Denver International in February 2024

76.1%departed on time

BTS: A flight is counted as on time if it arrived less than 15 minutes after its scheduled time. Only carriers with at least 0.5 percent of domestic scheduled passenger revenue report.

In February 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 21,759 domestic departures from Denver International (DEN). 76.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 73.9% reached their destination on time; 0.9% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 84.0% of flights departed on time and 83.4% arrived on time, so DEN departures were 7.9 points below the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at DEN that month were on time 81.0% of the time (21,763 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 35%, air carrier 30% and national aviation system 26%.

On time 73.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 24.9%
Cancelled 0.9%
Diverted 0.3%

Every scheduled departure from DEN in February 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

February 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Feb 2024	Year earlier	DEN, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2024
Departed on time	76.1%	—	75.7%	84.0%
Arrived on time	73.9%	—	76.1%	83.4%
Cancelled	0.9%	—	0.7%	0.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	16.1 min	—	16.5 min	11.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	725	—	875	17,307
Scheduled departures	21,759	—	319,208	519,221

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
UA United Airlines	7,500	34%	73.6%	12.4 min	0.7%
WN Southwest Airlines	7,319	34%	70.2%	12.1 min	0.5%
OO SkyWest Airlines	3,623	17%	73.7%	9.3 min	3.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	1,490	7%	84.0%	-3.9 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	949	4%	85.0%	0.9 min	0.5%
AA American Airlines	653	3%	78.1%	6.5 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	121	1%	84.3%	-2.6 min	0.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways	87	0%	65.5%	23.8 min	1.1%
G4 Allegiant Air	17	0%	82.4%	-7.1 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DEN–PHX	Denver to Phoenix	765	75.8%	7.6 min	0.4%
DEN–LAS	Denver to Las Vegas	679	70.8%	12.5 min	0.7%
DEN–SLC	Denver to Salt Lake City	637	76.6%	8.7 min	0.6%
DEN–LAX	Denver to Los Angeles	548	72.8%	10.6 min	0.4%
DEN–ATL	Denver to Atlanta	461	80.5%	2.4 min	0.0%
DEN–DFW	Denver to Dallas/Fort Worth	455	79.3%	3.8 min	0.2%
DEN–SEA	Denver to Seattle	449	75.7%	2.2 min	0.0%
DEN–ORD	Denver to Chicago	447	77.4%	10.5 min	0.7%
DEN–MSP	Denver to Minneapolis	446	79.8%	7.2 min	0.7%
DEN–MCO	Denver to Orlando	394	80.7%	1.9 min	0.3%
DEN–IAH	Denver to Houston	390	76.9%	8.4 min	0.8%
DEN–SAN	Denver to San Diego	390	72.1%	10.1 min	0.3%

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), February 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	30.3%	35.9%	108,196
Late-arriving aircraft	35.2%	36.9%	125,777
National Aviation System	26.1%	21.7%	93,190
Extreme weather	8.4%	5.3%	30,128
Security	0.1%	0.3%	223

357,514 delay minutes on 5,426 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Questions and answers

How many flights left DEN on time in February 2024?

76.1% of 21,759 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 73.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.0% and 83.4%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

February 2023 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for February 2024; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for DEN · methodology · corrections.