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Route Reliability

Denver → Wichita

DENICT · 420 miles · Denver International Airport to Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport

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Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
78%
Arrive within 15 minutes
9 min
Average arrival delay
0.8%
Cancelled
2,172
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%1,617 flights
  2. 2.Southwest Airlines63%555 flights

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

DEN–ICT flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 91% of the time, versus 67% between 6–9 PM.

Wednesday comes out ahead.

A small edge: 81% on time on Wednesdays against 76% on Mondays.

United Airlines has a clear lead on this route.

United Airlines arrived on time 83% of the time on this route; Southwest Airlines managed 63%.

Slipping a little lately.

DEN–ICT flights arrived on time 79% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 84% in the three months before that.

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
  • Mon76%(312 flights)
  • Tue78%(304 flights)
  • Wed81%(311 flights)
  • Thu77%(312 flights)
  • Fri77%(314 flights)
  • Sat81%(290 flights)
  • Sun77%(306 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM91%(140 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM88%(507 flights)
  • 12–3 PM82%(416 flights)
  • 3–6 PM74%(447 flights)
  • 6–9 PM67%(588 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM77%(51 flights)
On-time trend by month
77%
May

Jun 65% → May 77% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202565%201
July 202568%214
August 202576%213
September 202578%204
October 202583%175
November 202587%148
December 202577%153
January 202689%151
February 202687%138
March 202673%168
April 202686%176
May 202677%208

Based on 2,172 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.