Denver (DEN) – El Paso (ELP)
- Distance
- 906 km
- 563 mi · 489 nm
- Flight time
- 1 h 46 min / 1 h 49 min
- Average gate to gate: DEN → ELP / back
- Time difference
- none
- CO2 per passenger
- 114 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (68 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 454,597
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · +9.6%
- Flights / week
- 71
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 74%
- 611,517 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 3
- WN, UA, F9
Traffic: U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (all carriers, scheduled service), Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Distance: WGS-84 ellipsoid. CO2: UK DESNZ 2026 factors. Sources
The way there
- Heading from DEN
- 190°
- Heading from ELP
- 9°
- Halfway point
- 35.84, -105.57
- Great-circle km
- 908 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air DEN → ELP
- 1 h 21 min
- In the air ELP → DEN
- 1 h 25 min
- Clocks
- Same time in both
The estimate for a route without real times is 1 h 50 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
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| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 36,268 |
| Sep 2025 | 35,254 |
| Oct 2025 | 42,778 |
| Nov 2025 | 36,087 |
| Dec 2025 | 39,398 |
| Jan 2026 | 32,665 |
| Feb 2026 | 30,191 |
| Mar 2026 | 38,147 |
| Apr 2026 | 35,623 |
| May 2026 | 41,754 |
| Jun 2026 | 43,032 |
| Jul 2026 | 43,400 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 297 |
| Sep 2025 | 282 |
| Oct 2025 | 320 |
| Nov 2025 | 303 |
| Dec 2025 | 323 |
| Jan 2026 | 302 |
| Feb 2026 | 278 |
| Mar 2026 | 304 |
| Apr 2026 | 291 |
| May 2026 | 310 |
| Jun 2026 | 343 |
| Jul 2026 | 361 |
Airlines flying DEN–ELP nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 30 | 39% |
| UAUnited Air Lines | 28 | 37% |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 13 | 24% |
Both directions, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Airlines with at least one flight a month. U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (all carriers, scheduled service). Sources
Aircraft on this route
- Boeing 737-800 · 1,001 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 656 flights
- Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 528 flights
- Airbus Industrie A319 · 475 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-200n · 434 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 358 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 174 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321Neoxlr · 42 flights
Also carried: 145 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 77.6%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 15 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 0.3%
- Flights counted
- 3,729
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 74.2% | 16 min |
| UAUnited Air Lines | 80.8% | 14 min |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 78.7% | 17 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 28% · aircraft arriving late 50% · air traffic system 19% · weather 3% · security 0%.
Both directions, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. BTS Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance (US domestic flights of the larger US airlines). Sources
What passengers paid
- Average fare, Q1 2026
- $172
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $161
- Q3 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 39% of passengers · $180
- Lowest-fare airline
- Frontier Airlines
- 36% of passengers · $122
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q3 2025 $155 · Q4 2025 $157 · Q1 2026 $172).
U.S. DOT Consumer Airfare Report, Table 1a (airline ticket sample, US domestic airport pairs). Sources
Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)
Measured by great-circle distance: 908 km.
Neither EU261 nor UK261 covers this route: it neither starts nor ends in the EU, EEA, Switzerland or the UK. Other countries have their own rules (for example Canada's APPR or Brazil's ANAC rules).
Also owed for a cancellation with less than 14 days' notice or denied boarding. Not owed for extraordinary circumstances. On a connection, the distance to the final destination counts. From 23 October 2027 the EU's Regulation 2026/2202 applies; it keeps these amounts (what changes in 2027). Information, not legal advice.
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