Itineraries flown on 20+ days in the Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026 schedule · each leg’s record Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

No clear winner: airlines and hours on this route all land within a few points of 84% on time.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


American	ELP	ORD	3h 15m	89%	1.9%	367	Flying now
United	ELP	ORD	3h 19m	79%	1.7%	360	Flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Chicago on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Chicago is 1 h ahead of El Paso). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


Southwest + Americantwo ticketsDetails →	ELP 06:05 → LAS 06:50WN 3958	2h 50m Las Vegas	LAS 09:40 → ORD 15:42AA 2020	8h 37m	98%	89%
Southwest + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	ELP 19:45 → LAS 20:30WN 1808	3h 00m Las Vegas	LAS 23:30 → ORD 05:11 +1UA 2102	8h 26m	95%	87%
Southwest + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	ELP 05:15 → DEN 07:00WN 3706	2h 35m Denver	DEN 09:35 → ORD 13:15UA 2329	7h 00m	100%	83%
American Details →	ELP 05:49 → PHX 06:15AA 3882 · flown by Envoy	2h 15m Phoenix	PHX 08:30 → ORD 14:21AA 319	7h 32m	98%	82%
American + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	ELP 12:05 → LAX 13:20AA 4977 · flown by SkyWest	3h 40m Los Angeles	LAX 17:00 → ORD 23:16UA 212	10h 11m	94%	82%
American Details →	ELP 06:01 → LAX 07:14AA 4910 · flown by SkyWest	46m Los Angeles	LAX 08:00 → ORD 14:27AA 1598	7h 26m	89%	80%
United Details →	ELP 07:00 → DEN 08:53UA 724	2h 22m Denver	DEN 11:15 → ORD 14:55UA 2865	6h 55m	96%	78%
Southwest + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	ELP 07:08 → LAX 08:12WN 4582	2h 33m Los Angeles	LAX 10:45 → ORD 17:04UA 2113	8h 56m	100%	77%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	ELP 16:19 → DFW 19:15AA 1802	1h 45m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 21:00 → ORD 23:39AA 2346	6h 20m	67%	37%

Same layover, different day-part

How often the first flight arrives too late to connect (45 min minimum), for one-ticket layovers of 45–80 minutes.

Morning

LAX · 46m · leaves 06:01 11%

IAH · 49m · leaves 05:45 17%

Afternoon and evening

DFW · 1h 02m · leaves 13:41 19%

Delays build through the day, so an afternoon first leg eats the layover. A short connection is fine early in the morning and a gamble later on.

Mixing airlines

One ticketMiss it and the airline rebooks you; bags go through. 45 min is enough.

Separate ticketsMiss it and you buy a new ticket. Re-check bags, clear security again: we require 90 min.

The table above includes two-ticket connections (marked “two tickets”), held to the 90-minute minimum. One ticket only →

Regional partners count as the airline that sells them: SkyWest flying Delta Connection is one Delta ticket.

How these are worked out. Makes the connection: share of the last year’s flights where the first flight arrived with at least 45 minutes to spare (90 on separate tickets). Arrives on time: first flight not cancelled × connection made × second flight not cancelled and arriving within 15 minutes. Not yet counted: the second flight also leaving late (which helps), gate-to-gate distance at the hub, and rebooking after a missed connection.

About this data: US DOT on-time records, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, all US airlines; regional flights count under the airline that sells them. Schedules (which flights and connections exist, and their times) are as of Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026; seasonal flights outside that window aren’t ranked. Rebuilt monthly. JSON