El Paso International Airport

El Paso International Airport (EPIA, , ) is four miles (6 km) northeast of downtown El Paso, in El Paso County, Texas, United States. It is the busiest commercial airport in West Texas, Southern New Mexico and Northern Mexico. It handled 3,667,439 passengers in 2022, with 83,438 cargo operations. ELP has two concourses, A & B for a total of 15 ramps. It is a focus airport for Southwest Airlines, which accounts for over half of all passengers, and is served by 9 major airlines including Alaska Airlines, Allegiant Airlines, American, American Eagle, Delta Airlines, Frontier, United; United Express. Cargo airlines serving the airport are Amerijet International, DHL Aviation, FedEx Express, Freight Runners Express, GTA Air, and UPS Airlines. The airport has an array of shops and restaurants like Black Mesa, Carlos & Mickey's, Home Team Sports, Starbucks, PGA Tour Grill, Schlotzsky's, Cinnabon, Slice, and Tia's Mexican Restaurant. History The City of El Paso built the first El Paso Municipal Airport near the east side of the Franklin Mountains in 1928. The airport was closed by 1945 and in more recent times has been home to the Jobe Concrete Products "Planeport" cement factory.