--- iata: ELP name: El Paso International Airport city: El Paso country: United States lastUpdated: '2026-09-11' officialWebsite: 'https://elpasointernationalairport.com/' sources: - 'https://elpasointernationalairport.com/' - 'https://elpasointernationalairport.com/flights/airlines' - 'https://elpasointernationalairport.com/contact/faqs' - >- https://elpasointernationalairport.com/shop-eat-discover/terminal-services/food-and-beverages/ - >- https://elpasointernationalairport.com/shop-eat-discover/terminal-services/news-and-gifts/ - >- https://elpasointernationalairport.com/parking-and-transportation/parking/parking-overview/ - >- https://elpasointernationalairport.com/parking-and-transportation/parking/short-and-long-term - >- https://elpasointernationalairport.com/parking-and-transportation/transportation/car-rentals/ - >- https://elpasointernationalairport.com/parking-and-transportation/transportation/buses-and - 'https://www.airnav.com/airport/KELP' - 'https://www.prioritypass.com/en-GB/lounges/united-states-of-america' - 'https://www.clearme.com/where-to-use-clear' - 'https://aviationdb.com/Aviation/OTP/Destination-OTP-2025.shtm' quickFacts: - >- Official December 2025 activity report: 1,929,987 enplaned + 1,908,981 deplaned = 3,838,968 passengers (−4.9% vs 4,038,530 in 2024). Freight 83,182.6 tons. Aircraft operations 94,499. Latest published monthly file on the airport site as of 11 Sep 2026 is April 2026 (YTD 1,128,468). - >- One civil passenger terminal, two concourses after a single upper-level TSA: West Concourse A (A1–A4) and East Concourse B (B1–B11). Official first-time-flyer copy: you are screened once. A and B are connected after that checkpoint. - >- Operator is the City of El Paso Department of Aviation (financially self-supporting, outside the general fund). Official site https://elpasointernationalairport.com/ / FlyElPaso.com. Address 6701 Convair Road, El Paso, TX 79925. Main phone 915-212-0330. Parking office 915-771-7990. ICAO KELP. AirNav elev 3,961.6 ft, 4 miles NE of downtown. Runways 4/22 12,020×150, 8R/26L 9,025×150; 8L/26R 5,499×75 is not for scheduled airliners. - >- Official airlines page (11 Sep 2026) names six passenger carriers: Alaska (SEA), American (AUS, PHX, DFW, ORD, LAX), Delta (ATL), Frontier (LAS, DEN), Southwest, United (Denver, Chicago, Houston). February 2026 market share: Southwest 47.4%, American 26.0%, United 13.7%, Delta 5.8%, Frontier 5.6%, Alaska 1.3%. Allegiant left in January 2025 — FAQ lost-item and destination lists that still name it (or Orlando / Long Beach) are stale. - >- Civil passenger terminal only. Biggs Army Airfield is BIF / KBIF about 2–3 nm northwest — AirNav warns RWY 22 can be mistaken for Biggs. Do not create a second airport for Fort Bliss. Ciudad Juárez (CJS / MMCS) is a different airport south of the border. - >- No passenger lounge. Live Priority Pass USA (11 Sep 2026) has CHS, PVD, TUL — not ELP. clearme.com has no El Paso / ELP row. Official FAQ: there is no USO. Aggregator “The Club ELP” is fiction. The directory’s “Arrival Lounge” and “ELP Junior Pilots Lounge” are a holdroom label and a kids’ play area, not clubs. bentoTips: - label: Timing title: 'Terminal reopens at 3:00 a.m.; one TSA, PreCheck yes, CLEAR no' detail: >- Ticketed passengers with a flight within four hours may enter. PreCheck is real (official first-time-flyer guide). TSA.gov enrollment for 79925 is off-airport (IDEMIA on Viscount; Telos at Office Depot) — not a terminal enrollment desk. iFly’s invented PreCheck clock hours are not an airport publication. summary: >- Official FAQ: the building closes after the last departure and reopens at 3:00 a.m. Homepage waits on 11 Sep 2026 were 3–8 minutes general and 1–6 PreCheck. Official pages do not print an “arrive X hours” number. CLEAR is not here. category: timing - label: Layout title: 'One checkpoint; A is west, B is east, they connect' detail: >- Official airlines page does not print gate numbers. Wikipedia’s Allegiant-on-B10 map is leftover. American’s food pin (Standard Star / Starbucks) is across from A2. The B food court sits between the east gates. Connecting A↔B after security is free. summary: >- Lower level is ticketing, bags, rentals, and La Placita. Central escalators go up to the only passenger TSA. After that, Concourse A is west and Concourse B is east — wrong concourse is a walk, not a reclear. category: terminal - label: Food title: Trust the live dining page; A is thin on weekends detail: >- Carlos and Mickey’s / Home Team Sports / Black Mesa Coffee / USO pins are stale versus the live dining and news-and-gifts pages. Hours follow the airport’s own cards, not a 2021 directory PDF. summary: >- Official food page (11 Sep 2026): B has PGA Tour Grill, Tia’s, Slice, Schlotzsky’s/Cinnabon, Starbucks, 19th Hole, Sun City