El Paso International in April 2026

79.8%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 April 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 1,303 domestic departures from El Paso International (ELP). 79.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 80.7% reached their destination on time; 0.9% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.1% of flights departed on time and 78.9% arrived on time, so ELP departures were 0.7 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in April 2025, the airport had 1,490 departures with 82.6% leaving on time: a change of −2.8 points, with flights down 13%.

Flights arriving at ELP that month were on time 72.1% of the time (1,302 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 60%, air carrier 29% and national aviation system 10%.

On time 80.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.2%
Cancelled 0.9%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Apr 2026	Apr 2025	ELP, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Apr 2026
Departed on time	79.8%	82.6%	79.0%	79.1%
Arrived on time	80.7%	82.1%	80.1%	78.9%
Cancelled	0.9%	0.8%	1.1%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	14.8 min	12.8 min	15.3 min	14.5 min
Scheduled departures a day	43	50	45	19,931
Scheduled departures	1,303	1,490	16,369	597,919

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	701	54%	79.9%	2.2 min	0.6%
AA American Airlines	171	13%	78.9%	16.2 min	2.9%
OO SkyWest Airlines	169	13%	79.3%	12.9 min	1.2%
MQ Envoy Air	69	5%	76.8%	3.3 min	1.4%
DL Delta Air Lines	60	5%	91.7%	-0.6 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	60	5%	95.0%	-13.6 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	44	3%	79.5%	12.8 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	29	2%	79.3%	3.5 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ELP–PHX	El Paso to Phoenix	215	78.6%	8.1 min	0.5%
ELP–DFW	El Paso to Dallas/Fort Worth	205	78.0%	15.1 min	1.5%
ELP–DEN	El Paso to Denver	145	87.6%	-6.0 min	0.0%
ELP–DAL	El Paso to Dallas	142	74.6%	5.0 min	1.4%
ELP–LAS	El Paso to Las Vegas	111	74.8%	14.3 min	0.9%
ELP–LAX	El Paso to Los Angeles	100	85.0%	1.2 min	1.0%
ELP–HOU	El Paso to Houston	90	92.2%	-4.8 min	1.1%
ELP–AUS	El Paso to Austin	89	79.8%	0.6 min	0.0%
ELP–ATL	El Paso to Atlanta	60	91.7%	-0.6 min	0.0%
ELP–ORD	El Paso to Chicago	60	78.3%	1.9 min	5.0%
ELP–SAT	El Paso to San Antonio	59	72.9%	6.3 min	0.0%
ELP–SAN	El Paso to San Diego	27	85.2%	-0.3 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

100

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), April 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Apr 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	28.9%	33.5%	4,934
Late-arriving aircraft	59.7%	40.4%	10,172
National Aviation System	10.4%	21.0%	1,780
Extreme weather	1.0%	5.0%	163
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

17,049 delay minutes on 237 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 April 2026?

79.8% of 1,303 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 80.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.1% and 78.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In April 2025, 82.6% of 1,490 departures left on time and 0.8% were cancelled, against 79.8% and 0.9% in April 2026.

Provenance

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