Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) – El Paso (ELP)

Distance, flight time and the airlines that fly it, from open data.
Distance
887 km
551 mi · 479 nm
Flight time
1 h 42 min / 1 h 47 min
Average gate to gate: DFW → ELP / back
Time difference
1 h
CO2 per passenger
111 kg
One way, economy, incl. RF (66 kg CO2 only)
Passengers / year
596,366
Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −8.6%
Flights / week
96
Both directions, average
Seats filled
84%
707,634 seats a year
Airlines nonstop
4
AA, MQ, 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

Great circle from DFW to ELPDFWELP
Shortest path over the earth's surface (great circle). Real flights bend around weather, winds and airspace.

The way there

Heading from DFW
265°
Heading from ELP
80°
Halfway point
32.44, -101.73
Great-circle km
885 km (sphere, for EU261)
In the air DFW → ELP
1 h 19 min
In the air ELP → DFW
1 h 18 min
Clocks
El Paso is 1 h behind Dallas-Fort Worth

The estimate for a route without real times is 1 h 50 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.

Passengers per month, both directions (Aug 2025 – Jul 2026)Busiest: December 2025: 56,113 passengers
020K40K60KAugSepOctNovDec56.1KJanFebMarAprMayJunJul
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Month Passengers
Aug 202550,298
Sep 202543,237
Oct 202552,941
Nov 202551,187
Dec 202556,113
Jan 202647,910
Feb 202643,505
Mar 202649,788
Apr 202648,849
May 202651,363
Jun 202646,346
Jul 202654,829
Flights per month, both directions (Aug 2025 – Jul 2026)Busiest: July 2026: 465 flights
0200400600AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJul465
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Month Flights
Aug 2025385
Sep 2025363
Oct 2025460
Nov 2025458
Dec 2025461
Jan 2026395
Feb 2026380
Mar 2026414
Apr 2026400
May 2026412
Jun 2026404
Jul 2026465

Airlines flying DFW–ELP nonstop

Airline Flights / week Share of passengers
AAAmerican Airlines69
83%
MQEnvoy Air24
15%
F9Frontier Airlines1.4
1%
OOSkyWest Airlines1.5
1%

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 · 1,834 flights
  • Embraer ERJ-175 · 1,256 flights
  • Airbus Industrie A319 · 599 flights
  • Airbus Industrie A321Neoxlr · 550 flights
  • Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 430 flights
  • Boeing B737 Max 800 · 145 flights
  • Canadair RJ-700 · 76 flights
  • Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 73 flights

Also carried: 72 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).

Punctuality

On time
73%
Arrived within 15 min of schedule
Average delay
24 min
Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
Cancelled
2.9%
Flights counted
5,143
Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
Airline On time Average delay
AAAmerican Airlines70.1%27 min
MQEnvoy Air81%15 min
F9Frontier Airlines70.3%27 min
OOSkyWest Airlines78.4%17 min

Delay minutes by cause: airline 32% · aircraft arriving late 50% · air traffic system 11% · weather 7% · 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
$275
One way, all cabins
Average over a year
$249
Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
Largest airline
American Airlines
92% of passengers · $286
Lowest-fare airline
Frontier Airlines
7% of passengers · $130

History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $248 · Q3 2025 $255 · Q4 2025 $225 · Q1 2026 $275).

Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $281, likely $243–$320

The average fare paid we expect a year after Q1 2026, the newest DOT quarter. On this route, past forecasts made this way fell inside the range 90% of the time over 21 quarters (median error 4.5%). An estimate from US DOT data: not a price you can book, not a guarantee, not advice on when to buy. How the outlook works

Cheapest quarter on this route: Q4, typically 3% below the year's average (9 years of DOT data, without 2020–21).

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: 885 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.

More routes from DFW

Route Distance Passengers / year
DFW → ATL1,177 km 1,929,257
DFW → ORD1,290 km 1,916,312
DFW → LAX1,987 km 1,914,491
DFW → DEN1,032 km 1,745,260
DFW → LGA2,235 km 1,726,005
DFW → PHX1,396 km 1,648,391
DFW → LAS1,698 km 1,630,211
DFW → MCO1,585 km 1,605,592
DFW → SEA2,671 km 1,577,921
DFW → MIA1,804 km 1,512,657

More routes from ELP

Route Distance Passengers / year
ELP → DEN906 km 454,597
ELP → PHX558 km 435,298
ELP → DAL904 km 421,561
ELP → LAS939 km 310,487
ELP → HOU1,089 km 249,276
ELP → IAH1,074 km 233,641
ELP → AUS851 km 230,974
ELP → ATL2,064 km 203,023
ELP → LAX1,150 km 189,570
ELP → SAT798 km 146,036

Questions

Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) and El Paso (ELP) are 887 km (551 miles, 479 nautical miles) apart, measured along the shortest path over the earth's surface.