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Route Reliability

DDC → Denver

DDC–DEN · 292 miles · DDC Airport to Denver International Airport

72
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
77%
Arrive within 15 minutes
22 min
Average arrival delay
1.3%
Cancelled
627
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

United Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 77% of the time across 627 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

DDC–DEN flights departing between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 87% of the time, versus 64% between 6–9 PM.

Friday is doing you no favors.

DDC–DEN flights arrived on time 91% of the time on Tuesdays and just 68% on Fridays. That gap is worth planning around.

Ticking up lately.

DDC–DEN flights arrived on time 78% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 75% 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
  • Mon72%(104 flights)
  • Tue91%(55 flights)
  • Wed82%(101 flights)
  • Thu75%(98 flights)
  • Fri68%(102 flights)
  • Sat83%(54 flights)
  • Sun75%(103 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 9 AM–12 PM87%(341 flights)
  • 6–9 PM64%(276 flights)
On-time trend by month
77%
May

Jun 65% → May 77% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202565%51
July 202569%52
August 202571%51
September 202580%51
October 202580%54
November 202596%50
December 202576%55
January 202673%51
February 202675%48
March 202678%50
April 202679%52
May 202677%52

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Based on 627 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.