El Paso International Airport (KELP/ELP)

El Paso International Airport (KELP) sits 5 miles northeast of downtown El Paso, Texas, in far West Texas at the New Mexico / Mexico border. The field handles modest commercial service (American, Delta, United, Southwest, Frontier, Allegiant) and a meaningful flow of business aviation, particularly Fort Bliss military flow, the maquiladora corporate corridor across the border in Juárez, Mexico, and the El Paso commercial-trucking and logistics community.

Of the two runways at KELP (4/22 12,020 ft, 8R/26L 9,025 ft), the longer is typically long enough for large-cabin and ultra-long-range jets. Atlantic Aviation operates the FBO. Field elevation is 3,962 feet, with significant summer density-altitude considerations on hot West Texas / Chihuahuan Desert days. The dominant operational considerations are West Texas weather (severe thunderstorms in summer with hail, dust storms, persistent wind), and the proximity to the US-Mexico border that requires specific operational awareness (no commercial flights into Juárez but business aviation does occasional border crossings). Ground time to downtown El Paso is 10 minutes; Fort Bliss is 10–15; the Juárez border crossing is 15.

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. 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.