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Airport month · August 2024
Denver International in August 2024
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 August 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 27,334 domestic departures from Denver International (DEN). 73.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 72.4% reached their destination on time; 0.7% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 75.4% of flights departed on time and 74.7% arrived on time, so DEN departures were 2.3 points below the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in August 2023, the airport had 26,308 departures with 70.8% leaving on time: a change of +2.3 points, with flights up 4%.
Flights arriving at DEN that month were on time 77.5% of the time (27,330 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 45%, air carrier 34% and national aviation system 18%.
- On time 72.4%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 26.5%
- Cancelled 0.7%
- Diverted 0.4%
August 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Aug 2024 | Aug 2023 | DEN, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Aug 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 73.1% | 70.8% | 75.7% | 75.4% |
| Arrived on time | 72.4% | 72.4% | 76.1% | 74.7% |
| Cancelled | 0.7% | 1.1% | 0.7% | 2.1% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 19.1 min | 18.6 min | 16.5 min | 18.4 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 911 | 877 | 875 | 20,634 |
| Scheduled departures | 27,334 | 26,308 | 319,208 | 619,025 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UA United Airlines | 9,027 | 33% | 72.3% | 12.6 min | 1.0% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 7,984 | 29% | 71.7% | 10.8 min | 0.3% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 5,667 | 21% | 74.4% | 14.7 min | 0.3% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 2,377 | 9% | 68.4% | 14.4 min | 1.3% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 1,077 | 4% | 80.2% | 5.4 min | 1.3% |
| AA American Airlines | 691 | 3% | 72.9% | 16.5 min | 2.0% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 270 | 1% | 70.0% | 13.4 min | 0.4% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 153 | 1% | 49.0% | 39.5 min | 3.9% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 52 | 0% | 67.3% | 18.5 min | 0.0% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 36 | 0% | 88.9% | 1.7 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEN–PHX | Denver to Phoenix | 718 | 73.5% | 10.8 min | 1.7% |
| DEN–SLC | Denver to Salt Lake City | 695 | 70.9% | 17.3 min | 0.4% |
| DEN–LAX | Denver to Los Angeles | 679 | 77.6% | 9.8 min | 0.7% |
| DEN–SEA | Denver to Seattle | 669 | 68.5% | 13.9 min | 0.1% |
| DEN–LAS | Denver to Las Vegas | 608 | 72.5% | 11.2 min | 0.7% |
| DEN–ORD | Denver to Chicago | 582 | 69.1% | 13.5 min | 0.9% |
| DEN–MSP | Denver to Minneapolis | 556 | 74.5% | 8.5 min | 0.9% |
| DEN–DFW | Denver to Dallas/Fort Worth | 548 | 74.5% | 15.4 min | 0.9% |
| DEN–ATL | Denver to Atlanta | 521 | 78.7% | 6.6 min | 0.6% |
| DEN–SFO | Denver to San Francisco | 482 | 69.3% | 11.8 min | 0.4% |
| DEN–SAN | Denver to San Diego | 481 | 75.1% | 7.5 min | 1.5% |
| DEN–PDX | Denver to Portland | 436 | 75.9% | 11.6 min | 0.7% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left DEN on time in August 2024?
73.1% of 27,334 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 72.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.4% and 74.7%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In August 2023, 70.8% of 26,308 departures left on time and 1.1% were cancelled, against 73.1% and 0.7% in August 2024.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 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.