On-Time Report

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Route · 12 months to July 2026

Denver to Burlington: on-time record

Denver International to Patrick Leahy Burlington International

78.1%arrived 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. Data through July 2026; this is a monthly history, not live flight status.

Flights from Denver (DEN) to Burlington (BTV) arrived on time 78.1% of the time in the 12 months to July 2026. Reporting carriers scheduled 219 flights on the route in that period, about 0.6 a day, a distance of 1,639 miles.

That is 2.1 points above the national on-time share of 76.0% for the same period and 2.0 points above the 76.1% recorded for all departures from DEN. Flights that did arrive were 4.7 min late on average, and 0.0% of scheduled flights were cancelled (national: 1.8%).

United Airlines is the only reporting carrier on the route, with 219 flights in the period.

The on-time share is down 4.7 points on the previous 12 months (82.8%); cancellations moved from 0.0% to 0.0%.

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category on this route, national aviation system 45%, air carrier 35% and late-arriving aircraft 20%.

78.1%arrived on timenational 76.0%
4.7 minaverage arrival delayearly arrivals count as negative; national 8.1 min
0.0%cancellednational 1.8%
18flights a month219 in 12 months · 1,639 miles
Every scheduled DEN to BTV flight by a reporting carrier, August 2025 to July 2026.

Airlines on the route compared

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
UA United Airlines219100%78.1%4.7 min0.0%

Carriers with at least 24 flights in the 12 months to July 2026. The on-time pill is green when a carrier is at or above the route's overall share. Regional carriers operate flights sold under larger airlines' brands; BTS lists the carrier that operated the flight.

Compared with the airports and the nation

MeasureDEN to BTVAll departures from DENAll arrivals at BTVAll reported flights
Arrived on time78.1%76.1%71.9%76.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late21.9%22.9%24.8%21.9%
Cancelled0.0%0.7%2.9%1.8%
Diverted0.0%0.3%0.4%0.3%
Average arrival delay4.7 min7.8 min12.6 min8.1 min
Delay minutes per 100 flights9091,5682,0051,684
Scheduled flights219319,2086,0847,043,858

12 months to July 2026. Delay minutes count late arrivals only (an early arrival is zero), so the per-100-flights row is a normalised total rather than an average of early and late.

The return direction, BTV to DEN, recorded 64.4% on time across 219 flights in the same period.

Month by month

100%columns start at 40%
Share of scheduled DEN to BTV flights that arrived on time, Aug 2023 to Jul 2026. Green columns are at or above the national figure for that month (the dark tick), amber below it, red more than eight points below.

Year on year: on time 78.1% against 82.8% (−4.7 pts), cancelled 0.0% against 0.0%, flights 219 against 163.

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over
Share of flights that arrived on time, by the hour they were scheduled to leave DEN (local time), 12 months to July 2026. Faded cells have few flights. Hover or tap a cell for counts.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNationalMinutes
Air carrier34.5%33.3%567
Late-arriving aircraft20.4%39.7%335
National Aviation System45.2%20.7%743
Extreme weather0.0%6.1%0
Security0.0%0.1%0
1,645 delay minutes on 48 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Seasonality

Calendar monthFlightsOn timeCancelledAvg arrival delayYears in sample
Apr1100.0%0.0%-2.0 min1
May5086.0%0.0%-0.6 min3
Jun9182.4%0.0%3.5 min3
Jul9772.2%1.0%6.1 min3
Aug9678.1%0.0%6.2 min3
Sep6489.1%0.0%0.0 min3
Oct5786.0%0.0%-1.3 min2
Nov3070.0%0.0%14.8 min1
Dec10.0%0.0%36.0 min1

Each calendar month summed across the 36 months on file, so most rows combine three years. The pill compares the month with the route's own 12-month share.

Other routes from Denver (DEN)

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
DEN–PHXDenver to Phoenix8,97375.3%9.5 min0.8%
DEN–SLCDenver to Salt Lake City7,73378.4%5.6 min0.4%
DEN–LAXDenver to Los Angeles7,70878.7%5.1 min0.5%
DEN–LASDenver to Las Vegas7,13375.1%8.3 min0.6%
DEN–SEADenver to Seattle6,31774.2%8.1 min0.6%
DEN–ORDDenver to Chicago6,13171.0%17.7 min1.1%
DEN–DFWDenver to Dallas/Fort Worth6,03673.7%13.0 min2.0%
DEN–SANDenver to San Diego6,03574.7%6.3 min0.7%

All 193 routes and the airport record for DEN · airport record for BTV

Questions and answers

How often are flights from Denver to Burlington on time?

78.1% of the 219 flights scheduled from DEN to BTV in the 12 months to July 2026 arrived less than 15 minutes after their scheduled time. The national share for the same period was 76.0%. Cancelled and diverted flights count as not on time.

Which airline has the highest on-time share from DEN to BTV?

United Airlines is the only reporting carrier with at least 60 flights on the route in the period, so there is no comparison to make.

What causes delays between Denver and Burlington?

For flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late, carriers attributed the delay minutes as follows: national aviation system 45%, air carrier 35%, late-arriving aircraft 20%, extreme weather 0%, security 0%. The categories are the carriers' own reports to BTS; weather that slows the wider system is usually recorded under the National Aviation System rather than extreme weather.

What time of day has the highest on-time share from DEN?

Too few departure hours carry enough flights on this route to compare them.

Is it getting better?

The on-time share for the 12 months to July 2026 was 78.1%, down 4.7 points on the previous 12 months (82.8%). The monthly chart on this page shows each of the last 36 months.

Where does this data come from?

Every figure is computed from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance files, which list each scheduled domestic flight by the carriers required to report. This page covers August 2023 to July 2026. It shows totals and averages only; it is not a live flight-status service.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance (1987 to present), monthly files August 2023 to July 2026, a US government work in the public domain. Figures are totals and averages over all scheduled flights by reporting carriers on the route; no individual flight or aircraft is identified. Times are local to the departure airport. The load factor and passenger counts from the BTS T-100 series are not included in this edition. See the methodology; report processing errors through corrections.