OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

El Paso to Dallas

562 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on ELP–DAL arrive on time 80% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate80%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay30 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled1.2%of scheduled flights

based on 1,769 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

  • Southwest Airlines
    On-time80%
    Medianon time
    p9030 min
    Cancel1.2%
    Flights1,769

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline27%
  • Weather3%
  • Air traffic (NAS)20%
  • Late aircraft50%
  • Security1%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline19%
  • Weather71%
  • Air traffic (NAS)10%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 21 cancellations with a reported cause (BTS reports causes from June 2003).

Over time

On-time trend

By season

On-time rate by month

When to fly

Best time to fly ELP → DAL

All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-06 .. 2026-05).

Best time of day

Mornings are the most reliable time of day to fly this route — 93% on time.

  • Mornings93% on time · p90 on time · 1,981 flights
  • Middays86% on time · p90 20 min · 1,358 flights
  • Afternoons76% on time · p90 45 min · 1,044 flights
  • Evenings68% on time · p90 55 min · 830 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 80% to 87% on time.

  • Tuesdays87% on time · p90 15 min · 776 flights
  • Saturdays85% on time · p90 25 min · 599 flights
  • Wednesdays85% on time · p90 20 min · 774 flights
  • Mondays82% on time · p90 30 min · 777 flights
  • Fridays82% on time · p90 30 min · 779 flights
  • Sundays82% on time · p90 30 min · 778 flights
  • Thursdays80% on time · p90 25 min · 770 flights

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Methodology

A flight is on time when it arrives within 15 minutes of schedule — the US DOT / BTS standard. Median and p90(the “1-in-10 bad day”) are read from the full arrival-delay distribution, never averaged across periods.

Figures cover a carrier’s own BTS-coded flights. Cells below ~200 flights are flagged as limited data. All numbers are pre-computed from public BTS On-Time Performance data.