ELP · El Paso, United States
El Paso International Airport.
--:--:-- · MDT (UTC-06:00) · 31.8099° N, 106.3756° W
El Paso International Airport
Airport in Texas, U.S.
Verification trail
Source-backed facts for ELP
This section separates stable airport identifiers from live operating data. Codes, coordinates, timezone, elevation, source identifiers, and accepted reference links are retained here; live arrivals, departures, gates, delays, NOTAMs, and airline schedule changes must still be checked with the airport or carrier.
Airport catalog
OurAirports ID 3512; ident KELP; scheduled service listed.
Cached airports.csv snapshot: 2026-04-25; runways.csv snapshot: 2026-05-21.
Official airport source
elpasointernationalairport.com
Used as the preferred live-reference handoff for terminals, gates, alerts, and airport notices.
Open sourceReference summary
El Paso International Airport
Airport-shaped reference summary from en.wikipedia.org; summary snapshot 2026-05-20.
Open sourceManual / derived signals
20 source-backed signals
Merged from OurAirports cached airports.csv, OurAirports cached runways.csv, Wikidata airport entity snapshot, airport-shaped Wikipedia summary snapshot; facts generated 2026-05-21.
IATA / ICAO
ELP / KELP
OurAirports ident
KELP
GPS / local code
KELP / ELP
ISO region
US-TX
Scheduled service
Listed in source snapshot
Role
major international passenger gateway
Official host
elpasointernationalairport.com
Reference host
en.wikipedia.org
Wikidata entity
Q1231062
Snapshot generated
2026-05-21
Airport lookup keys
Stable codes
Regional keys
Nearby airport codes
Route reference codes
Accepted citation URLs
Last updated May 21, 2026. Stable airport identifiers and timezone facts are content-reviewed; clocks render live in the browser, while weather and time-difference notes are page-snapshot aids rather than permanent airport records.
Live values rendered at Nov 5, 7:09 PM UTC.
What you need to know now
Local airport time
--:--:--MDT · UTC-06:00
Time zone
MDT
America/Denver · UTC-06:00
Airfield conditions
Live airport weather is temporarily unavailable.
Surface access
12 km
Approximate distance to central El Paso.
Official source
elpasointernationalairport.comOfficial airport website listed in the airport facts snapshot
Airport Snapshot
Country capital
Washington, D.C.
Languages
English
Currency
USD ($)
Country area
9,525,067 km²
Passenger volume
4,038,530 passengers (2024)
Terminals
Not clearly stated
Runways
3 runways
Longest runway
12,020 ft / 3,664 m
Runway surface
asphalt (3)
Opened / operator
1928
Owner / entity
Q1231062
Hub airlines
Mixed or not clearly stated
Airport role
major international passenger gateway
Scheduled service
Listed
Fact coverage
20 source-backed signals
El Paso International Airport is a major international passenger gateway for El Paso, United States. El Paso's built-up core sits roughly 12 km from the terminal area. Operations run on America/Denver (UTC-06:00, MDT). Live weather is temporarily unavailable. With 3 other indexable airports in its surrounding network, it works well as a reference point for regional flight planning and timezone checks.
El Paso International Airport (ELP / KELP) is at 31.8099° N, 106.3756° W, elevation 3,959 ft (1,207 m), serving El Paso, United States.
The accepted reference summary is used as supporting context for the airport identity and operating notes; the timed facts here still come from the airport catalog, timezone database, country snapshot, and linked source trail.
El Paso is in United States (capital Washington, D.C.); regulated by Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); on America/Denver (MDT, UTC-06:00); working languages: English; currency: USD ($).
Distance from central El Paso: 12 km.
Airport context brief
A compact traveler-facing brief from the airport catalog, country snapshot, route geometry, city anchors, peer airports, and source trail for ELP.
Name and identity cues
Primary airport name
El Paso International Airport (ELP / KELP)
El Paso International Airport · Airport in Texas, U.S.
Source identifiers
KELP · KELP · ELP · US-TX
elpasointernationalairport.com · en.wikipedia.org · scheduled service yes
Source-specific airport notes
Regional role cue
It is the busiest commercial airport serving West Texas, Southern New Mexico and North Central Mexico.
Accepted from the airport reference trail as a role-specific cue for ELP; not treated as a live service guarantee.
Location cue
El Paso International Airport is an international airport located four miles (6 km) northeast of downtown El Paso, in El Paso County, Texas, United States.
Used to make the airport page location-specific beyond the code, coordinate, and timezone record.
