Denver International in February 2026

79.5%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 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 23,046 domestic departures from Denver International (DEN). 79.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.5% reached their destination on time; 0.9% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.1% of flights departed on time and 78.3% arrived on time, so DEN departures were 1.4 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2025, the airport had 22,816 departures with 76.5% leaving on time: a change of +3.0 points, with flights up 1%.

Flights arriving at DEN that month were on time 81.7% of the time (23,037 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 46%, air carrier 35% and national aviation system 16%.

On time 81.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.4%
Cancelled 0.9%
Diverted 0.2%

Every scheduled departure from DEN in February 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

February 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Feb 2026	Feb 2025	DEN, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2026
Departed on time	79.5%	76.5%	75.7%	78.1%
Arrived on time	81.5%	74.4%	76.1%	78.3%
Cancelled	0.9%	0.8%	0.7%	2.3%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	14.7 min	15.8 min	16.5 min	15.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	768	761	875	17,168
Scheduled departures	23,046	22,816	319,208	515,037

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
UA United Airlines	7,820	34%	83.7%	1.7 min	0.5%
WN Southwest Airlines	6,368	28%	78.1%	3.9 min	0.8%
OO SkyWest Airlines	5,614	24%	81.0%	3.6 min	1.2%
F9 Frontier Airlines	1,538	7%	84.9%	-5.4 min	0.2%
DL Delta Air Lines	734	3%	86.4%	-4.1 min	2.2%
AA American Airlines	659	3%	81.2%	4.0 min	1.7%
AS Alaska Airlines	168	1%	86.3%	-2.4 min	0.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways	88	0%	59.1%	19.1 min	11.4%
MQ Envoy Air	52	0%	84.6%	-10.1 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	5	0%	100.0%	-15.6 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DEN–PHX	Denver to Phoenix	722	82.5%	1.3 min	0.4%
DEN–SLC	Denver to Salt Lake City	616	83.1%	0.7 min	0.8%
DEN–LAS	Denver to Las Vegas	567	83.6%	-2.1 min	0.5%
DEN–LAX	Denver to Los Angeles	550	81.5%	0.9 min	0.2%
DEN–DFW	Denver to Dallas/Fort Worth	460	80.4%	2.5 min	0.7%
DEN–SAN	Denver to San Diego	460	84.1%	-2.8 min	0.0%
DEN–ORD	Denver to Chicago	432	78.9%	10.5 min	0.2%
DEN–AUS	Denver to Austin	421	86.0%	-2.1 min	0.0%
DEN–ATL	Denver to Atlanta	412	85.2%	-6.5 min	0.2%
DEN–SEA	Denver to Seattle	401	83.3%	-1.0 min	0.0%
DEN–SFO	Denver to San Francisco	399	74.4%	6.6 min	0.0%
DEN–MSP	Denver to Minneapolis	377	85.9%	-2.5 min	0.0%

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 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	34.9%	38.2%	97,238
Late-arriving aircraft	46.2%	37.2%	128,631
National Aviation System	15.8%	18.5%	43,908
Extreme weather	3.0%	6.0%	8,413
Security	0.0%	0.2%	120

278,310 delay minutes on 4,014 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 2026?

79.5% of 23,046 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.1% and 78.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2025, 76.5% of 22,816 departures left on time and 0.8% were cancelled, against 79.5% and 0.9% in February 2026.

Provenance

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