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 5% of the time at 11 am and 1 time in 5 at 9 pm.

Nonstops


American	LAX	ELP	2h 04m	83%	0.5%	773	Flying now
Southwest	LAX	ELP	1h 55m	76%	0.0%	510	Flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


Southwest Details →	LAX 05:05 → PHX 06:30WN 116	1h 20m Phoenix	PHX 07:50 → ELP 10:05WN 3889	4h 00m	100%	97%
United Details →	LAX 05:00 → DEN 08:22UA 1010	3h 23m Denver	DEN 11:45 → ELP 13:35UA 792	7h 35m	100%	83%
United Details →	LAX 10:10 → IAH 15:40UA 277	1h 18m Houston	IAH 16:58 → ELP 18:02UA 3983 · flown by Mesa	6h 52m	94%	79%
American Details →	LAX 06:00 → DFW 11:15AA 2811	1h 05m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 12:20 → ELP 13:08AA 3506 · flown by Envoy	6h 08m	89%	79%
American Details →	LAX 16:39 → PHX 18:10AA 2032	3h 35m Phoenix	PHX 21:45 → ELP 23:59AA 3874 · flown by Envoy	6h 20m	98%	78%
United Details →	LAX 07:05 → IAH 12:34UA 1397	1h 46m Houston	IAH 14:20 → ELP 15:25UA 4275 · flown by CommuteAir	7h 20m	99%	77%
American Details →	LAX 06:19 → PHX 07:51AA 2027	54m Phoenix	PHX 08:45 → ELP 11:21AA 4978 · flown by SkyWest	4h 02m	91%	75%
United Details →	LAX 05:45 → IAH 11:12UA 654	58m Houston	IAH 12:10 → ELP 13:15UA 4361 · flown by CommuteAir	6h 30m	95%	74%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	LAX 16:16 → DFW 21:33AA 2024	1h 26m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 22:59 → ELP 23:46AA 1607	6h 30m	68%	34%
Southwest Details →	LAX 16:20 → DEN 19:40WN 278	1h 15m Denver	DEN 20:55 → ELP 22:50WN 1319	5h 25m	44%	21%
American Details →	LAX 13:53 → DFW 19:14AA 2041	56m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 20:10 → ELP 20:55AA 841	6h 02m	45%	19%

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

IAH · 58m · leaves 05:45 5%

DEN · 1h 16m · leaves 07:00 7%

PHX · 54m · leaves 06:19 9%

Afternoon and evening

PHX · 51m · leaves 19:32 37%

DFW · 56m · leaves 13:53 55%

DEN · 1h 15m · leaves 16:20 56%

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 2943 LAX 05:55 → DEN United UA 792 DEN 11:45 → ELP Connection details →	2h 25m	6h 40m	100%	83%
United UA 5457 LAX 16:22 → PHX American AA 3874 PHX 21:45 → ELP Connection details →	3h 46m	6h 37m	100%	81%
United UA 1912 LAX 08:47 → DEN Frontier F9 2261 DEN 15:22 → ELP Connection details →	3h 09m	7h 29m	98%	78%

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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