OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Midland to Denver

563 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

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

On-time rate76%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay60 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled1.2%of scheduled flights

based on 1,262 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.

  • Southwest Airlines
    On-time97%
    Medianon time
    p90on time
    Cancel0.0%
    Flights61
  • SkyWest Airlines
    On-time75%
    Medianon time
    p9060 min
    Cancel1.2%
    Flights1,201

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline45%
  • Weather7%
  • Air traffic (NAS)28%
  • Late aircraft20%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Airline.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline0%
  • Weather67%
  • Air traffic (NAS)33%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 15 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 MAF → DEN

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 83% on time.

  • Middays83% on time · p90 35 min · 998 flights
  • Mornings82% on time · p90 35 min · 1,477 flights
  • Afternoons78% on time · p90 45 min · 489 flights
  • Evenings64% on time · p90 80 min · 1,064 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 75% to 81% on time.

  • Saturdays81% on time · p90 35 min · 491 flights
  • Sundays79% on time · p90 45 min · 624 flights
  • Tuesdays77% on time · p90 50 min · 518 flights
  • Fridays76% on time · p90 50 min · 630 flights
  • Mondays76% on time · p90 60 min · 624 flights
  • Wednesdays76% on time · p90 50 min · 522 flights
  • Thursdays75% on time · p90 55 min · 619 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.