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Airport month · January 2026
Denver International in January 2026
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 January 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 24,484 domestic departures from Denver International (DEN). 79.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 80.7% reached their destination on time; 1.7% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 75.6% of flights departed on time and 75.3% arrived on time, so DEN departures were 4.3 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in January 2025, the airport had 24,732 departures with 75.6% leaving on time: a change of +4.3 points, with flights down 1%.
Flights arriving at DEN that month were on time 82.1% of the time (24,485 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 39%, late-arriving aircraft 36% and national aviation system 22%.
- On time 80.7%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.3%
- Cancelled 1.7%
- Diverted 0.3%
January 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Jan 2026 | Jan 2025 | DEN, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Jan 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 79.9% | 75.6% | 75.7% | 75.6% |
| Arrived on time | 80.7% | 73.9% | 76.1% | 75.3% |
| Cancelled | 1.7% | 1.3% | 0.7% | 4.7% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 12.5 min | 15.1 min | 16.5 min | 16.7 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 816 | 824 | 875 | 18,133 |
| Scheduled departures | 24,484 | 24,732 | 319,208 | 544,003 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UA United Airlines | 8,467 | 35% | 82.6% | -0.9 min | 1.1% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 6,546 | 27% | 81.9% | -1.6 min | 1.5% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 6,156 | 25% | 78.8% | 4.0 min | 2.1% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 1,568 | 6% | 77.4% | 1.1 min | 1.4% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 811 | 3% | 81.6% | -0.2 min | 1.7% |
| AA American Airlines | 646 | 3% | 72.0% | 15.0 min | 8.2% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 173 | 1% | 82.7% | -1.9 min | 0.6% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 68 | 0% | 73.5% | 1.9 min | 5.9% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 46 | 0% | 67.4% | 6.9 min | 0.0% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 3 | 0% | 66.7% | 1.3 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEN–PHX | Denver to Phoenix | 736 | 79.5% | 1.7 min | 1.0% |
| DEN–SLC | Denver to Salt Lake City | 634 | 83.6% | -2.1 min | 0.0% |
| DEN–LAX | Denver to Los Angeles | 600 | 84.0% | -5.4 min | 0.0% |
| DEN–LAS | Denver to Las Vegas | 564 | 83.2% | -2.3 min | 0.2% |
| DEN–SAN | Denver to San Diego | 500 | 80.8% | -3.7 min | 0.2% |
| DEN–DFW | Denver to Dallas/Fort Worth | 479 | 71.6% | 12.0 min | 8.1% |
| DEN–SFO | Denver to San Francisco | 435 | 80.7% | 3.8 min | 0.0% |
| DEN–ATL | Denver to Atlanta | 431 | 81.4% | -1.3 min | 1.9% |
| DEN–SEA | Denver to Seattle | 430 | 83.0% | -0.4 min | 0.0% |
| DEN–AUS | Denver to Austin | 428 | 83.2% | -2.9 min | 2.8% |
| DEN–MSP | Denver to Minneapolis | 409 | 80.4% | 3.5 min | 0.5% |
| DEN–MCO | Denver to Orlando | 390 | 83.3% | -1.9 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left DEN on time in January 2026?
79.9% of 24,484 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 80.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.6% and 75.3%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In January 2025, 75.6% of 24,732 departures left on time and 1.3% were cancelled, against 79.9% and 1.7% in January 2026.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2026; 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.