Date Incorporated: 1873
Population (approx.): 717,211
Juarez population (approx.): 1,217,818
Elevation Downtown: 3,762 Ft.
Highest Mountain Peak: 7,200 Ft.
Land area: 246-sq. mi
Mountain Time Zone.
El Paso averages 310 sunny days all year.
U.S. 54: North to Ruidoso (135 miles).
U.S. 62/180: NE to Carlsbad Caverns (140 miles).
Interstate 10: From Los Angeles, CA to
Jacksonville, FL goes through El Paso.
Interstate 25: North from Las Cruces, NM (40 mi.).
EL PASO AIRPORT FLIGHTS AND INFORMATION
El Paso is home to the border's largest and newest passenger terminal and is emerging as the border's most centralized intermodal hub. Nine commercial airlines average 136 flights arriving and departing El Paso International daily. El Paso International offers nonstop service to 18 cities including: Albuquerque, Atlanta, Austin, Chicago O'Hare, Dallas Love Field, Dallas/ Fort Worth, Houston Hobby, Houston Intercontinental, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Lubbock, Midland/Odessa, Minneapolis, Phoenix, Salt Lake City, San Antonio, San Diego, Chihuahua, and Mexico City.
The El Paso International Airport is a welcoming and very user friendly facility. The city and airport staff are driven to stay on top of what our visitors need. They recently have added the following services to enhance our passenger’s needs and expectations.
Wireless Internet Service (WiFi) is now available in all passenger areas of the Terminal. Passengers with laptop computers and a wireless internet card are now able to connect to the Internet while waiting inside the terminal.
FlightView Monitor is available to the public in the new waiting area, displayed on two wide-screen TV monitors as well as on the airport’s homepage. This service allows people with Internet access to check on the status of an arriving flight from the convenience of their home or office.
The El Paso International Airport formally opened the completed Consolidated Security Checkpoint on August 4, 2004. This project expanded the Airport passenger terminal and provided additional security. This increases the Airport’s ability to screen passengers efficiently and reduce waiting time and lines. Included in this project is a new waiting area, giving the public a comfortable place to wait for arriving passengers with an expanded view of the aircraft and airfield.
