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


American	ELP	LAX	2h 15m	88%	0.5%	769	Flying now
Southwest	ELP	LAX	2h 15m	77%	0.2%	510	Flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


Southwest Details →	ELP 05:15 → DEN 07:00WN 3706	2h 35m Denver	DEN 09:35 → LAX 11:05WN 1569	6h 50m	100%	91%
American Details →	ELP 05:49 → PHX 06:15AA 3882 · flown by Envoy	1h 45m Phoenix	PHX 08:00 → LAX 09:34AA 1892	4h 45m	98%	86%
United Details →	ELP 07:00 → DEN 08:53UA 724	1h 09m Denver	DEN 10:02 → LAX 11:34UA 405	5h 34m	93%	84%
United Details →	ELP 05:45 → IAH 08:46UA 6303 · flown by Mesa	1h 07m Houston	IAH 09:53 → LAX 11:30UA 469	6h 45m	95%	83%
Southwest Details →	ELP 06:05 → LAS 06:50WN 3958	2h 10m Las Vegas	LAS 09:00 → LAX 10:15WN 973	5h 10m	98%	82%
United Details →	ELP 08:00 → IAH 11:07UA 3994 · flown by Mesa	1h 26m Houston	IAH 12:33 → LAX 14:06UA 2460	7h 06m	95%	82%
Southwest Details →	ELP 06:35 → PHX 06:55WN 4224	1h 00m Phoenix	PHX 07:55 → LAX 09:20WN 2427	3h 45m	96%	80%
American Details →	ELP 11:52 → PHX 12:18AA 4978 · flown by SkyWest	2h 37m Phoenix	PHX 14:55 → LAX 16:19AA 2368	5h 27m	98%	77%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	ELP 19:07 → PHX 19:34AA 2423	1h 04m Phoenix	PHX 20:38 → LAX 22:07AA 3204	4h 00m	74%	50%
American Details →	ELP 17:32 → DFW 20:27AA 3504 · flown by Envoy	1h 09m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 21:36 → LAX 22:49AA 3287	6h 17m	74%	30%
American Details →	ELP 16:19 → DFW 19:15AA 1802	1h 34m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 20:49 → LAX 22:03AA 1084	6h 44m	59%	23%

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

DAL · 1h 05m · leaves 07:20 3%

PHX · 1h 00m · leaves 05:49 4%

IAH · 1h 07m · leaves 05:45 5%

Afternoon and evening

IAH · 51m · leaves 12:35 22%

DFW · 1h 09m · leaves 17:32 26%

PHX · 1h 04m · leaves 19:07 26%

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.


Southwest WN 3958 ELP 06:05 → LAS United UA 203 LAS 10:45 → LAX Connection details →	3h 55m	7h 00m	100%	94%
Southwest WN 3706 ELP 05:15 → DEN United UA 405 DEN 10:02 → LAX Connection details →	3h 02m	7h 19m	100%	91%
American AA 4978 ELP 11:52 → PHX United UA 5718 PHX 15:50 → LAX Connection details →	3h 32m	6h 35m	98%	89%

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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