Route
DEN → LAX
Denver International Airport Los Angeles International Airport
How punctual is this route?
- On-time arrivals
- 78.7%
- Less than 15 minutes late
- Cancelled
- 0.5%
- Of scheduled flights
- Average delay when late
- 68 min
- Flights arriving 15+ minutes late
- Flights tracked
- 7,708
- Scheduled flights in the period
What caused the delays
- Late-arriving aircraft 44%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning) 39%
- Air traffic control & airport 14%
- Extreme weather 3%
- Security 0%
Share of delay minutes airlines attributed to each cause (BTS).
Show as table
| Month | On time | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| September 2025 | 83.2% | 650 |
| October 2025 | 84.3% | 684 |
| November 2025 | 84.7% | 648 |
| December 2025 | 75.2% | 651 |
| January 2026 | 84.1% | 600 |
| February 2026 | 81.6% | 550 |
| March 2026 | 81.6% | 630 |
| April 2026 | 82.0% | 630 |
| May 2026 | 79.6% | 687 |
| June 2026 | 66.5% | 654 |
| July 2026 | 71.5% | 666 |
| August 2026 | 71.7% | 658 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Airlines | 3,079 | 84.0% | 0.0% | 63 min |
| Southwest Airlines | 1,881 | 67.2% | 0.9% | 56 min |
| SkyWest Airlines | 1,205 | 78.5% | 0.7% | 84 min |
| Frontier Airlines | 797 | 83.4% | 0.8% | 72 min |
| Delta Air Lines | 746 | 81.2% | 1.3% | 105 min |
Delay odds by flight
How often each flight number arrived 15 or more minutes late over the last year.
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UA1013
16% late · 365 flights
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UA1638
8% late · 365 flights
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UA405
9% late · 364 flights
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UA2240
25% late · 328 flights
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UA531
24% late · 316 flights
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UA1195
17% late · 309 flights
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F94345
25% late · 306 flights
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F92341
10% late · 276 flights
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DL2002
11% late · 267 flights
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UA1252
14% late · 185 flights
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UA1368
18% late · 185 flights
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F93155
11% late · 180 flights
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UA774
11% late · 180 flights
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UA1093
3% late · 178 flights
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OO4895
29% late · 151 flights
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DL2828
10% late · 126 flights
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DL2148
22% late · 117 flights
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DL2176
35% late · 116 flights
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DL2004
23% late · 108 flights
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OO6429
18% late · 91 flights
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OO4957
21% late · 76 flights
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OO4958
46% late · 76 flights
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OO6518
5% late · 64 flights
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WN2501
34% late · 64 flights
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