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Route Reliability

Austin → Denver

AUSDEN · 775 miles · Austin–Bergstrom International Airport to Denver International Airport

83
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
79%
Arrive within 15 minutes
7 min
Average arrival delay
0.8%
Cancelled
5,231
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

Ranked by on-time arrivals. Historical results, not predictions.

  1. 1.Frontier Airlines86%521 flights
  2. 2.Delta Air Lines83%408 flights
  3. 3.United Airlines81%1,955 flights
  4. 4.Southwest Airlines74%2,347 flights

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

AUS–DEN flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 95% of the time, versus 60% between 6–9 PM.

Saturday has been the better bet.

A small edge: 83% on time on Saturdays against 76% on Thursdays.

Frontier Airlines runs this route best.

Frontier Airlines arrived on time 86% of the time on this route; Southwest Airlines managed 74%.

Best historical flights

Ranked by on-time arrivals, minimum 100 flights. Past performance, not a promise.

Top flights by on-time rate

More flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon78%(820 flights)
  • Tue82%(662 flights)
  • Wed80%(681 flights)
  • Thu76%(827 flights)
  • Fri77%(826 flights)
  • Sat83%(551 flights)
  • Sun76%(808 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM95%(307 flights)
  • 6–9 AM90%(1075 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM89%(933 flights)
  • 12–3 PM82%(844 flights)
  • 3–6 PM67%(930 flights)
  • 6–9 PM60%(895 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM70%(191 flights)
On-time trend by month
78%
May

Jun 67% → May 78% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202567%427
July 202566%424
August 202578%391
September 202582%374
October 202581%430
November 202583%426
December 202576%449
January 202686%411
February 202682%419
March 202680%513
April 202685%446
May 202678%465

Based on 5,231 historical flights, because apparently we checked. Historical flight data: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, June 2025 – May 2026. Data through May 2026. How we calculate this.