OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Denver to Hays

298 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on DEN–HYS arrive on time 77% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate77%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay70 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled2.1%of scheduled flights

based on 627 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

  • SkyWest Airlines
    On-time77%
    Medianon time
    p9070 min
    Cancel2.1%
    Flights627

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline39%
  • Weather11%
  • Air traffic (NAS)7%
  • Late aircraft43%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline0%
  • Weather85%
  • Air traffic (NAS)15%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 13 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 DEN → HYS

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

Best time of day

On-time rates are fairly even by time of day on this route — ranging from 76% to 78% on time.

  • Overnights78% on time · p90 70 min · 750 flights
  • Afternoons76% on time · p90 50 min · 477 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 70% to 85% on time.

  • Wednesdays85% on time · p90 30 min · 216 flights
  • Tuesdays79% on time · p90 70 min · 116 flights · limited
  • Mondays79% on time · p90 45 min · 218 flights
  • Thursdays77% on time · p90 60 min · 213 flights
  • Sundays76% on time · p90 55 min · 218 flights
  • Fridays76% on time · p90 50 min · 217 flights
  • Saturdays70% on time · p90 125 min · 117 flights · limited

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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.