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Route Reliability

Denver → Anchorage

DEN–ANC · 2,405 miles · Denver International Airport to Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport

78
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
76%
Arrive within 15 minutes
6 min
Average arrival delay
0.1%
Cancelled
693
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.United Airlines78%548 flights
  2. 2.Alaska Airlines68%128 flights

Not enough history to rank: Southwest Airlines (17 flights). We rank airlines only after 100 flights on the route.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

DEN–ANC flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 86% of the time, versus 68% between 3–6 PM.

Saturday is the weak spot.

DEN–ANC flights arrived on time 83% of the time on Mondays. On Saturdays: 69%.

United Airlines runs this route best.

United Airlines arrived on time 78% of the time on this route; Alaska Airlines managed 68%.

It basically never cancels.

Out of 693 scheduled flights, only 0.1% were cancelled.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon83%(94 flights)
  • Tue76%(92 flights)
  • Wed79%(94 flights)
  • Thu71%(97 flights)
  • Fri76%(96 flights)
  • Sat69%(108 flights)
  • Sun78%(102 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM86%(28 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM78%(201 flights)
  • 3–6 PM68%(63 flights)
  • 6–9 PM76%(391 flights)
On-time trend by month
78%
May

Jun 74% → May 78% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202574%86
July 202567%95
August 202580%95
September 202596%44
October 202584%31
November 202570%30
December 202562%45
January 202680%50
February 202668%53
March 202671%35
April 202693%30
May 202678%89

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Based on 693 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.