system 12%.
- On time 78.6%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 20.1%
- Cancelled 1.0%
- Diverted 0.3%
March 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Mar 2026 | Mar 2025 | ELP, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 77.6% | 83.5% | 79.0% | 72.8% |
| Arrived on time | 78.6% | 83.7% | 80.1% | 73.2% |
| Cancelled | 1.0% | 2.4% | 1.1% | 2.9% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 16.8 min | 13.1 min | 15.3 min | 20.3 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 45 | 50 | 45 | 20,403 |
| Scheduled departures | 1,362 | 1,495 | 16,369 | 612,102 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 713 | 52% | 75.9% | 8.7 min | 0.6% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 165 | 12% | 77.6% | 19.2 min | 0.6% |
| AA American Airlines | 155 | 11% | 81.3% | 9.1 min | 1.3% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 114 | 8% | 83.3% | 3.8 min | 0.0% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 62 | 5% | 77.4% | 7.5 min | 6.5% |
| UA United Airlines | 62 | 5% | 88.7% | 3.2 min | 3.2% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 60 | 4% | 81.7% | -1.5 min | 1.7% |
| YX Republic Airline | 31 | 2% | 90.3% | 12.2 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ELP–PHX | El Paso to Phoenix | 224 | 75.9% | 13.0 min | 0.0% |
| ELP–DFW | El Paso to Dallas/Fort Worth | 209 | 83.3% | 6.5 min | 1.0% |
| ELP–DEN | El Paso to Denver | 155 | 79.4% | 8.0 min | 1.9% |
| ELP–DAL | El Paso to Dallas | 151 | 72.8% | 11.3 min | 0.7% |
| ELP–LAS | El Paso to Las Vegas | 119 | 80.7% | 2.3 min | 0.8% |
| ELP–LAX | El Paso to Los Angeles | 107 | 81.3% | 13.2 min | 0.9% |
| ELP–HOU | El Paso to Houston | 91 | 71.4% | 12.1 min | 1.1% |
| ELP–AUS | El Paso to Austin | 87 | 81.6% | 2.8 min | 1.1% |
| ELP–ATL | El Paso to Atlanta | 62 | 77.4% | 7.5 min | 6.5% |
| ELP–ORD | El Paso to Chicago | 62 | 87.1% | 7.2 min | 0.0% |
| ELP–SAT | El Paso to San Antonio | 54 | 70.4% | 14.9 min | 0.0% |
| ELP–SAN | El Paso to San Diego | 31 | 93.5% | -11.4 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left ELP on time in March 2026?
77.6% of 1,362 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 78.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.8% and 73.2%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In March 2025, 83.5% of 1,495 departures left on time and 2.4% were cancelled, against 77.6% and 1.0% in March 2026.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for March 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.