OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Denver to Wichita

420 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on DEN–ICT arrive on time 76% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate76%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay50 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.8%of scheduled flights

based on 2,115 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

  • SkyWest Airlinesbest
    On-time85%
    Medianon time
    p9025 min
    Cancel0.8%
    Flights1,245
  • United Airlines
    On-time70%
    Medianon time
    p9080 min
    Cancel0.3%
    Flights343
  • Southwest Airlines
    On-time60%
    Median5 min
    p9075 min
    Cancel1.1%
    Flights527

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline32%
  • Weather4%
  • Air traffic (NAS)12%
  • Late aircraft52%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline12%
  • Weather76%
  • Air traffic (NAS)12%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 17 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 → ICT

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 — 89% on time.

  • Mornings89% on time · p90 15 min · 598 flights
  • Middays81% on time · p90 35 min · 1,469 flights
  • Afternoons74% on time · p90 50 min · 514 flights
  • Evenings67% on time · p90 65 min · 1,691 flights
  • Overnights67% on time · p90 70 min · 1,363 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 72% to 76% on time.

  • Wednesdays76% on time · p90 50 min · 820 flights
  • Tuesdays75% on time · p90 50 min · 817 flights
  • Saturdays75% on time · p90 50 min · 772 flights
  • Sundays73% on time · p90 55 min · 781 flights
  • Thursdays73% on time · p90 50 min · 813 flights
  • Mondays72% on time · p90 55 min · 810 flights
  • Fridays72% on time · p90 55 min · 822 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.