Historical on-time performance
Denver to Arcata CA
1,026 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on DEN–ACV arrive on time 83% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate83%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay30 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.4%of scheduled flights
based on 261 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).
By airline
How each carrier compares
- SkyWest AirlinesOn-time83%Medianon timep9030 minCancel0.4%Flights261
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline22%
- Weather7%
- Air traffic (NAS)56%
- Late aircraft15%
- Security0%
Most delay minutes here are attributed to Air traffic (NAS).
Over time
On-time trend
By season
On-time rate by month
When to fly
Best time to fly DEN → ACV
All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-01 .. 2025-12).
Best time of day
On-time rates are fairly even by time of day on this route — ranging from 68% to 80% on time.
- Middays80% on time · p90 30 min · 928 flights
- Evenings68% on time · p90 60 min · 63 flights · limited
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 75% to 84% on time.
- Tuesdays84% on time · p90 50 min · 140 flights · limited
- Saturdays81% on time · p90 35 min · 139 flights · limited
- Wednesdays81% on time · p90 20 min · 105 flights · limited
- Thursdays79% on time · p90 30 min · 160 flights · limited
- Fridays78% on time · p90 40 min · 171 flights · limited
- Mondays76% on time · p90 35 min · 156 flights · limited
- Sundays75% on time · p90 20 min · 123 flights · limited
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