OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Denver to Miami

1,709 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on DEN–MIA arrive on time 72% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate72%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay50 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.7%of scheduled flights

based on 2,225 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

Too close to call — no single carrier is clearly more on-time here.

  • American Airlines
    On-time75%
    Medianon time
    p9050 min
    Cancel1.1%
    Flights885
  • United Airlines
    On-time74%
    Medianon time
    p9045 min
    Cancel0.1%
    Flights954
  • Frontier Airlines
    On-time64%
    Medianon time
    p9055 min
    Cancel1.8%
    Flights165
  • Southwest Airlines
    On-time59%
    Median5 min
    p9075 min
    Cancel0.9%
    Flights221

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline43%
  • Weather2%
  • Air traffic (NAS)20%
  • Late aircraft34%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Airline.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline38%
  • Weather50%
  • Air traffic (NAS)13%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 16 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 → MIA

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 64% to 75% on time.

  • Early mornings75% on time · p90 40 min · 947 flights
  • Mornings74% on time · p90 50 min · 1,356 flights
  • Overnights73% on time · p90 45 min · 1,031 flights
  • Middays71% on time · p90 50 min · 1,948 flights
  • Afternoons68% on time · p90 70 min · 1,104 flights
  • Evenings64% on time · p90 65 min · 1,128 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 66% to 75% on time.

  • Tuesdays75% on time · p90 45 min · 963 flights
  • Wednesdays73% on time · p90 40 min · 991 flights
  • Mondays71% on time · p90 60 min · 1,075 flights
  • Thursdays71% on time · p90 50 min · 1,078 flights
  • Sundays69% on time · p90 60 min · 1,125 flights
  • Saturdays69% on time · p90 55 min · 1,183 flights
  • Fridays66% on time · p90 65 min · 1,099 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.