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Route Reliability

Denver → Dayton

DEN–DAY · 1,085 miles · Denver International Airport to Dayton International Airport

79
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
74%
Arrive within 15 minutes
10 min
Average arrival delay
0.5%
Cancelled
365
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

United Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 74% of the time across 365 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

The 3–6 PM departure wins.

DEN–DAY flights departing between 3–6 PM arrived on time 76% of the time, versus 56% between 6–9 PM.

Saturday is the weak spot.

DEN–DAY flights arrived on time 81% of the time on Tuesdays. On Saturdays: 69%.

Recent months have been rougher.

DEN–DAY flights arrived on time 72% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 88% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon71%(52 flights)
  • Tue81%(52 flights)
  • Wed75%(52 flights)
  • Thu75%(52 flights)
  • Fri69%(52 flights)
  • Sat69%(51 flights)
  • Sun75%(52 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 12–3 PM—(1 flights)
  • 3–6 PM76%(330 flights)
  • 6–9 PM56%(32 flights)
On-time trend by month
55%
May

Jun 60% → May 55% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202560%30
July 202548%31
August 202552%31
September 202577%30
October 202584%31
November 202587%30
December 202581%31
January 202690%29
February 202693%28
March 202674%31
April 202687%30
May 202655%31

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Based on 365 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.