ELP to ATL flight delays
El Paso, TX (ELP) Atlanta, GA (ATL) · 1,282 miles
1,439 flights · July 2024 – July 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
88.9%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
1.32%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
88 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
10 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
The shape of the lateness matters here. Flights on this route are not late often, but when they are late they are late by about 88 minutes — long enough to lose a connection or an evening. The on-time percentage looks reassuring and understates the consequence of being on the wrong flight.
The two directions do not behave alike. ATL to ELP arrives on time 10.5 points less often than the outbound. Delay accumulates through the flying day, so whichever direction is scheduled later tends to carry the worse record — which is an argument for booking the morning departure if the choice exists.
Flights from El Paso to Atlanta are among the most dependable in the record. A route this punctual is usually a short hop between airports with slots to spare.
Only Delta Air Lines flies this route in the published record, so there is no choice to weigh — the route's figures and the airline's are the same figures.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over July 2024 – July 2026, Delta Air Lines arrived on time most often on ELP to ATL. Flights ran closest to schedule in September and worst in January.
Every airline on ELP to ATL
Ranked by how many flights each one operated. A carrier with fewer than 100 flights in the period is listed but not graded.
| Airline | Flights | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines | 1,439 | 88.9% | 1.32% | 88 min | A |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
ATL to ELP Atlanta back to El Paso 78.44% on time COther routes from El Paso
Common questions
Are flights from El Paso to Atlanta usually delayed?
88.9% of flights on the ELP to ATL route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 1 in every ten arrived late. That is better than the average route in this record.
Which airlines fly from El Paso to Atlanta?
Only Delta Air Lines appears in the published record on this route, with 1,439 flights and 88.9% arriving on time.
How often are ELP to ATL flights cancelled?
1.32% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 13 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
What is the best month to fly El Paso to Atlanta?
September, when 96.7% of flights arrived on time. The worst was July at 79.3%.
When ELP to ATL flights are late, how late are they?
About 88 minutes on average across the flights that arrived more than 15 minutes behind schedule.
What these figures do and do not tell you
Everything on this page is counted from the flights that actually operated on ELP to ATL during July 2024 – July 2026, as reported by the airlines to the US Bureau of Transportation Statistics. "On time" is the federal definition: arriving at the gate within 15 minutes of the scheduled time.
A route's record is a description of the past, not a forecast. Weather, air traffic control and the aircraft's earlier flights that day drive most delays, and none of them are predictable from a historical rate. What the record does tell you is whether this route runs late more often than others, and which carrier on it has the better history — which is the part you can actually act on when you book.
Cancellations are counted separately from delays because they are a different problem for a traveller: a late flight still gets you there. How the grade is calculated →