Route Reliability
Denver → Minneapolis
DEN–MSP · 680 miles · Denver International Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport
- 78%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 7 min
- Average arrival delay
- 0.7%
- Cancelled
- 5,835
- Flights in the data
Data through May 2026.
Who flies it best
Ranked by on-time arrivals. Historical results, not predictions.
- 1.Delta Air Lines82%1,805 flights
- 2.United Airlines82%1,679 flights
- 3.Southwest Airlines74%1,744 flights
- 4.Frontier Airlines71%607 flights
What the data says
Morning flights do better here.
DEN–MSP flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 92% of the time, versus 60% between 9 PM–12 AM.
Wednesday comes out ahead.
A small edge: 80% on time on Wednesdays against 76% on Fridays.
Delta Air Lines runs this route best.
Delta Air Lines arrived on time 82% of the time on this route; Frontier Airlines managed 71%.
Ticking up lately.
DEN–MSP flights arrived on time 83% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 79% 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
- Mon78%(878 flights)
- Tue80%(796 flights)
- Wed80%(806 flights)
- Thu77%(873 flights)
- Fri76%(866 flights)
- Sat80%(697 flights)
- Sun78%(873 flights)
- 12–3 AM—(1 flights)
- 3–6 AM86%(42 flights)
- 6–9 AM92%(968 flights)
- 9 AM–12 PM84%(1137 flights)
- 12–3 PM81%(1117 flights)
- 3–6 PM72%(1169 flights)
- 6–9 PM69%(1123 flights)
- 9 PM–12 AM60%(232 flights)
Jun 71% → May 78% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 71% | 532 |
| July 2025 | 65% | 560 |
| August 2025 | 73% | 549 |
| September 2025 | 78% | 525 |
| October 2025 | 85% | 528 |
| November 2025 | 86% | 457 |
| December 2025 | 70% | 436 |
| January 2026 | 81% | 407 |
| February 2026 | 88% | 376 |
| March 2026 | 82% | 447 |
| April 2026 | 89% | 440 |
| May 2026 | 78% | 532 |
Keep nerding
Based on 5,835 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.