Closest mapped city anchors
1. El Paso
el-paso · 12 km from ELP
United States · America/Denver · +0h · population 678,815 · city coordinates 31.7587, -106.4869
2. Socorro
socorro · 19 km from ELP
United States · America/Denver · +0h · population 33,222 · city coordinates 31.6546, -106.3033
3. Sunland Park
sunland-park · 19 km from ELP
United States · America/Denver · +0h · population 15,940 · city coordinates 31.7965, -106.5800
4. Horizon City
horizon-city · 21 km from ELP
United States · America/Denver · +0h · population 19,288 · city coordinates 31.6926, -106.2075
5. Socorro Mission Number 1 Colonia
socorro-mission-number-1-colonia · 21 km from ELP
United States · America/Denver · +0h · population 28,637 · city coordinates 31.6362, -106.2905
6. Las Cruces
las-cruces · 68 km from ELP
United States · America/Denver · +0h · population 101,643 · city coordinates 32.3123, -106.7783
Airport alternatives in the retained graph
1. CJS MMCS
Abraham González International Airport · Ciudad Juárez
20 km from ELP · America/Ciudad_Juarez · +0h · elevation 3,904 ft (1,190 m) · airport coordinates 31.6367, -106.4285
2. CUU MMCU
General Roberto Fierro Villalobos International Airport · Chihuahua
348 km from ELP · America/Chihuahua · +1h · elevation 4,462 ft (1,360 m) · airport coordinates 28.7026, -105.9638
3. ABQ KABQ
Albuquerque International Sunport · Albuquerque
360 km from ELP · America/Denver · +0h · elevation 5,355 ft (1,632 m) · airport coordinates 35.0400, -106.6089
Route-time reference set
1. ELP-CUU
Chihuahua · 348 km · 1h 16m
America/Chihuahua · +1h from ELP; reference route only, not a live schedule.
2. ELP-ABQ
Albuquerque · 360 km · 1h 17m
America/Denver · +0h from ELP; reference route only, not a live schedule.
Runway source evidence
Published runway count
3 runways
Longest runway 12,020 ft / 3,664 m. 3 lighted runways in the runway snapshot.
Runway surface mix
asphalt (3)
Surface labels are normalized from the OurAirports runway rows for ELP.
Runway identifiers
04/22 · 08L/26R · 08R/26L
Identifier pairs are retained as airport-specific runway cues, not live operational availability claims.
Same-country airport context
1. ABQ KABQ
Albuquerque International Sunport · Albuquerque · 360 km from ELP
large airport · America/Denver · united-states · 5,355 ft (1,632 m) · 35.0400, -106.6089
2. TUS KTUS
Tucson International Airport · Tucson · 432 km from ELP
large airport · America/Phoenix · united-states · 2,643 ft (806 m) · 32.1150, -110.9381
3. PHX KPHX
Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport · Phoenix · 557 km from ELP
large airport · America/Phoenix · united-states · 1,135 ft (346 m) · 33.4353, -112.0059
4. COS KCOS
City of Colorado Springs Municipal Airport · Colorado Springs · 793 km from ELP
large airport · America/Denver · united-states · 6,187 ft (1,886 m) · 38.8058, -104.7010
5. SAT KSAT
San Antonio International Airport · San Antonio · 797 km from ELP
large airport · America/Chicago · united-states · 809 ft (247 m) · 29.5337, -98.4698
6. AUS KAUS
Austin Bergstrom International Airport · Austin · 849 km from ELP
large airport · America/Chicago · united-states · 542 ft (165 m) · 30.1975, -97.6620
Accepted operational notes
Source note 1
It is the busiest commercial airport serving West Texas, Southern New Mexico and North Central Mexico.
Retained as a source-backed local role note for ELP.
Source note 2
It handled 4,038,530 passengers in 2024, a passenger record for ELP, with 97,737 aircraft operations.
Retained as a source-backed local role note for ELP.
Country and authority
ELP sits in United States (United States of America), whose capital is Washington, D.C.. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is the national civil-aviation authority we name for regulator context. Country context: Americas, North America.
Traveler context
Common country-language signals: English. Currency context: USD ($). ELP is listed with scheduled service in the airport source snapshot.
Reference description
Airport in Texas, U.S.. This description is used only as identity context; live flight status, terminal assignment, and airport alerts still belong to the official airport or airline source.
Source-specific cues
Regional role cue: It is the busiest commercial airport serving West Texas, Southern New Mexico and North Central Mexico. Location cue: El Paso International Airport is an international airport located four miles (6 km) northeast of downtown El Paso, in El Paso County, Texas, United States.
Entity fingerprint
Wikidata airport entity: Q1231062 · El Paso International Airport. Administrative area: El Paso. Named after: El Paso
Field and clock profile
El Paso International Airport is a moderate-elevation field at 3,959 ft (1,207 m), positioned at 31.8099° N, 106.3756° W in the Northern subtropics. The runway snapshot lists 3 runways and a longest runway of 12,020 ft / 3,664 m. The airport clock uses America/Denver (MDT, UTC-06:00), so cross-date arrivals should be checked against this zone rather than the airline origin city.
