El Paso International Airport – ELP

This airport was okay, looked clean and was small. Everything else in the interior seemed super outdated (at least to me it did). The baggage claim was on the ground floor right across from the car rental counters. There were a handful of places to eat (both fast food and restaurants) on the ground floor and upstairs before the security checkpoint. In the terminal, they had a few stores like other airports. Overall, I thought this airport was okay to me.

What can I say, it’s an airport. They’ve improved in the past few years with the addition of a couple Starbucks and restaurants. I never have to worry about long check in or security lines here and I can get myself one last taco plate at Carlos and Mickey’s before I have to leave the west Texas town of El Paso.

It’s an airport. Planes take off, planes land. You pass through.

It’s a smaller, older airport with few options for food but it doesn’t really need to be anything else. It’s hardly busy and the employees are always helpful. I’ve stopped through here a few times now and don’t have any real complaints. As with all airports wifi is the most important factor.

Every checkin station had lines that ran around the corner and the staff moved super slow. The power went out for half the airport and the staff was super rude the whole time. No seating once I got to the gate.
If there was another airport to fly into in this city, I’d fly out of that.

Super clean restrooms. Everything is easy to find and accessible. Small airport with an old school feel. Generally kind staff throughout.

Normal small airport. It’s clean, and staff are helpful at times, I use this airport at least a couple times a year and only have problem with staff every now and then. The foods on the usual; Extremely expensive.
They got a Starbucks and a restaurant downstairs. Food and trinkets as well as electronics upstairs.
As usual the experience will differ per person, and persons.

This airport isn’t as big as other airports even though it is an international airport. It has a homey feel to it.
The terminals aren’t far from each other either and the lines through security are always fast! I can get there in 15 minutes and walk through security pretty quickly! During the holidays, they always decorate for the occasion, which is really nice– especially when you’re traveling.

Regardless how small this airport is and what day it is that you fly be there at least an hour early. Place is small and you have to wait at the bottom until they signal you up from TSA.
Don’t worry though it doesn’t really take that long to get through.

Small airport with very little food/​drink options. Parking can be tough to find and the USO is always out of drinks.

I had an ungodly early 6:20am boarding time so of course I need coffee in order to avoid being the mean grizzly bear on the plane. When I got to the line, it was very long because only one poor lady was working. I realize that it’s not extremely busy in the AM for the most part, but the Starbucks in any place is going to be hopping — I would have expected it to be staffed better. ~le sigh~ oh well — I still waited until I could get my Caramel Macc — which was great.

I liked this airport. They have two concourses, A and B. Each has about 10 gates. United, Delta and Southwest was on B, I think American is on A. From the gate at the end to the security was about 10 mins walk.
They have the usual airport after security. I saw several restaurants outside security and one of the Mexican restaurant looked good from outside.
They don’t have United Club here but they have plenty of seating including comfy and clean couch. I sat there for over one hour and relaxed with my coffee while charging my phone.
Electric outlets were everywhere near the seat and free wifi was fast enough to do what I wanted to do (like write Unilocal reviews, lol).
Security line moved quick. I was on pre-​check line and waited for my colleague. He went through the security line before I even had chance to look up on coffee options on line.
Rental car was easy as they are located right across from the airport. No need to take a shuttle bus. I ended up with a way extra time waiting for my flight at the airport. Perhaps I came here on slow day/​time.

Small airport, free wifi, sufficient food offerings for an airport of this size. Thought the placement of the rental car return was unintuitive and a bit ridiculous (you go all the way through the airport pickup and dropoff area before you get to the entrance for the rental car return. So don’t panic if you haven’t seen a sign in a while.
Found the security line fairly quick for my morning flight, the 2 hour early thing didn’t seem necessary here (unless you get lost trying to return your rental car lol)

Considering its size, this airport has many shops and restaurants. They open pretty early but don’t stay open till late. When I had to get there at 5am, most of the restaurants were already open, but when I came back around 6:30pm, most of them were closed already. I assume that they don’t have many late flights coming in.
I recommend you to use the long term parking lot if you’ll be gone for a few days. They only charge $ 5 per day and it’s much better than using cab. However, the long term parking stays almost full all the time, so make sure you get there a little earlier to find a spot.
Also, most likely there’s only one person at each counter, so try to be there earlier anyways. I know someone who missed the flight because there were so many people in the line… Lol

The airport never seems too busy. It isn’t very big so it’s easy to move through. There are a handful of eateries but nothing out of the ordinary (stuff like Starbucks and Burger King).
There’s a lot of Spanish announcements and Spanish speaking patrons and employees.
Major airlines fly in and out but ticket prices stay on the higher side. Most flights are not direct either.
Airport is relatively clean.

