Route
DEN → DTW
Denver International Airport Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport
How punctual is this route?
- On-time arrivals
- 78.1%
- Less than 15 minutes late
- Cancelled
- 0.5%
- Of scheduled flights
- Average delay when late
- 70 min
- Flights arriving 15+ minutes late
- Flights tracked
- 3,109
- Scheduled flights in the period
What caused the delays
- Late-arriving aircraft 56%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning) 31%
- Air traffic control & airport 11%
- Extreme weather 2%
- Security 0%
Share of delay minutes airlines attributed to each cause (BTS).
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| Month | On time | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| September 2025 | 80.5% | 256 |
| October 2025 | 81.4% | 258 |
| November 2025 | 88.9% | 228 |
| December 2025 | 74.5% | 242 |
| January 2026 | 78.1% | 217 |
| February 2026 | 77.2% | 215 |
| March 2026 | 79.0% | 278 |
| April 2026 | 83.7% | 257 |
| May 2026 | 74.4% | 282 |
| June 2026 | 75.4% | 286 |
| July 2026 | 74.2% | 293 |
| August 2026 | 72.2% | 297 |
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
| Airline | Flights | On time | Cancelled | Avg. delay when late |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines | 1,247 | 86.8% | 0.3% | 85 min |
| United Airlines | 726 | 80.5% | 0.1% | 68 min |
| Southwest Airlines | 649 | 57.2% | 0.9% | 56 min |
| Frontier Airlines | 486 | 79.6% | 1.2% | 87 min |
| SkyWest Airlines | 1 | 100.0% | 0.0% | — |
Delay odds by flight
How often each flight number arrived 15 or more minutes late over the last year.
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DL1745
9% late · 365 flights
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UA1220
31% late · 327 flights
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DL2787
16% late · 318 flights
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F93566
7% late · 229 flights
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DL1648
17% late · 204 flights
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F94186
35% late · 193 flights
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UA1915
7% late · 103 flights
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DL2177
21% late · 86 flights
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DL1096
10% late · 84 flights
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F92212
25% late · 64 flights
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WN690
26% late · 63 flights
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WN2193
68% late · 61 flights
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WN1853
40% late · 50 flights
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WN333
71% late · 49 flights
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WN2159
45% late · 42 flights
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UA1889
13% late · 38 flights
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UA245
8% late · 37 flights
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UA261
14% late · 37 flights
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UA2035
6% late · 36 flights
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WN1141
20% late · 36 flights
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UA596
3% late · 32 flights
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DL1119
10% late · 31 flights
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DL1608
10% late · 31 flights
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UA1223
13% late · 31 flights
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