# El Paso International Airport (ELP / KELP) **El Paso International Airport** (IATA: ELP, ICAO: KELP) is a large airport in El Paso, Texas, United States. It opened in 1928. It has 3 runways; the longest is 12,020 ft (3,664 m). In 2025 it handled 3.9 million passengers. Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kelp ## At a glance - IATA / ICAO: ELP / KELP - FAA: ELP - Type: Large airport - Serves: El Paso, Texas, United States - Opened: 1928 - Elevation: 3,962 ft / 1,208 m - Coordinates: 31.8099, -106.3756 - Runways: 3 - Longest runway: 12,020 ft / 3,664 m - Instrument procedures: 14 approaches, 5 departures, 5 arrivals - Passengers: 3,888,675 (2025) - Time zone: UTC-7/-6 · America/Denver - Website: https://elpasointernationalairport.com/ - Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Paso_International_Airport (21 languages) - Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1231062 - Weather station: KELP · WMO 72270 - Ident: KELP ## Timeline - 1928: El Paso International Airport opens. ## Runways | Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 04/22 | 12,020 ft / 3,664 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 050° / 230° | yes | | 08R/26L | 9,025 ft / 2,751 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 093° / 273° | yes | | 08L/26R | 5,499 ft / 1,676 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Concrete | 093° / 273° | yes | - FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/00134AD.PDF ## Passengers per year | Year | Passengers | Source | | --- | --- | --- | | 2014 | 2,778,248 | Wikidata | | 2015 | 2,810,895 | BTS T-100 Segment | | 2016 | 2,864,916 | BTS T-100 Segment | | 2017 | 2,956,380 | BTS T-100 Segment | | 2018 | 3,263,177 | BTS T-100 Segment | | 2019 | 3,499,331 | BTS T-100 Segment | | 2020 | 1,501,151 | BTS T-100 Segment | | 2021 | 2,892,389 | BTS T-100 Segment | | 2022 | 3,788,557 | BTS T-100 Segment | | 2023 | 3,962,709 | BTS T-100 Segment | | 2024 | 4,048,269 | BTS T-100 Segment | | 2025 | 3,888,675 | BTS T-100 Segment | ## Routes 5 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article. ### Year-round (5) - [DFW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kdfw.md) Dallas Fort Worth International Airport · United States · 550 mi / 885 km · Frontier Airlines - [DEN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kden.md) Denver International Airport · United States · 564 mi / 908 km · Frontier Airlines - [LAS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/klas.md) Harry Reid International Airport · United States · 583 mi / 938 km · Frontier Airlines - [ATL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/katl.md) Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport · United States · 1,279 mi / 2,059 km · Delta Air Lines - [SEA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksea.md) Seattle–Tacoma International Airport · United States · 1,368 mi / 2,201 km · Alaska Airlines ## Airlines The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from ELP, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata. ### Hub airlines (1) - RWG [C&M Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/c-and-m-airways) ### Passenger (3) - F9 [Frontier Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/frontier-airlines) · 3 - AS [Alaska Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/alaska-airlines) · 1 - DL [Delta Air Lines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/delta-air-lines) · 1 ## Rankings Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place. | Measure | Value | World | Region | Country | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Passengers | 3.9M (2025) | #388 of 3,974 | #95 in North America | #75 in US | | Longest runway | 12,020 ft / 3,664 m | #296 of 29,858 | #68 in North America | #58 in US | | Elevation | 3,962 ft / 1,208 m | #3,590 of 43,403 | #1,918 in North America | #1,518 in US | | Age | Opened 1928 | =323 of 15,079 | =58 in North America | =57 in US | | Runways | 3 | =151 of 29,978 | =83 in North America | =81 in US | ## Radio frequencies | Type | Description | MHz | | --- | --- | --- | | APP | APP | 119.150 | | ATIS | ATIS | 120.000 | | CLD | CLNC DEL | 125.000 | | DEP | DEP | 119.150 | | GND | GND | 121.900 | | RDO | ALBUQUERQUE RDO | 122.400 | | TWR | TWR | 118.300 | | UNIC | UNICOM | 122.950 | ## Nearby airports - [BIF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbif.md) Biggs Army Air Field (Fort Bliss) · 2.7 mi / 4.4 km - [CJS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mmcs.md) Abraham González International Airport · 12 mi / 20 km - [LRU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/klru.md) Las Cruces International Airport · 46 mi / 74 km - [HMN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/khmn.md) Holloman Air Force Base · 74 mi / 119 km - [ALM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kalm.md) Alamogordo White Sands Regional Airport · 74 mi / 120 km - [DMN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kdmn.md) Deming Municipal Airport · 85 mi / 136 km ## Sources - [BTS T-100 Segment](https://www.transtats.bts.gov/Tables.asp?QO_VQ=EEE&QO_anzr=Nv4%20Pn44vr45): US traffic: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (Public Domain (US Government)) - [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government)) - [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government)) - [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain) - [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0) - [Wikipedia: “El Paso International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=El_Paso_International_Airport&oldid=1376172199), revision of 22 Sep 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0) - [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0) - Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kelp/data