Historical on-time performance
Denver to Albany
1,610 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on DEN–ALB arrive on time 44% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate44%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay110 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled2.3%of scheduled flights
based on 214 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).
By airline
How each carrier compares
- Southwest AirlinesOn-time44%Median15 minp90110 minCancel2.3%Flights214
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline30%
- Weather1%
- Air traffic (NAS)13%
- Late aircraft57%
- Security0%
Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.
Over time
On-time trend
By season
On-time rate by month
When to fly
Best time to fly DEN → ALB
All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-01 .. 2025-12).
Best time of day
Middays are the most reliable time of day to fly this route — 74% on time.
- Middays74% on time · p90 30 min · 129 flights · limited
- Evenings45% on time · p90 95 min · 431 flights
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 33% to 68% on time.
- Saturdays68% on time · p90 40 min · 114 flights · limited
- Sundays65% on time · p90 50 min · 96 flights · limited
- Tuesdays63% on time · p90 90 min · 78 flights · limited
- Thursdays49% on time · p90 160 min · 88 flights · limited
- Fridays46% on time · p90 105 min · 93 flights · limited
- Wednesdays45% on time · p90 90 min · 75 flights · limited
- Mondays33% on time · p90 65 min · 88 flights · limited
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