Historical on-time performance
Chicago to El Paso
1,237 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on MDW–ELP arrive on time 85% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate85%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay20 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.0%of scheduled flights
based on 213 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).
By airline
How each carrier compares
- Southwest AirlinesOn-time85%Medianon timep9020 minCancel0.0%Flights213
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline19%
- Weather13%
- Air traffic (NAS)23%
- Late aircraft45%
- Security0%
Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.
Over time
On-time trend
By season
On-time rate by month
When to fly
Best time to fly MDW → ELP
All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-01 .. 2025-12).
Best time of day
On-time rates are fairly even by time of day on this route — ranging from 86% to 88% on time.
- Mornings88% on time · p90 20 min · 213 flights
- Middays86% on time · p90 20 min · 291 flights
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 82% to 91% on time.
- Wednesdays91% on time · p90 10 min · 74 flights · limited
- Sundays90% on time · p90 15 min · 79 flights · limited
- Thursdays89% on time · p90 15 min · 79 flights · limited
- Fridays87% on time · p90 20 min · 79 flights · limited
- Mondays85% on time · p90 25 min · 79 flights · limited
- Tuesdays83% on time · p90 25 min · 75 flights · limited
- Saturdays82% on time · p90 20 min · 73 flights · limited
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