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Route Reliability

Cincinnati → Denver

CVGDEN · 1,069 miles · Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport to Denver International Airport

83
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
82%
Arrive within 15 minutes
7 min
Average arrival delay
1.0%
Cancelled
1,531
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.United Airlines86%728 flights
  2. 2.Frontier Airlines83%412 flights
  3. 3.Southwest Airlines73%364 flights

Not enough history to rank: Allegiant Air (27 flights). We rank airlines only after 100 flights on the route.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

CVG–DEN flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 91% of the time, versus 46% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Friday is doing you no favors.

CVG–DEN flights arrived on time 86% of the time on Wednesdays. On Fridays: 78%.

United Airlines runs this route best.

United Airlines arrived on time 86% of the time on this route; Southwest Airlines managed 73%.

Trending in the right direction.

CVG–DEN flights arrived on time 85% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 78% in the three months before that.

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
  • Mon81%(235 flights)
  • Tue84%(192 flights)
  • Wed86%(190 flights)
  • Thu80%(226 flights)
  • Fri78%(235 flights)
  • Sat84%(195 flights)
  • Sun82%(232 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM91%(434 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM83%(237 flights)
  • 12–3 PM81%(161 flights)
  • 3–6 PM83%(434 flights)
  • 6–9 PM65%(228 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM46%(11 flights)
On-time trend by month
88%
May

Jun 75% → May 88% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202575%134
July 202573%143
August 202580%129
September 202588%132
October 202586%140
November 202591%128
December 202569%121
January 202686%110
February 202678%100
March 202680%126
April 202688%116
May 202688%126

Based on 1,531 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.