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

Connect in the morning. The same one-hour layover misses 6% of the time at 11 am and 1 time in 5 at 4 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Southwest	ELP	SAT	1h 25m	83%	0.1%	747	Flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


American Details →	ELP 06:01 → LAX 07:14AA 4910 · flown by SkyWest	2h 14m Los Angeles	LAX 09:28 → SAT 14:36AA 6307 · flown by SkyWest	7h 35m	98%	91%
Southwest Details →	ELP 06:35 → PHX 06:55WN 4224	1h 00m Phoenix	PHX 07:55 → SAT 12:05WN 4081	4h 30m	96%	90%
Southwest Details →	ELP 05:15 → DEN 07:00WN 3706	2h 20m Denver	DEN 09:20 → SAT 12:25WN 3149	6h 10m	100%	81%
United Details →	ELP 05:45 → IAH 08:46UA 6303 · flown by Mesa	53m Houston	IAH 09:39 → SAT 10:46UA 6201 · flown by Mesa	4h 01m	88%	78%
Delta Details →	ELP 06:00 → ATL 11:05DL 1741	1h 10m Atlanta	ATL 12:15 → SAT 13:38DL 1408	6h 41m	94%	77%
American Details →	ELP 05:49 → PHX 06:15AA 3882 · flown by Envoy	3h 31m Phoenix	PHX 09:46 → SAT 14:03AA 450	7h 14m	99%	77%
American Details →	ELP 10:04 → DFW 12:54AA 1801	1h 51m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 14:45 → SAT 15:55AA 3777 · flown by Envoy	4h 51m	94%	75%
United Details →	ELP 07:00 → IAH 10:02UA 6163 · flown by Mesa	2h 06m Houston	IAH 12:08 → SAT 13:17UA 6202 · flown by Mesa	5h 17m	98%	74%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	ELP 10:04 → DFW 12:54AA 1801	55m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 13:49 → SAT 14:56AA 1539	3h 52m	74%	38%
American Details →	ELP 16:19 → DFW 19:15AA 1802	1h 33m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 20:48 → SAT 22:00AA 1406	4h 41m	58%	30%
Southwest Details →	ELP 16:30 → DEN 18:20WN 1798	1h 30m Denver	DEN 19:50 → SAT 23:08WN 2073	5h 40m	60%	20%

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

PHX · 1h 00m · leaves 06:35 4%

ATL · 1h 10m · leaves 06:00 6%

IAH · 1h 01m · leaves 08:00 10%

Afternoon and evening

IAH · 55m · leaves 12:35 19%

DEN · 1h 01m · leaves 14:32 20%

DFW · 53m · leaves 13:41 30%

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.


American AA 3882 ELP 05:49 → PHX Southwest WN 4081 PHX 07:55 → SAT Connection details →	1h 40m	5h 16m	96%	92%
Southwest WN 3706 ELP 05:15 → DEN United UA 2625 DEN 09:35 → SAT Connection details →	2h 35m	6h 28m	100%	92%
American AA 4910 ELP 06:01 → LAX Delta DL 2568 LAX 09:55 → SAT Connection details →	2h 41m	7h 51m	97%	85%

Rank all connections, any airlines →

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