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Route Reliability

Denver → Cleveland

DENCLE · 1,201 miles · Denver International Airport to Cleveland Hopkins International Airport

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Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
76%
Arrive within 15 minutes
10 min
Average arrival delay
0.3%
Cancelled
1,836
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.Frontier Airlines84%293 flights
  2. 2.United Airlines82%938 flights
  3. 3.Southwest Airlines63%605 flights

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

DEN–CLE flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 90% of the time, versus 54% between 6–9 PM.

Saturday comes out ahead.

A small edge: 79% on time on Saturdays against 72% on Mondays.

Frontier Airlines has a clear lead on this route.

Frontier Airlines arrived on time 84% of the time on this route; Southwest Airlines managed 63%.

It basically never cancels.

Out of 1,836 scheduled flights, only 0.3% were cancelled.

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%(275 flights)
  • Tue78%(255 flights)
  • Wed79%(242 flights)
  • Thu74%(276 flights)
  • Fri74%(271 flights)
  • Sat79%(218 flights)
  • Sun76%(288 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM90%(137 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM84%(676 flights)
  • 12–3 PM83%(297 flights)
  • 3–6 PM68%(455 flights)
  • 6–9 PM54%(260 flights)
On-time trend by month
80%
May

Jun 70% → May 80% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202570%174
July 202568%183
August 202571%175
September 202575%161
October 202574%159
November 202588%153
December 202576%165
January 202687%122
February 202678%102
March 202670%133
April 202680%137
May 202680%161

Based on 1,836 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.