Saloon, and a 04:00–07:30 Chiquis cart. Landside is Boarder Bar & Bites plus Chiquis Bakery. Standard Star on A is Monday–Friday only. category: food - label: Lounge title: There is no lounge and no Priority Pass detail: >- Official FAQ: no USO. Military Assistance Desk is landside across from bag claim — military help, not a club. Junior Pilots Lounge is a kids’ area (directory U19). Beacon Room and La Placita Conference Room are meeting rooms. Million Air’s FBO lounge is on the GA ramp, not the passenger terminal. summary: >- ELP has seating, Wi-Fi, and kitchens. It does not have a passenger lounge. Live Priority Pass USA does not include El Paso. Day-pass pages that invent The Club ELP are wrong. category: status lounges: [] waterOptions: - kind: refill name: Airside drinking fountain / restroom cluster zone: airside summary: >- That is the only official fill-on-the-other-side instruction. Airport pages do not publish a numbered-gate bottle-filler map. location: >- Official first-time-flyer PDF says bring an empty bottle through the single TSA and fill on the other side — look at the restroom clusters on the sterile concourse you actually walked terminal: Concourse A or B isBestValue: true - kind: purchase name: Starbucks or Chiquis sealed bottle zone: airside price: posted café price (confirm at the register; not an airport tariff) summary: >- First sealed-bottle stop after security, or landside at Chiquis if you have not cleared. location: >- Official dining page pins Starbucks across from Gate A2 and in the B food court; Chiquis Bakery is in the main lobby and a Chiquis cart is on B from 04:00–07:30 terminal: 'Concourse A, Concourse B, or landside lobby' isBestQuality: true - kind: purchase name: 'PGA Tour Grill, Tia’s, or Boarder Bar sealed bottle' zone: airside price: posted restaurant price (confirm at the register) summary: >- Sit-down fallback if the coffee bars are dark. Standard Star on A is weekday-only. location: >- Official dining page pins PGA Tour Grill and Tia’s Tex-Mex in the B food court; Boarder Bar & Bites is landside by the security escalators terminal: Concourse B or landside by the security escalators - kind: refill name: Landside restroom fountain zone: landside summary: >- Use this if you have not cleared, you are meeting at bag claim, or you exited sterile. location: >- Public restrooms on the lower level around La Placita, ticketing, and bag claim — official pages do not publish a landside filler map terminal: Ticketing / bag claim / La Placita airportistScore: 7 slug: elp region: North America --- > Markdown for [/airports/elp](/airports/elp). Append `.md` to any page URL (or send `Accept: text/markdown`) for an agent-readable copy. - [HTML page](/airports/elp) - [Lounge directory](/airports/elp/lounges.md) - [Sitemap](/sitemap.md) # El Paso International Airport (ELP) El Paso, United States · North America A compact one-checkpoint West Texas terminal with $9 long-term parking and a $1.50 bus — undone by no lounge, no Priority Pass, no CLEAR, and a thin A-side kitchen on weekends. ## Airportist Score **7.0 / 10** Weighted sum of the six published categories (no holistic fudge). - Ease of use (25%): 8.4 — Wayfinding, security wait, and layout. - Comfort & amenities (20%): 7.0 — Seating, Wi-Fi, cleanliness, and quiet. - Food & retail (15%): 7.2 — Food and retail quality and variety. - Ground access (15%): 7.5 — Transit, taxi, and parking to the city. - Reliability (15%): 7.2 — Delays, cancellations, and weather resilience. - Lounges (10%): 2.0 — Worth-it density and access quality. ## At a glance - Passengers: 3.84M (2025) - Terminals: 1 terminal, A west + B east, one TSA - Typical security: 8 min - On-time: 77% - Disruption: normal ## Best for - Drivers who will use the $9 Long-Term lot and the 24/7 shuttle - Sun Metro Route 33 / Brio Montana riders heading toward Five Points or downtown - Southwest / American passengers who will actually walk the connected A/B sterile side - Short-haul DFW/PHX/DEN/HOU traffic that does not need a lounge ## Watch out for - No passenger lounge and no Priority Pass (live USA list has CHS/PVD/TUL, not ELP) - CLEAR is not offered; clearme.com has no El Paso row - West Lot is closed for renovations — the $10 rate is not usable today - Standard Star on A is Monday–Friday only; weekend A food is Starbucks plus the A1 shop - FAQ still names Allegiant and Orlando / Long Beach — Allegiant left in January 2025 ## More intel - [Lounge directory](/airports/elp/lounges.md) (free) - [Getting there](/airports/elp/getting-there.md) (free) - [Amenities](/airports/elp/amenities.md) - [Traveler tips](/airports/elp/tips.md) - [Water](/airports/elp/water.md) - [Full guide](/airports/elp/guide.md) - [Disruptions](/airports/elp/disruptions.md) - [Reviews](/airports/elp/reviews.md) (free)