Flights El Paso → Dallas
ELP → DAL
Route overview
The flight route from El Paso to Dallas is operated by a Boeing 737-500 and has an on-time performance rate of 79%, with an average delay of 10.6 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, this route sees approximately 425 flights, serving one of the busiest airports in terms of annual passenger traffic, which handles around 17,591,609 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 El Paso (ELP) → Dallas (DAL) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 564 flights monitored in recent months, 80% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 9 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.24%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 26.5/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Dallas the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from El Paso the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Dallas: what to expect in this direction
Flying from El Paso (ELP) to Dallas (DAL) heads east for about 902 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 33m.
Departures from El Paso on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 53% of ELP-DAL flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing El Paso the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Dallas it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 564 tracked ELP-DAL flights, 80% left on time with an average delay of 9 min and a 1.2% 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% |
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Frequently asked questions about ELP-DAL
On the El Paso (ELP) -> Dallas (DAL) route, on-time performance is 80% with an average delay of 9 minutes, based on 564 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on El Paso-Dallas is 1.24% 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.
