OnTimeStats

Airport on-time performance

Denver

Data through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS
On-time rate75%flights departing here that arrived on time
p90 delay50 min1 in 10 departures is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.8%of scheduled departures
Left the gate on time76%departures that pushed back within 15 min of schedule (DepDel15)

based on 318,679 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

As a connection hub

Arriving here (inbound performance)

These figures reflect inbound flights arriving at this airport — relevant for connections and layovers.

77%arrived on time here
(within 15 min, inbound flights)
  • On time77%
  • 15–59 min late14%
  • 1–2 hr late5%
  • 2 hr+ late3%
  • Cancelled or diverted1%

Arrival outcomes for inbound flights. Last segment = cancelled or diverted.

Bad day: 1 in 10 flights arrives more than 45 min late.

By airline

Carriers departing here (last 12 months)

Delay = arrival delay (ArrDel15-based)

  • Delta Air Linesbest
    On-time81%
    Medianon time
    p9035 min
    Cancel1.4%
    Flights11,520
  • SkyWest Airlines
    On-time78%
    Medianon time
    p9045 min
    Cancel1.2%
    Flights72,338
  • United Airlines
    On-time78%
    Medianon time
    p9045 min
    Cancel0.5%
    Flights105,354
  • Envoy Air
    On-time77%
    Medianon time
    p9040 min
    Cancel0.0%
    Flights191
  • Frontier Airlines
    On-time75%
    Medianon time
    p9050 min
    Cancel0.8%
    Flights15,475
  • American Airlines
    On-time75%
    Medianon time
    p9055 min
    Cancel2.0%
    Flights8,855
  • Alaska Airlines
    On-time73%
    Medianon time
    p9045 min
    Cancel0.9%
    Flights2,579
  • Southwest Airlines
    On-time69%
    Medianon time
    p9055 min
    Cancel0.7%
    Flights86,170
  • JetBlue Airways
    On-time67%
    Medianon time
    p9070 min
    Cancel2.6%
    Flights1,220

Over time

On-time trend

By season

On-time rate by month

When it gets busy

Busiest times at DEN

Historically, departures at DEN peak 10 a.m.–2 p.m. — 29% of scheduled flights leave in that block.

  • Midnight–5 a.m.0%
  • 5–10 a.m.23%
  • 10 a.m.–2 p.m.29%
  • 2–5 p.m.14%
  • 5–8 p.m.22%
  • 8 p.m.–midnight12%

Share of 929,147 scheduled departures by planned departure time, 2023-06 .. 2026-05. Historical averages from BTS data — not live airport status.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline20%
  • Weather62%
  • Air traffic (NAS)19%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 2,615 cancellations with a reported cause (BTS reports causes from June 2003).

Where flights go

Busiest routes

DEN → PHX→DEN → LAX→DEN → SLC→DEN → LAS→DEN → DFW→DEN → ORD→DEN → SEA→DEN → SFO→DEN → MSP→DEN → ATL→

Side by side

Compare this airport

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Methodology

A flight is on time when it arrives within 15 minutes of schedule — the US DOT / BTS standard. Median and p90(the “1-in-10 bad day”) are read from the full arrival-delay distribution, never averaged across periods.

Figures cover a carrier’s own BTS-coded flights. Cells below ~200 flights are flagged as limited data. All numbers are pre-computed from public BTS On-Time Performance data.