Flights Dallas → El Paso
DAL → ELP
Route overview
The flight route from Dallas to El Paso operates with a Boeing 737-500 aircraft and has an on-time performance rate of 68%. Over the course of the year, there have been 425 flights on this route, with an average delay time of 16.6 minutes. The destination airport serves approximately 3,667,439 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 Dallas (DAL) → El Paso (ELP) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 564 flights monitored in recent months, 70% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 15 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.71%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 16.3/100 (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 Dallas the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to El Paso: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Dallas (DAL) to El Paso (ELP) heads west for about 902 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 33m.
Departures from Dallas on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 41% of DAL-ELP flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Dallas the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into El Paso it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 564 tracked DAL-ELP flights, 70% left on time with an average delay of 15 min and a 0.7% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines (WN) | 73% | 6 min | 3.1% |
Airlines operating DAL-ELP
Frequently asked questions about DAL-ELP
On the Dallas (DAL) -> El Paso (ELP) route, on-time performance is 70% with an average delay of 15 minutes, based on 564 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Dallas-El Paso is 0.71% across 564 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: Southwest 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.
