ELP to PHX flight delays
El Paso, TX (ELP) Phoenix, AZ (PHX) · 347 miles
2,507 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
81.09%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
0.76%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
68 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
14 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
Which airline you fly changes the odds here. American Airlines arrived on time 7.1 points more often than Southwest Airlines over the same period on the same route — same airports, same weather, same air traffic control. A gap that survives all of that is about how the two airlines are run.
The El Paso to Phoenix route sits close to the middle of the record — neither notably punctual nor notably late.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over January 2025 – August 2026, American Airlines arrived on time most often on ELP to PHX. Southwest Airlines was late most often. Flights ran closest to schedule in January and worst in June.
Every airline on ELP to PHX
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines | 1,218 | 77.8% | 0.82% | 49 min | C |
| SkyWest Airlines | 852 | 83.91% | 0.82% | 112 min | B |
| Envoy Air | 318 | 84.76% | 0.63% | 59 min | B |
| American Airlines | 119 | 84.87% | 0% | 53 min | B |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
PHX to ELP Phoenix back to El Paso 78.06% on time COther routes from El Paso
Common questions
Are flights from El Paso to Phoenix usually delayed?
81.09% of flights on the ELP to PHX route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 2 in every ten arrived late. That is better than the average route in this record.
Which airline is most on time from El Paso to Phoenix?
American Airlines, at 84.87% on time across 119 flights. The least punctual on the route was Southwest Airlines at 77.8%.
How often are ELP to PHX flights cancelled?
0.76% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 8 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
What is the best month to fly El Paso to Phoenix?
January, when 86.6% of flights arrived on time. The worst was June at 74.9%.
When ELP to PHX flights are late, how late are they?
About 68 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 PHX during January 2025 – August 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 →