OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Memphis to Denver

872 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on MEM–DEN arrive on time 78% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate78%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay40 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled1.1%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

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

  • United Airlines
    On-time79%
    Medianon time
    p9045 min
    Cancel1.2%
    Flights728
  • Southwest Airlines
    On-time78%
    Medianon time
    p9035 min
    Cancel0.7%
    Flights411

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline38%
  • Weather4%
  • Air traffic (NAS)32%
  • Late aircraft26%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Airline.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline42%
  • Weather58%
  • Air traffic (NAS)0%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 12 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 MEM → 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 62% to 85% on time.

  • Mornings85% on time · p90 25 min · 1,450 flights
  • Middays82% on time · p90 25 min · 674 flights
  • Overnights73% on time · p90 50 min · 113 flights · limited
  • Afternoons73% on time · p90 60 min · 1,327 flights
  • Evenings62% on time · p90 90 min · 266 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 76% to 82% on time.

  • Wednesdays82% on time · p90 40 min · 520 flights
  • Tuesdays81% on time · p90 40 min · 507 flights
  • Mondays79% on time · p90 40 min · 561 flights
  • Saturdays78% on time · p90 40 min · 499 flights
  • Sundays77% on time · p90 40 min · 618 flights
  • Thursdays77% on time · p90 50 min · 574 flights
  • Fridays76% on time · p90 40 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.