Flights Chicago → El Paso
ORD → ELP
Route overview
This flight route operates between Chicago and El Paso with an average on-time performance rate of 73%, experiencing a mean delay of 13 minutes. Over the course of a year, approximately 178 flights are conducted using Embraer 175 aircraft, serving a destination airport that handles nearly 3.67 million passengers annually.
Your rights on this US flight (DOT)
US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under the US DOT rules, if your flight is cancelled or significantly changed and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Amenities for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
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The Chicago (ORD) → El Paso (ELP) route is operated by American Airlines. Across 209 flights monitored in recent months, 75% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 12 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.39%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 18.8/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At El Paso the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Chicago the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to El Paso: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Chicago (ORD) to El Paso (ELP) heads south-west for about 1,987 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 54m.
Departures from Chicago on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 56% of ORD-ELP flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Chicago the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into El Paso it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 209 tracked ORD-ELP flights, 75% left on time with an average delay of 12 min and a 2.4% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines (AA) | 74% | 16 min | 3.0% |
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Frequently asked questions about ORD-ELP
On the Chicago (ORD) -> El Paso (ELP) route, on-time performance is 75% with an average delay of 12 minutes, based on 209 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Chicago-El Paso is 2.39% across 209 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: American Airlines.
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US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under US DOT rules, if the airline cancels or significantly changes your flight and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Meals or hotels for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
