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Airport month · July 2026
El Paso International in July 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 July 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 1,446 domestic departures from El Paso International (ELP). 73.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 75.7% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 68.8% of flights departed on time and 69.4% arrived on time, so ELP departures were 4.9 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in July 2025, the airport had 1,445 departures with 74.9% leaving on time: a change of −1.2 points, with flights up 0%.
Flights arriving at ELP that month were on time 65.6% of the time (1,447 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 47%, air carrier 32% and national aviation system 13%.
- On time 75.7%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 23.4%
- Cancelled 0.5%
- Diverted 0.4%
July 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Jul 2026 | Jul 2025 | ELP, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Jul 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 73.7% | 74.9% | 79.0% | 68.8% |
| Arrived on time | 75.7% | 75.1% | 80.1% | 69.4% |
| Cancelled | 0.5% | 1.0% | 1.1% | 2.6% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 22.5 min | 19.3 min | 15.3 min | 24.1 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 48 | 48 | 45 | 21,066 |
| Scheduled departures | 1,446 | 1,445 | 16,369 | 631,970 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 814 | 56% | 73.2% | 11.9 min | 0.1% |
| AA American Airlines | 190 | 13% | 71.6% | 32.2 min | 0.5% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 139 | 10% | 85.6% | 1.3 min | 0.0% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 118 | 8% | 89.0% | 13.3 min | 2.5% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 62 | 4% | 66.1% | 35.7 min | 0.0% |
| UA United Airlines | 62 | 4% | 80.6% | 6.7 min | 0.0% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 61 | 4% | 77.0% | 20.2 min | 3.3% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ELP–DFW | El Paso to Dallas/Fort Worth | 232 | 74.6% | 24.5 min | 0.4% |
| ELP–PHX | El Paso to Phoenix | 207 | 77.8% | 8.2 min | 0.5% |
| ELP–DEN | El Paso to Denver | 182 | 74.2% | 12.9 min | 0.0% |
| ELP–DAL | El Paso to Dallas | 150 | 74.7% | 11.7 min | 0.0% |
| ELP–LAS | El Paso to Las Vegas | 127 | 76.4% | 14.9 min | 0.0% |
| ELP–LAX | El Paso to Los Angeles | 107 | 80.4% | 26.8 min | 0.0% |
| ELP–AUS | El Paso to Austin | 98 | 68.4% | 12.0 min | 0.0% |
| ELP–HOU | El Paso to Houston | 84 | 75.0% | 12.9 min | 0.0% |
| ELP–SAT | El Paso to San Antonio | 66 | 75.8% | 6.6 min | 0.0% |
| ELP–ORD | El Paso to Chicago | 62 | 85.5% | -5.4 min | 4.8% |
| ELP–ATL | El Paso to Atlanta | 61 | 77.0% | 20.2 min | 3.3% |
| ELP–MDW | El Paso to Chicago | 31 | 87.1% | 2.2 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left ELP on time in July 2026?
73.7% of 1,446 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 75.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 68.8% and 69.4%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In July 2025, 74.9% of 1,445 departures left on time and 1.0% were cancelled, against 73.7% and 0.5% in July 2026.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for July 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.