EL Paso International
ELP · KELP · El Paso, Texas · El Paso County · map
EL Paso International is a public-use airport owned by the City of El Paso, 4 miles northeast of El Paso, Texas, 3,962 feet above sea level. It has 3 runways; the longest, 04/22, is 12,020 feet of asphalt and concrete. It has a control tower, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive) and about 199 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 98,108 takeoffs and landings a year. About 2,052,485 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
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What is the airport code for EL Paso International?
Its FAA code is ELP, and its ICAO code is KELP.
Where is EL Paso International?
It is 4 miles northeast of El Paso, Texas, 3,962 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at EL Paso International?
The longest of its 3 runways, 04/22, is 12,020 feet long.
Does EL Paso International have a control tower?
Yes, it has a control tower.
What fuel can you buy at EL Paso International?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive.
Where can you fly nonstop from EL Paso International?
Airline flights go to 8 airports, the busiest of them Phoenix Sky Harbor International, Dallas-Fort Worth International, George Bush Intcntl/Houston, Denver International, Dallas Love Field. Every route
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to EL Paso International?
3 pilot examiners and 5 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for EL Paso International…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA ELP · ICAO KELP
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of El Paso
- Elevation
- 3,962 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower with a TRACON · around the clock
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights sunset to sunrise; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive; the services card below
- Notes
- customs available · certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- El Paso sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 8E
- In the FAA's files since
- November 1938
Runways 3
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04/22 | 12,020 × 150 ft | Asphalt and concrete, fair | High-intensity lights |
| 08R/26L | 9,025 × 150 ft | Asphalt and concrete, fair | High-intensity lights |
| 08L/26R | 5,499 × 75 ft | Concrete, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 04: localizer with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 22: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the right, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), right-hand traffic pattern
- Runway 08R: PAPI, four lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern
- Runway 26L: PAPI, four lights on the right, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
- Runway 26R: right-hand traffic pattern
Radio frequencies
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| Digital ATIS | 120.0 | El Paso |
| Clearance delivery Pre Taxi Clearance · Clearance delivery | 125.0 | El Paso |
| Ground | 121.9 | El Paso |
| Tower | 118.3 | El Paso |
| Approach · Departure procedure (ATKNN) · Class C airspace SOUTH-V16 | 119.15 | El Paso |
| Approach · Class C airspace · Departure NORTH-V16 | 124.25 | El Paso |
| Emergency | 121.5 | El Paso |
| Elp and vot | 111.0 | |
| El Paso Rco | 122.6 | El Paso |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 915-774-9497.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bottled oxygen (low-pressure), bulk oxygen (low-pressure)
- Also here
- air freight, air ambulance, avionics, cargo handling, charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental, aircraft sales
- Notes
- customs available
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Dona Ana County International Jetport (17 nm west), Las Cruces International (40 nm northwest).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Texas · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Pattern altitude: 1038 feet above ground level small aircraft, 1542 feet above ground level turbojet, 2042 feet above ground level overhead approach.
- Runway 08L/26R not available for part 121/PART 380 operations with schedule passenger carrying operations more than 9 passenger seats and unscheduled passenger carrying operations more than 30 passenger seats.
- Runway 4/22 206 feet concrete, 10,814 feet asphalt, 1,000 feet concrete.
- Runway 08R/26L 7,780 feet asphalt, 1,247 feet concrete.
- Ctn: biggs aaf 2NM northwest runway 22 can be mistaken for elp runway 22.
- Taxiway T1; taxiway a northeast of taxiway A7; taxiway A8 and taxiway A9 not visible from the control tower.
- Runway 4 holding position markings are located adjacent to the terminal apron on taxiway T1, T2
- Military users should review noise abatement procedures listed for biggs aaf.
- Engine power is rstrd to idle power on one engine at a time for maximum 5 minimum on any terminal or parking aprons, CROSS-BLEED starts or other pre departure activity on movement areas only, maintenance or otr rqrmt needing longer or higher power contact tower for directions to designated runup areas.
