ELP to SAN flight delays
El Paso, TX (ELP) San Diego, CA (SAN) · 636 miles
361 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
80.39%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
0.55%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
48 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
11 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
The season swings this route hard. In May it ran 44.1 points more punctual than in June — a difference bigger than the one between the best and worst airlines on most routes. If the date is flexible, it is worth more than the carrier.
Only Southwest Airlines 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.
This is a thin route — 361 flights across the whole period. On a route this infrequent a cancellation is far more costly than the rate suggests, because the next departure may not be the same day.
The El Paso to San Diego 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, Southwest Airlines arrived on time most often on ELP to SAN. Flights ran closest to schedule in May and worst in June.
Every airline on ELP to SAN
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 | 361 | 80.39% | 0.55% | 48 min | B |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
SAN to ELP San Diego back to El Paso 76.82% on time COther routes from El Paso
Common questions
Are flights from El Paso to San Diego usually delayed?
80.39% of flights on the ELP to SAN 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 airlines fly from El Paso to San Diego?
Only Southwest Airlines appears in the published record on this route, with 361 flights and 80.39% arriving on time.
How often are ELP to SAN flights cancelled?
0.55% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 6 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
What is the best month to fly El Paso to San Diego?
May, when 100% of flights arrived on time. The worst was June at 55.9%.
When ELP to SAN flights are late, how late are they?
About 48 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 SAN 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 →