OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Denver to Midland

563 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on DEN–MAF 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 1,260 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

Not enough comparable data to name a most-on-time carrier — low-data carriers aren't ranked.

  • SkyWest Airlines
    On-time77%
    Medianon time
    p9050 min
    Cancel0.8%
    Flights1,199
  • Southwest Airlines
    On-time51%
    Median10 min
    p9080 min
    Cancel0.0%
    Flights61

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline32%
  • Weather8%
  • Air traffic (NAS)21%
  • Late aircraft40%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline10%
  • Weather60%
  • Air traffic (NAS)30%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 10 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 → MAF

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 55% to 81% on time.

  • Middays81% on time · p90 35 min · 1,983 flights
  • Mornings81% on time · p90 35 min · 496 flights
  • Evenings68% on time · p90 75 min · 1,116 flights
  • Afternoons64% on time · p90 45 min · 145 flights · limited
  • Overnights55% on time · p90 120 min · 289 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 71% to 80% on time.

  • Wednesdays80% on time · p90 45 min · 519 flights
  • Tuesdays78% on time · p90 50 min · 519 flights
  • Mondays76% on time · p90 45 min · 623 flights
  • Sundays75% on time · p90 55 min · 625 flights
  • Thursdays73% on time · p90 45 min · 620 flights
  • Fridays72% on time · p90 50 min · 630 flights
  • Saturdays71% on time · p90 65 min · 493 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.