- ILS markings on the terminal ramp apply to runway 8R/26L approach and departures
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Scheduled and charter flights from here the DOT's airline reports · August 2025 to July 2026
Airlines reported 21,653 departures from ELP in those twelve months, carrying 1,958,834 passengers in 2,695,633 seats (73% filled), to 145 destinations (23 abroad) on 35 airlines.
All 145 destinations, the airlines and the aircraft, month by month
From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 table: every segment an airline reported flying, three months in arrears. Private, business and training flights are not in it; the live picture is in the activity card.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 122 |
| multi-engine | 21 |
| jets | 44 |
| helicopters | 12 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 98,108, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| airline | 45,793 |
| air taxi and commuter | 14,612 |
| general aviation, travelling | 22,484 |
| general aviation, local | 7,521 |
| military | 7,698 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in El Paso from the FAA register
311 aircraft are registered to owners in El Paso, Texas: 194 piston singles, 48 business jets, 24 piston twins, 20 turboprops, 11 helicopters. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Texas.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Charter operators and airlines based in El Paso:
- ATI Jet Inc. 28 aircraft on the certificate ATI Jet is a FAA Part 135 charter operator based in El Paso, Texas, providing luxury private jet charter services across the United States.
- Elite Medical Air Transport, LLC 5 aircraft on the certificate
Repair stations in El Paso:
- Ati Jet INC ATI Jet is a FAA Part 135 charter operator based in El Paso, Texas, providing luxury private jet charter services across the United States.
- El Paso Aero,Inc. / Avionics Associates El Paso Aero, Inc.
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
3 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 3 for private pilot, 3 for commercial and instrument, 1 for airline transport pilot, 2 for flight instructor, 1 for sport pilot; 3 for airplanes, 1 for multi-engine airplanes. Also nearby: 1 sport aviation examiner, 5 aviation medical examiners, 1 engineering representative.
- Floyd Lawrence Draper private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · El Paso, TX (0 nm) · (915) 217-5792 · [email protected]
- Shane Lipson private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · El Paso, TX (0 nm) · (917) 816-3722 · [email protected]
- Angel Tomas Peralta private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Santa Teresa, NM (17 nm) · (915) 206-4088 · [email protected]
All 10 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 43 since 1982, 3 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in El Paso 311 aircraft · 194 piston singles, 48 business jets, 24 piston twins
- Ati Jet INC 20 aircraft in town
- El Paso Aero INC 6 aircraft in town
- Saratoga Homes of Texas San Antonio LLC 4 aircraft in town
- Franklin Mountain Assets II LLC 4 aircraft in town
- ATI Jet Inc. 28 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Elite Medical Air Transport, LLC 5 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Ati Jet INC · repair station
- El Paso Aero,Inc. / Avionics Associates · repair station
- Phoenix Sky Harbor International (PHX) 2,567 flights in twelve months · Southwest Airlines Co., SkyWest Airlines Inc.
- Dallas-Fort Worth International (DFW) 2,524 flights in twelve months · American Airlines Inc., Envoy Air
- George Bush Intcntl/Houston (IAH) 1,959 flights in twelve months · Mesa Airlines Inc., CommuteAir LLC dba CommuteAir
- Denver International (DEN) 1,861 flights in twelve months · Southwest Airlines Co., United Air Lines Inc.
- Dallas Love Field (DAL) 1,850 flights in twelve months · Southwest Airlines Co., Eastern Air Express, LLC (EAX)
- Harry Reid International (LAS) 1,327 flights in twelve months · Southwest Airlines Co., Frontier Airlines Inc.
- Los Angeles International (LAX) 1,282 flights in twelve months · SkyWest Airlines Inc., Southwest Airlines Co.
- Austin-Bergstrom International (AUS) 1,044 flights in twelve months · Southwest Airlines Co., United Parcel Service
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 43 since 1982 · 3 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Texas 6,235 since 1982 · 1,061 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Texas 392 landing places
- Texas 29,938 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/ELP.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 26, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.