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Route Reliability

Denver → Las Vegas

DENLAS · 628 miles · Denver International Airport to Harry Reid International Airport

81
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
76%
Arrive within 15 minutes
9 min
Average arrival delay
0.7%
Cancelled
7,066
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.United Airlines79%2,458 flights
  2. 2.Frontier Airlines77%1,483 flights
  3. 3.Southwest Airlines74%3,125 flights

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

DEN–LAS flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 98% of the time, versus 65% between 6–9 PM.

Thursday is the weak spot.

DEN–LAS flights arrived on time 82% of the time on Saturdays. On Thursdays: 71%.

United Airlines has a slight edge here.

United Airlines arrived on time 79% of the time on this route; Southwest Airlines managed 74%.

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
  • Mon73%(1060 flights)
  • Tue80%(892 flights)
  • Wed82%(926 flights)
  • Thu71%(1062 flights)
  • Fri72%(1080 flights)
  • Sat82%(856 flights)
  • Sun77%(1132 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 12–3 AM(2 flights)
  • 3–6 AM98%(133 flights)
  • 6–9 AM93%(1193 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM82%(1387 flights)
  • 12–3 PM76%(1097 flights)
  • 3–6 PM68%(1290 flights)
  • 6–9 PM65%(1353 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM66%(553 flights)
On-time trend by month
78%
May

Jun 66% → May 78% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202566%545
July 202564%554
August 202571%522
September 202572%535
October 202576%652
November 202582%581
December 202575%558
January 202684%563
February 202685%563
March 202680%661
April 202680%642
May 202678%632

Based on 7,066 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.