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DEN → DSM

Denver International Airport Des Moines International Airport

How punctual is this route?

On-time arrivals
79.9%
Less than 15 minutes late
Cancelled
0.6%
Of scheduled flights
Average delay when late
74 min
Flights arriving 15+ minutes late
Flights tracked
2,327
Scheduled flights in the period

What caused the delays

  • Late-arriving aircraft 47%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning) 38%
  • Air traffic control & airport 12%
  • Extreme weather 3%
  • Security 0%

Share of delay minutes airlines attributed to each cause (BTS).

On-time arrivals by month
Sep 2025 Aug 2026
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MonthOn timeFlights
September 2025 84.3% 223
October 2025 88.4% 198
November 2025 85.5% 164
December 2025 82.6% 167
January 2026 82.6% 162
February 2026 77.4% 149
March 2026 77.5% 192
April 2026 88.3% 188
May 2026 79.6% 217
June 2026 74.4% 219
July 2026 73.2% 225
August 2026 68.8% 223

Source: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics on-time data, September 2025 – August 2026. Covers flights operated by reporting U.S. carriers. About our data

Airlines on this route

AirlineFlightsOn timeCancelledAvg. delay when late
SkyWest Airlines 906 88.0% 1.0% 89 min
United Airlines 705 80.2% 0.3% 77 min
Southwest Airlines 559 65.5% 0.4% 65 min
Frontier Airlines 157 83.4% 0.0% 65 min

Delay odds by flight

How often each flight number arrived 15 or more minutes late over the last year.

  • OO5389

    20% late · 303 flights

  • UA1925

    22% late · 192 flights

  • F91678

    17% late · 157 flights

  • UA1311

    13% late · 156 flights

  • UA549

    32% late · 155 flights

  • OO4772

    11% late · 133 flights

  • UA2265

    9% late · 107 flights

  • OO4801

    3% late · 70 flights

  • WN1524

    15% late · 60 flights

  • OO4769

    7% late · 58 flights

  • OO4628

    9% late · 55 flights

  • OO5228

    4% late · 55 flights

  • WN4429

    25% late · 55 flights

  • WN2940

    88% late · 52 flights

  • OO5213

    10% late · 51 flights

  • UA596

    12% late · 50 flights

  • WN1725

    20% late · 50 flights

  • WN2404

    36% late · 50 flights

  • OO5211

    9% late · 47 flights

  • OO5718

    4% late · 45 flights

  • WN189

    39% late · 33 flights

  • WN2162

    16% late · 31 flights

  • WN3008

    35% late · 31 flights

  • WN1375

    25% late · 24 flights

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