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Route Reliability

Denver → MLI

DEN–MLI · 751 miles · Denver International Airport to MLI Airport

76
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
71%
Arrive within 15 minutes
15 min
Average arrival delay
0%
Cancelled
367
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

United Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 71% of the time across 367 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

The late departure is the smart one here.

DEN–MLI flights departing between 6–9 PM arrived on time 85% of the time, versus 69% between 3–6 PM.

Friday is doing you no favors.

DEN–MLI flights arrived on time 77% of the time on Thursdays and just 62% on Fridays. That gap is worth planning around.

It basically never cancels.

Out of 367 scheduled flights, only 0.0% were cancelled.

Ticking up lately.

DEN–MLI flights arrived on time 82% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 77% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon69%(52 flights)
  • Tue71%(52 flights)
  • Wed71%(52 flights)
  • Thu77%(52 flights)
  • Fri62%(52 flights)
  • Sat70%(53 flights)
  • Sun74%(54 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 12–3 PM—(1 flights)
  • 3–6 PM69%(332 flights)
  • 6–9 PM85%(34 flights)
On-time trend by month
71%
May

Jun 60% → May 71% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202560%30
July 202539%31
August 202545%31
September 202563%30
October 202581%31
November 202584%32
December 202568%31
January 202684%31
February 202679%28
March 202687%31
April 202687%30
May 202671%31

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Based on 367 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.