Small town airport that is very easy to get in and out of. It’s a very convenient ride from pretty much anywhere in the city and even if you happen to be running late, you’ll probably still make your flight because it doesn’t seem to be too busy. Very good point, especially for people like me! They have some food options, but none of them seemed that appealing. Southwest is probably your best bet if you’re flying into El Paso, but just know that even those flights can be pricey (I spent almost $ 500 for my ticket)! Also note that Über can pick up from here, so make sure you take advantage.

This airport is easy to navigate and clean.
The employees I encountered were friendly and helpful. I liked that all the check-​in stations weren’t self-​check and the gate agent printed out boarding passes and put them in the little paper envelope with the luggage tag. (Awe the good ol’ days) The car rental service was a painless process.
Easy in and out!

It’s very small, but very efficient. From my experience, you can get in and out very quickly. Parking is kinda scarce, however, very inexpensive.
They have a little gift shop, a Burger King and Carlos and Mickeys. Really not much to say about it… But it is what it is and if you are flying out… This the place to be…
Das it Mayne

Whenever I’m flying it’s kind of nice knowing that I can go to El Paso International Airport where I don’t have to worry about long lines, wait times and no food options. This airport is smaller, but it’s growing and it definitely keeps any anxiety one could get while traveling at bay.
I’ve actually been flying in and out of this airport since I was a youngin’. It’s not on the level of Chicago or Phoenix or any other major airport you could think of, but each section has a diverse amount of shopping and eating options (some that are actually local joints like Carlos & Mickey’s). As a kid traveling through this airport I can remember when there were no food options and gates B-​anything were a rarity (usually used for extremely small air crafts). There seriously used to not even be a Starbucks. Way to open up your horizons EP! This airport really is just a small-​scale version of most other international airports.
And I love that they have those friendly greeting recordings playing over the P.A. system from city reps and the mayor. I generally get a friendly vibe at this airport, even from the TSA agents.
Fast. ‘Nuff said.
…okay, I’ll elaborate. In this day and age where you can check in a day before and already pay for your carry on luggage, I love that this airport (especially for a small one) has a good amount of kiosks to print of tickets and do all that hoopla. I really only interacted with a rep when they were carrying my luggage away and I was at the TSA line in under 10 minutes of my arrival. The TSA line is pretty damn speedy too. All around its no stress.

I got to give it to EP, they can move people quickly through this airport and there are enough options for food for such a small airport which makes it super easy to navigate around.
They need to fix long term parking sometimes the shuttle can take forever and u risk missing your flight. All flights from EP are expensive, no cheap flights here.

Der Flugplatz ist zwar recht überschaubar aber für mich als Fluggast sehr praktisch. Manch großer Flugplatz kann sich hier einiges abschauen z.B. freies WLAN in allen Passagierbereichen, Stromanschlüsse in sen Wartebereichen, Toiletten sehr sauber!
Es ist tatsächlich ein internationaler Flugplatz, da von hier aus Flüge von und nach Mexiko gehen. Hier wäre auf Grund der Entfernung wohl auch ein Katapultsystem möglich. Die Grenze liegt ja in sichtweite.
Darüberhinaus sind die üblichen überteuerten Läden hinter der Sicherheitskontrolle vorhanden und man kann sich die Wartezeit mit TV schauen oder Aussicht genießen verkürzen.

Un aéroport américain comme il n’en existe plus. Loin des grands centres urbains, cet aéroport ressemble plus à ceux d’antan avec un intérieur rustique. Davantage fréquenté par des troupes américaines par moment que de véritable touristes, cet aéroport a un certain charme par son côté années 70.
Dimanche à Orly, lundi à El Paso.

It’s El Paso airport. What can you really say about El Paso airport?
I’LL TELL YOU WHAT YOU CAN SAY ABOUT EL PASO AIRPORT!!!
What do you think when you think ‘El Paso’? THAT’S RIGHT– Old El Paso taco shells. Which suck, and are obviously made either by people who have no connection to the beautiful cultural heritage of the Mexican people, or are highly paid Mexicans who are more than willing to sell their culture to caucasians with no experience of how delicious taco shells can be. Scathing? Yup.
SO, what does this have to do with El Paso airport? I’ll tell you. Stay with me.
Once upon a time, there was a wonderful Mexican restaurant here outside of security. I used to look OH SO forward to their huevos rancheros breakfast. It was delicious. I loved it. Then… one day, they replaced it with a muthafuckin’ Burger King… because that’s what people want. FML. They opened up a Mexican restaurant inside of security, which is mediocre at best and is probably staffed by people who have been fired from the Old El Paso factory in… I dunno… wherever that place is.
Two stars, because I still have hopes for the future.