Flights El Paso → San Antonio
ELP → SAT
Route overview
The flight route from El Paso to San Antonio is operated by a Boeing 737-500 and has an on-time performance rate of 77%, with flights typically experiencing delays averaging 12.5 minutes. The destination airport, which opened in 1942, serves over nine 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 El Paso (ELP) → San Antonio (SAT) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 201 flights monitored in recent months, 81% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 9 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.00%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 14.4/100 (low), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At San Antonio 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 San Antonio: what to expect in this direction
Flying from El Paso (ELP) to San Antonio (SAT) heads east for about 797 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 25m.
Departures from El Paso on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 50% of ELP-SAT flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing El Paso the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into San Antonio it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 201 tracked ELP-SAT flights, 81% left on time with an average delay of 9 min and a 0.0% 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-SAT
On the El Paso (ELP) -> San Antonio (SAT) route, on-time performance is 81% with an average delay of 9 minutes, based on 201 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on El Paso-San Antonio is 0.00% across 201 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.
