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Airport month · February 2025
Denver International in February 2025
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 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 22,816 domestic departures from Denver International (DEN). 76.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 74.4% reached their destination on time; 0.8% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 79.2% of flights departed on time and 77.9% arrived on time, so DEN departures were 2.7 points below the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in February 2024, the airport had 21,759 departures with 76.1% leaving on time: a change of +0.4 points, with flights up 5%.
Flights arriving at DEN that month were on time 78.6% of the time (22,808 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 40%, air carrier 31% and national aviation system 24%.
- On time 74.4%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 24.6%
- Cancelled 0.8%
- Diverted 0.2%
February 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Feb 2025 | Feb 2024 | DEN, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Feb 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 76.5% | 76.1% | 75.7% | 79.2% |
| Arrived on time | 74.4% | 73.9% | 76.1% | 77.9% |
| Cancelled | 0.8% | 0.9% | 0.7% | 1.5% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 15.8 min | 16.1 min | 16.5 min | 15.3 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 761 | 725 | 875 | 16,830 |
| Scheduled departures | 22,816 | 21,759 | 319,208 | 504,884 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UA United Airlines | 7,689 | 34% | 78.5% | 4.8 min | 0.1% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 6,500 | 28% | 73.5% | 7.4 min | 0.3% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 5,495 | 24% | 68.8% | 15.8 min | 2.2% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 1,544 | 7% | 75.3% | 6.3 min | 0.2% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 732 | 3% | 75.7% | 10.7 min | 0.5% |
| AA American Airlines | 639 | 3% | 78.9% | 9.2 min | 1.3% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 110 | 0% | 70.0% | 7.8 min | 1.8% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 70 | 0% | 67.1% | 18.6 min | 5.7% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 21 | 0% | 76.2% | 11.8 min | 0.0% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 16 | 0% | 62.5% | 77.6 min | 6.3% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEN–PHX | Denver to Phoenix | 763 | 78.0% | 8.5 min | 0.5% |
| DEN–SLC | Denver to Salt Lake City | 614 | 73.8% | 10.4 min | 0.0% |
| DEN–LAS | Denver to Las Vegas | 610 | 75.6% | 9.6 min | 0.3% |
| DEN–LAX | Denver to Los Angeles | 577 | 76.8% | 5.8 min | 0.0% |
| DEN–DFW | Denver to Dallas/Fort Worth | 453 | 77.5% | 4.7 min | 0.4% |
| DEN–SFO | Denver to San Francisco | 439 | 63.8% | 17.4 min | 0.0% |
| DEN–ORD | Denver to Chicago | 430 | 78.1% | 4.6 min | 0.5% |
| DEN–SEA | Denver to Seattle | 409 | 72.4% | 8.1 min | 0.7% |
| DEN–ATL | Denver to Atlanta | 396 | 78.0% | 8.1 min | 0.0% |
| DEN–COS | Denver to Colorado Springs | 396 | 72.7% | 15.4 min | 1.3% |
| DEN–MSP | Denver to Minneapolis | 394 | 76.4% | 3.1 min | 0.5% |
| DEN–SAN | Denver to San Diego | 383 | 72.1% | 5.8 min | 0.3% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left DEN on time in February 2025?
76.5% of 22,816 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 74.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.2% and 77.9%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In February 2024, 76.1% of 21,759 departures left on time and 0.9% were cancelled, against 76.5% and 0.8% in February 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for February 2025; 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.