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Route Reliability

Denver → Milwaukee

DENMKE · 896 miles · Denver International Airport to Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport

79
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
75%
Arrive within 15 minutes
12 min
Average arrival delay
0.3%
Cancelled
2,335
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.United Airlines76%1,009 flights
  2. 2.Southwest Airlines72%1,257 flights

Not enough history to rank: Frontier Airlines (69 flights). We rank airlines only after 100 flights on the route.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

DEN–MKE flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 92% of the time, versus 60% between 6–9 PM.

Friday is doing you no favors.

DEN–MKE flights arrived on time 80% of the time on Saturdays. On Fridays: 71%.

United Airlines has a slight edge here.

United Airlines arrived on time 76% of the time on this route; Southwest Airlines managed 72%.

It basically never cancels.

Out of 2,335 scheduled flights, only 0.3% 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
  • Mon74%(364 flights)
  • Tue76%(315 flights)
  • Wed78%(323 flights)
  • Thu72%(337 flights)
  • Fri71%(372 flights)
  • Sat80%(270 flights)
  • Sun73%(342 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM92%(173 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM85%(614 flights)
  • 12–3 PM84%(367 flights)
  • 3–6 PM67%(549 flights)
  • 6–9 PM60%(576 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM61%(44 flights)
On-time trend by month
78%
May

Jun 55% → May 78% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202555%231
July 202561%267
August 202562%237
September 202580%225
October 202587%232
November 202584%170
December 202578%168
January 202686%155
February 202679%136
March 202675%154
April 202683%158
May 202678%190

Based on 2,335 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.