Direct flights from San Diego (SAN) to El Paso (ELP): 7 nonstop departures observed each week across 1 airline. The nonstop covers 1,021 km, an estimated 1 hour 49 minutes in the air. Measured by Pro Flight Search from live flight boards at San Diego and El Paso. Updated 24 October 2026 at 03:06 UTC.
The SAN board at 20:06 shows departure at 20:07 instead of 19:45, gate 104.
Checked SAN board 20:06
route health from live SAN and ELP delay boards
Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time, observed operating in the last 7 days. Today is highlighted.
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Pro Flight Search records official board updates for nonstop SAN to ELP flights through the day: schedules, estimates, gate pushes and actual departures. The verdict above comes from operated flights, so it reflects what this route does rather than what the timetable promises.
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Pro Flight Search — San Diego (SAN) to El Paso (ELP) route reliability, measured from operated flights on official airport boards.
https://proflightsearch.com/search-flights/SAN-ELP
Mostly on schedule. The departure side at SAN is the weaker end, route health score 70/100. The airports section above carries the live status and delay window at both ends.
Operators schedule morning departures around 10:05 and evening departures around 17:50 from SAN. Earlier flights typically land before destination-airport delays accumulate later in the day; check the ELP delay card to confirm conditions when you'd arrive.
Great-circle distance is 1,021 km. With typical jet cruise speed plus taxi, climb and descent, expect roughly 102–118 min gate-to-gate on this route.
Southwest Airlines runs the route with about 7 flights a week (daily). Since one carrier owns the route, a single disruption tends to ripple through the day.
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