OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Baltimore to Denver

1,491 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on BWI–DEN arrive on time 75% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate75%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay40 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled1.2%of scheduled flights

based on 2,843 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

  • United Airlinesbest
    On-time85%
    Medianon time
    p9025 min
    Cancel0.5%
    Flights932
  • Southwest Airlines
    On-time71%
    Medianon time
    p9045 min
    Cancel1.5%
    Flights1,911

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline29%
  • Weather8%
  • Air traffic (NAS)35%
  • Late aircraft27%
  • Security1%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Air traffic (NAS).

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline18%
  • Weather74%
  • Air traffic (NAS)9%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 34 cancellations with a reported cause (BTS reports causes from June 2003).

Over time

On-time trend

By season

On-time rate by month

When to fly

Best time to fly BWI → DEN

All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-06 .. 2026-05).

Best time of day

Mornings are the most reliable time of day to fly this route — 87% on time.

  • Mornings87% on time · p90 15 min · 3,027 flights
  • Middays83% on time · p90 20 min · 1,838 flights
  • Afternoons70% on time · p90 55 min · 2,176 flights
  • Evenings60% on time · p90 75 min · 1,414 flights
  • Overnights51% on time · p90 75 min · 645 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 74% to 77% on time.

  • Tuesdays77% on time · p90 40 min · 1,272 flights
  • Sundays77% on time · p90 45 min · 1,266 flights
  • Mondays77% on time · p90 35 min · 1,373 flights
  • Thursdays76% on time · p90 40 min · 1,338 flights
  • Wednesdays75% on time · p90 35 min · 1,284 flights
  • Saturdays74% on time · p90 45 min · 1,173 flights
  • Fridays74% on time · p90 45 min · 1,394 flights

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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.