City and airport alternatives
El Paso is the closest retained city-time anchor at 12 km. CJS Ciudad Juárez is the closest retained airport alternative at 20 km.
Country airport peers
ELP is compared with ABQ Albuquerque at 360 km, TUS Tucson at 432 km, PHX Phoenix at 557 km, COS Colorado Springs at 793 km, SAT San Antonio at 797 km inside the retained United States airport set, which is useful when backup airports share the same country context but differ by city, route network, and clock behavior.
Route geometry
ELP-CUU Chihuahua: 348 km, about 1h 16m, +1h. ELP-ABQ Albuquerque: 360 km, about 1h 17m, +0h. These are distance and timezone references, not live flight availability claims.
Source trail
OurAirports ident KELP backs the stable code, coordinate, elevation, and timezone record. elpasointernationalairport.com is attached as the official airport website. en.wikipedia.org is used only as supporting reference context. Snapshot date: 2026-05-21.
Operational Profile
Traffic profile
4,038,530 passengers (2024)
Airline role
Mixed commercial service
Terminal footprint
See operational notes
Runway footprint
3 runways · longest 12,020 ft / 3,664 m
Runway identifiers
04/22, 08L/26R, 08R/26L
OurAirports classifies ELP as a large airport with scheduled service; the airport name and codes identify it as an international gateway for El Paso.
ELP (KELP) is one of the curated airport pages with a real traffic signal attached: 4,038,530 passengers (2024), operating from a moderate-elevation field at 3,959 ft (1,207 m).
ELP sits in a broader regional network with 3 nearby curated alternatives, so airline choice and connection strategy are part of the planning story here.
ELP's runway record lists 3 runways, with the longest runway at 12,020 ft / 3,664 m and source surfaces recorded as asphalt (3).
Civil aviation oversight for ELP runs through Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); a more specific operator record is not currently in our source set.
- It is the busiest commercial airport serving West Texas, Southern New Mexico and North Central Mexico.
- It handled 4,038,530 passengers in 2024, a passenger record for ELP, with 97,737 aircraft operations.
These operational notes prefer the structured airport facts snapshot, then fall back to the accepted airport reference at elpasointernationalairport.com, then blend that with local timezone, route, and city-access data already on this page.
Decision matrix for ELP
These are the specific situations where this airport page earns its keep: time-zone conversion, city transfer planning, nearby airport backup logic, and source-confidence checks before acting.
When the clock matters
ELP uses America/Denver (MDT, UTC-06:00). Use this before overnight arrivals, cross-date departures, and same-day connections.
When surface access matters
El Paso International Airport is about 12 km from central El Paso; build that transfer into arrival and check-in planning.
When alternates matter
CJS Ciudad Juárez is the closest retained alternate at 20 km, time difference +0h.
When source checks matter
elpasointernationalairport.com is listed as the official airport website in the airport facts snapshot; live schedules, gates, routes, terminals, and NOTAM-sensitive operations still need official airport or airline verification.
How this airport compares nearby
These comparisons place ELP inside the retained airport graph by country, timezone, elevation, and coordinate neighbors. They are deterministic dataset facts, not generated flight claims.
Country-rank position
ELP ranks #26 in the curated United States airport set when large airports are listed before medium airports, then sorted by IATA code. The retained country set has 94 airports.
Same-zone airport cohort
ELP shares America/Denver with ABQ Albuquerque US · COS Colorado Springs US · DEN Denver US · SLC Salt Lake City US. This helps separate same-clock airports by city, country, code, and geography.
Elevation-neighbor cohort
ELP is 3,959 ft (1,207 m). Closest elevation peers in the retained airport set include THR 3,962 ft (1,208 m) (3 ft delta) · CJS 3,904 ft (1,190 m) (55 ft delta) · PTG 4,076 ft (1,242 m) (117 ft delta) · EBB 3,782 ft (1,153 m) (177 ft delta) · LUN 3,779 ft (1,152 m) (180 ft delta).
Coordinate-neighbor check
ELP's nearest retained coordinate neighbors are CJS 20 km +0h · CUU 348 km +1h · ABQ 360 km +0h.
Flight Path Arc
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Arriving From / Departing To
| Destination | Route code | Distance | Estimated window | Time difference | Destination clock |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chihuahua | CUU | 348 km | 1h 16m | +1h | --:--:-- |
| Albuquerque | ABQ | 360 km | 1h 17m | +0h | --:--:-- |
ELP to CUU
Chihuahua
Distance 348 km; estimated travel window 1h 16m; destination zone America/Chihuahua is +1h from ELP. Use the live destination clock on this page as a cross-timezone planning cue, not as a live flight schedule.
