Denver International in November 2024

80.4%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 November 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 25,224 domestic departures from Denver International (DEN). 80.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 77.0% reached their destination on time; 1.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.2% of flights departed on time and 84.8% arrived on time, so DEN departures were 4.8 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in November 2023, the airport had 23,934 departures with 83.6% leaving on time: a change of −3.2 points, with flights up 5%.

Flights arriving at DEN that month were on time 82.6% of the time (25,229 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 32%, late-arriving aircraft 31% and national aviation system 30%.

On time 77.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 21.4%
Cancelled 1.4%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Nov 2024	Nov 2023	DEN, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2024
Departed on time	80.4%	83.6%	75.7%	85.2%
Arrived on time	77.0%	84.5%	76.1%	84.8%
Cancelled	1.4%	0.1%	0.7%	0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	12.4 min	9.7 min	16.5 min	10.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	841	798	875	19,180
Scheduled departures	25,224	23,934	319,208	575,404

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
UA United Airlines	8,312	33%	78.8%	4.4 min	0.3%
WN Southwest Airlines	7,340	29%	77.4%	4.2 min	1.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	5,569	22%	74.3%	8.8 min	3.6%
F9 Frontier Airlines	2,149	9%	71.7%	8.6 min	1.9%
DL Delta Air Lines	900	4%	85.3%	-2.4 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	659	3%	76.8%	9.7 min	1.7%
AS Alaska Airlines	165	1%	85.5%	-0.5 min	0.6%
B6 JetBlue Airways	98	0%	74.5%	6.0 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	18	0%	77.8%	12.1 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	14	0%	100.0%	-11.1 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DEN–PHX	Denver to Phoenix	798	79.6%	3.4 min	0.9%
DEN–LAX	Denver to Los Angeles	658	76.3%	8.3 min	0.6%
DEN–LAS	Denver to Las Vegas	614	77.7%	7.5 min	1.1%
DEN–SLC	Denver to Salt Lake City	602	80.1%	3.1 min	1.2%
DEN–ORD	Denver to Chicago	535	79.3%	0.8 min	0.4%
DEN–DFW	Denver to Dallas/Fort Worth	497	66.4%	20.9 min	1.8%
DEN–SFO	Denver to San Francisco	489	66.1%	17.6 min	1.6%
DEN–MSP	Denver to Minneapolis	487	84.0%	-1.4 min	0.6%
DEN–SEA	Denver to Seattle	487	80.7%	0.0 min	0.8%
DEN–ATL	Denver to Atlanta	465	80.9%	0.3 min	0.4%
DEN–SAN	Denver to San Diego	459	77.8%	5.9 min	0.9%
DEN–COS	Denver to Colorado Springs	407	74.7%	8.8 min	4.9%

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), November 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	31.5%	36.9%	105,119
Late-arriving aircraft	31.4%	35.6%	104,917
National Aviation System	29.9%	21.9%	99,930
Extreme weather	7.1%	5.4%	23,716
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

333,682 delay minutes on 5,398 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 November 2024?

80.4% of 25,224 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 77.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.2% and 84.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In November 2023, 83.6% of 23,934 departures left on time and 0.1% were cancelled, against 80.4% and 1.4% in November 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for November 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.