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Route Reliability

Denver → Burbank

DENBUR · 850 miles · Denver International Airport to Hollywood Burbank Airport

79
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
74%
Arrive within 15 minutes
11 min
Average arrival delay
0.4%
Cancelled
2,254
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%896 flights
  2. 2.Southwest Airlines72%1,306 flights

Not enough history to rank: Frontier Airlines (52 flights). We rank airlines only after 100 flights on the route.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

DEN–BUR flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 92% of the time, versus 62% between 6–9 PM.

Friday is doing you no favors.

DEN–BUR flights arrived on time 78% of the time on Wednesdays. On Fridays: 66%.

United Airlines has a slight edge here.

United Airlines arrived on time 78% of the time on this route; Southwest Airlines managed 72%.

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
  • Mon75%(325 flights)
  • Tue77%(301 flights)
  • Wed78%(306 flights)
  • Thu73%(347 flights)
  • Fri66%(327 flights)
  • Sat77%(281 flights)
  • Sun75%(349 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM92%(328 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM85%(529 flights)
  • 12–3 PM77%(237 flights)
  • 3–6 PM67%(423 flights)
  • 6–9 PM62%(719 flights)
On-time trend by month
78%
May

Jun 63% → May 78% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202563%217
July 202563%222
August 202570%214
September 202578%205
October 202573%215
November 202580%200
December 202571%166
January 202682%155
February 202683%144
March 202678%167
April 202683%160
May 202678%171

Based on 2,254 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.