ELP to ABQ
Albuquerque
Distance 360 km; estimated travel window 1h 17m; destination zone America/Denver is +0h from ELP. Use the live destination clock on this page as a cross-timezone planning cue, not as a live flight schedule.
Airport Details
Timezone
Ground Transport and Nearby Context
Central El Paso is close enough that taxi, ride-hail, and rail or shuttle links are usually the fastest arrival options.
El Paso is the nearest mapped city anchor in the current dataset, which makes it the cleanest companion page when travelers want to switch from airport timing into local city timing.
El Paso International Airport has 3 nearby indexed airport alternatives, which makes backup departures and diversion logic part of real planning instead of a theoretical edge case.
Nearby city time anchors
Airport pages are most useful when they bridge into real city clocks. These city anchors are ranked by distance from ELP, then shown with their own timezone, local time, and time difference from the airport clock.
El Paso
el-paso · 12 km · America/Denver
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Socorro
socorro · 19 km · America/Denver
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Sunland Park
sunland-park · 19 km · America/Denver
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Horizon City
horizon-city · 21 km · America/Denver
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Socorro Mission Number 1 Colonia
socorro-mission-number-1-colonia · 21 km · America/Denver
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Las Cruces
las-cruces · 68 km · America/Denver
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Alamogordo
alamogordo · 127 km · America/Denver
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Carlsbad
carlsbad-5460459 · 213 km · America/Denver
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Roswell
roswell-5488441 · 247 km · America/Denver
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Douglas
douglas-5293083 · 305 km · America/Phoenix
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Hobbs
hobbs · 320 km · America/Denver
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Los Lunas
los-lunas · 335 km · America/Denver
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Airlines and Network Role
El Paso International Airport does not have a long carrier list in the current source trail, so this page emphasizes the durable pieces travelers can safely use here: local time, field identifiers, nearby airports, and timezone differences.
The route timing references show the first cross-timezone planning burden after this airport: Chihuahua (CUU), Albuquerque (ABQ). Treat them as distance and clock cues, then verify flight availability with the carrier.
Planning checkpoints
- Traffic signal: 4,038,530 passengers (2024).
- Terminal footprint: not clearly stated in the source trail.
- Runway footprint: 3 runways; longest runway 12,020 ft / 3,664 m; identifiers 04/22, 08L/26R, 08R/26L.
- Runway surfaces: asphalt (3); 3 lighted runways in the source snapshot.
- Operator / management: not clearly stated in the source trail.
- Opened / inaugurated: 1928.
- Network role: mixed or not clearly stated in the source trail.
Nearby Airports
Nearby airports are ranked by coordinate distance from ELP. The time difference column is computed from IANA zones against the page snapshot, while the local clocks update in the browser.
Abraham González International AirportCJS
Ciudad Juárez · large airport
- Distance
- 20 km
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Time diff
- +0h
- Elevation
- 3,904 ft (1,190 m)
Compare against CJS when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
General Roberto Fierro Villalobos International AirportCUU
Chihuahua · large airport
- Distance
- 348 km
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Time diff
- +1h
- Elevation
- 4,462 ft (1,360 m)
Compare against CUU when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
Albuquerque International SunportABQ
Albuquerque · large airport
- Distance
- 360 km
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Time diff
- +0h
- Elevation
- 5,355 ft (1,632 m)
Compare against ABQ when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
Companion Planning Tools
Questions
FAQ
What timezone is El Paso International Airport (ELP) in?▾
El Paso International Airport is in the America/Denver timezone (UTC-06:00, MDT).
What are the codes for El Paso International Airport?▾
El Paso International Airport uses IATA code ELP and ICAO code KELP.
Where is El Paso International Airport located?▾
El Paso International Airport is located in El Paso, United States at coordinates 31.8099° N, 106.3756° W, with an elevation of 3,959 ft (1,207 m) (moderate-elevation field in the subtropics).
How far is El Paso International Airport from central El Paso?▾
El Paso International Airport sits roughly 12 km from the nearest mapped city center for El Paso.
Which route reference is most useful from ELP?▾
Chihuahua (CUU) is one of the closest route references on this page, with an estimated travel window of 1h 16m, destination timezone America/Chihuahua, and a +1h difference from ELP.
Which authority regulates ELP?▾
El Paso International Airport sits inside United States, where civil aviation oversight is led by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
What other airports in United States are close peers to ELP?▾
ELP's curated peers in United States on this site include ABQ Albuquerque, TUS Tucson, PHX Phoenix, plus 3 more.
How many runways does El Paso International Airport have?▾
El Paso International Airport's source-backed operational summary lists 3 runways, with the longest runway recorded at 12,020 ft / 3,664 m; identifiers include 04/22, 08L/26R, 08R/26L.