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Airport month · May 2026
El Paso International in May 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 May 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 1,357 domestic departures from El Paso International (ELP). 75.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 77.6% reached their destination on time; 0.9% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 77.1% of flights departed on time and 77.6% arrived on time, so ELP departures were 1.3 points below the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in May 2025, the airport had 1,533 departures with 80.2% leaving on time: a change of −4.4 points, with flights down 11%.
Flights arriving at ELP that month were on time 71.1% of the time (1,358 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 42%, air carrier 28% and national aviation system 20%.
- On time 77.6%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 21.0%
- Cancelled 0.9%
- Diverted 0.5%
May 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | May 2026 | May 2025 | ELP, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, May 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 75.8% | 80.2% | 79.0% | 77.1% |
| Arrived on time | 77.6% | 80.2% | 80.1% | 77.6% |
| Cancelled | 0.9% | 0.8% | 1.1% | 0.9% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 18.3 min | 14.7 min | 15.3 min | 16.0 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 45 | 51 | 45 | 20,391 |
| Scheduled departures | 1,357 | 1,533 | 16,369 | 611,735 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 723 | 53% | 74.1% | 8.2 min | 0.4% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 179 | 13% | 87.7% | 1.3 min | 0.0% |
| AA American Airlines | 169 | 12% | 75.1% | 19.2 min | 4.1% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 107 | 8% | 81.3% | 26.7 min | 0.9% |
| UA United Airlines | 64 | 5% | 78.1% | 7.1 min | 0.0% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 62 | 5% | 88.7% | -1.5 min | 0.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 53 | 4% | 77.4% | 2.4 min | 1.9% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ELP–DFW | El Paso to Dallas/Fort Worth | 213 | 74.2% | 27.9 min | 3.8% |
| ELP–PHX | El Paso to Phoenix | 209 | 82.3% | 5.8 min | 0.5% |
| ELP–DEN | El Paso to Denver | 155 | 72.3% | 9.6 min | 0.0% |
| ELP–DAL | El Paso to Dallas | 145 | 70.3% | 12.1 min | 0.0% |
| ELP–LAS | El Paso to Las Vegas | 121 | 71.9% | 9.4 min | 1.7% |
| ELP–LAX | El Paso to Los Angeles | 116 | 88.8% | -4.1 min | 0.0% |
| ELP–HOU | El Paso to Houston | 93 | 80.6% | 2.1 min | 0.0% |
| ELP–AUS | El Paso to Austin | 92 | 77.2% | 11.2 min | 1.1% |
| ELP–ORD | El Paso to Chicago | 63 | 69.8% | 10.2 min | 0.0% |
| ELP–ATL | El Paso to Atlanta | 62 | 88.7% | -1.5 min | 0.0% |
| ELP–SAT | El Paso to San Antonio | 62 | 79.0% | 2.7 min | 0.0% |
| ELP–SAN | El Paso to San Diego | 26 | 96.2% | -7.8 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left ELP on time in May 2026?
75.8% of 1,357 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 77.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.1% and 77.6%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In May 2025, 80.2% of 1,533 departures left on time and 0.8% were cancelled, against 75.8% and 0.9% in May 2026.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for May 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.