Flights Houston → El Paso
HOU → ELP
Route overview
The flight route from Houston to El Paso is operated using a Boeing 737-500 aircraft and has an on-time performance rate of 69%. With an average delay of 14.8 minutes, the route sees approximately 255 flights annually, serving a destination airport that accommodates nearly 3.67 million passengers per year.
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 Houston (HOU) → El Paso (ELP) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 330 flights monitored in recent months, 68% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 15 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.61%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 22.3/100 (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 Houston the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to El Paso: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Houston (HOU) to El Paso (ELP) heads west for about 1,087 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 47m.
Departures from Houston on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 36% of HOU-ELP flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Houston the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into El Paso it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 330 tracked HOU-ELP flights, 68% left on time with an average delay of 15 min and a 0.6% 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 HOU-ELP
On the Houston (HOU) -> El Paso (ELP) route, on-time performance is 68% with an average delay of 15 minutes, based on 330 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Houston-El Paso is 0.61% across 330 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.
