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DEN → IAD

Denver International Airport Washington Dulles International Airport

How punctual is this route?

On-time arrivals
81.8%
Less than 15 minutes late
Cancelled
0.6%
Of scheduled flights
Average delay when late
66 min
Flights arriving 15+ minutes late
Flights tracked
3,385
Scheduled flights in the period

What caused the delays

  • Late-arriving aircraft 45%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning) 31%
  • Air traffic control & airport 22%
  • Extreme weather 1%
  • Security 1%

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 79.1% 292
October 2025 85.2% 283
November 2025 87.2% 275
December 2025 85.2% 307
January 2026 89.2% 279
February 2026 84.4% 257
March 2026 75.5% 300
April 2026 88.3% 291
May 2026 80.4% 316
June 2026 80.2% 262
July 2026 70.5% 266
August 2026 76.4% 257

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
United Airlines 2,790 84.8% 0.5% 72 min
Southwest Airlines 595 67.7% 1.0% 52 min

Delay odds by flight

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

  • UA2408

    28% late · 363 flights

  • UA1924

    6% late · 341 flights

  • UA2087

    19% late · 341 flights

  • UA347

    13% late · 325 flights

  • UA1101

    6% late · 323 flights

  • UA798

    12% late · 245 flights

  • UA1279

    7% late · 199 flights

  • UA2853

    21% late · 179 flights

  • UA421

    30% late · 103 flights

  • WN1762

    17% late · 60 flights

  • WN1884

    34% late · 58 flights

  • WN1009

    53% late · 57 flights

  • WN2135

    25% late · 55 flights

  • UA1379

    17% late · 53 flights

  • WN4330

    14% late · 50 flights

  • WN3567

    22% late · 46 flights

  • UA687

    11% late · 45 flights

  • UA237

    17% late · 37 flights

  • WN3758

    53% late · 33 flights

  • UA1877

    9% late · 32 flights

  • WN1869

    35% late · 31 flights

  • WN2491

    55% late · 31 flights

  • WN2474

    18% late · 30 flights

  • UA1412

    39% late · 28 flights

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