OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Denver to Wichita

420 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on DEN–ICT arrive on time 74% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate74%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay60 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled1.1%of scheduled flights

based on 2,026 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

  • SkyWest Airlinesbest
    On-time81%
    Medianon time
    p9035 min
    Cancel1.1%
    Flights1,227
  • United Airlines
    On-time70%
    Medianon time
    p9085 min
    Cancel0.9%
    Flights342
  • Southwest Airlines
    On-time59%
    Median5 min
    p9085 min
    Cancel1.3%
    Flights457

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline28%
  • Weather6%
  • Air traffic (NAS)11%
  • Late aircraft54%
  • 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 → ICT

All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-01 .. 2025-12).

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 · 441 flights
  • Middays80% on time · p90 35 min · 1,609 flights
  • Afternoons74% on time · p90 50 min · 455 flights
  • Evenings67% on time · p90 65 min · 1,677 flights
  • Overnights66% on time · p90 70 min · 1,378 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 70% to 75% on time.

  • Saturdays75% on time · p90 60 min · 739 flights
  • Tuesdays74% on time · p90 50 min · 820 flights
  • Sundays73% on time · p90 55 min · 767 flights
  • Wednesdays73% on time · p90 55 min · 823 flights
  • Mondays72% on time · p90 50 min · 807 flights
  • Fridays71% on time · p90 55 min · 806 flights
  • Thursdays70% on time · p90 60 min · 798 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.