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Route Reliability

Denver → Austin

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

82
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
77%
Arrive within 15 minutes
8 min
Average arrival delay
0.6%
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.Delta Air Lines83%408 flights
  2. 2.United Airlines80%1,955 flights
  3. 3.Southwest Airlines75%2,347 flights
  4. 4.Frontier Airlines73%521 flights

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

DEN–AUS flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 96% of the time, versus 65% between 6–9 PM.

Friday is doing you no favors.

DEN–AUS flights arrived on time 81% of the time on Wednesdays. On Fridays: 74%.

Delta Air Lines runs this route best.

Delta Air Lines arrived on time 83% of the time on this route; Frontier Airlines managed 73%.

Slipping a little lately.

DEN–AUS flights arrived on time 80% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 84% 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
  • Mon76%(827 flights)
  • Tue80%(668 flights)
  • Wed81%(698 flights)
  • Thu76%(812 flights)
  • Fri74%(824 flights)
  • Sat81%(554 flights)
  • Sun75%(811 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 12–3 AM(2 flights)
  • 3–6 AM96%(98 flights)
  • 6–9 AM93%(900 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM82%(1031 flights)
  • 12–3 PM78%(797 flights)
  • 3–6 PM70%(1043 flights)
  • 6–9 PM65%(1157 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM71%(166 flights)
On-time trend by month
75%
May

Jun 66% → May 75% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202566%432
July 202559%428
August 202572%396
September 202579%378
October 202578%429
November 202582%423
December 202579%450
January 202687%415
February 202687%421
March 202678%513
April 202686%447
May 202675%462

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.