Route Reliability
Denver → Fairbanks
DEN–FAI · 2,430 miles · Denver International Airport to Fairbanks International Airport
67
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
- 72%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 10 min
- Average arrival delay
- 0.8%
- Cancelled
- 128
- Flights in the data
Data through May 2026.
United Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 72% of the time across 128 flights. No comparison to make.
What the data says
6–9 PM has a slight edge.
Departures between 6–9 PM arrived on time 75% of the time, against 71% between 3–6 PM.
Thursdays have been rough.
DEN–FAI flights arrived on time 84% of the time on Sundays and just 56% on Thursdays. That gap is worth planning around.
Flights on this route
The breakdown
- Mon67%(18 flights)
- Tue78%(18 flights)
- Wed82%(17 flights)
- Thu56%(18 flights)
- Fri59%(17 flights)
- Sat77%(17 flights)
- Sun84%(19 flights)
- 3–6 PM71%(112 flights)
- 6–9 PM75%(12 flights)
75%
May
Jun 71% → May 75% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 71% | 28 |
| July 2025 | 53% | 30 |
| August 2025 | 73% | 30 |
| September 2025 | 92% | 24 |
| May 2026 | 75% | 12 |
Keep nerding
Based on 128 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.