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Route Reliability

Denver → FAT

DENFAT · 844 miles · Denver International Airport to FAT Airport

90
Nerd Approved
WanderNerd Reliability Score
82%
Arrive within 15 minutes
4 min
Average arrival delay
0.1%
Cancelled
1,453
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.United Airlines83%1,093 flights
  2. 2.Southwest Airlines80%360 flights

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

DEN–FAT flights departing between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 90% of the time, versus 73% between 6–9 PM.

Friday is doing you no favors.

DEN–FAT flights arrived on time 86% of the time on Sundays. On Fridays: 76%.

United Airlines has a slight edge here.

United Airlines arrived on time 83% of the time on this route; Southwest Airlines managed 80%.

It basically never cancels.

Out of 1,453 scheduled flights, only 0.1% 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
  • Mon81%(208 flights)
  • Tue85%(208 flights)
  • Wed81%(210 flights)
  • Thu83%(203 flights)
  • Fri76%(208 flights)
  • Sat83%(203 flights)
  • Sun86%(211 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM(6 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM90%(464 flights)
  • 12–3 PM79%(220 flights)
  • 3–6 PM84%(396 flights)
  • 6–9 PM73%(365 flights)
On-time trend by month
81%
May

Jun 73% → May 81% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202573%120
July 202572%123
August 202577%124
September 202587%119
October 202590%125
November 202591%119
December 202573%126
January 202693%121
February 202683%111
March 202683%120
April 202687%119
May 202681%124

Based on 1,453 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.