OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Denver to Memphis

872 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on DEN–MEM arrive on time 73% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate73%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay50 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled1.0%of scheduled flights

based on 1,139 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

  • United Airlinesbest
    On-time79%
    Medianon time
    p9040 min
    Cancel1.0%
    Flights728
  • Southwest Airlines
    On-time64%
    Median5 min
    p9070 min
    Cancel1.0%
    Flights411

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline28%
  • Weather1%
  • Air traffic (NAS)11%
  • Late aircraft61%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline27%
  • Weather64%
  • Air traffic (NAS)9%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 11 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 → MEM

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 45% to 88% on time.

  • Mornings88% on time · p90 15 min · 166 flights · limited
  • Middays83% on time · p90 25 min · 1,541 flights
  • Afternoons71% on time · p90 45 min · 460 flights
  • Evenings68% on time · p90 70 min · 1,452 flights
  • Overnights45% on time · p90 95 min · 212 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 70% to 78% on time.

  • Wednesdays78% on time · p90 40 min · 521 flights
  • Tuesdays77% on time · p90 40 min · 507 flights
  • Thursdays74% on time · p90 55 min · 574 flights
  • Saturdays74% on time · p90 50 min · 499 flights
  • Mondays72% on time · p90 65 min · 560 flights
  • Sundays72% on time · p90 50 min · 619 flights
  • Fridays70% on time · p90 75 min · 551 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.