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Route Reliability

Denver → RKS

DEN–RKS · 260 miles · Denver International Airport to RKS Airport

75
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
77%
Arrive within 15 minutes
15 min
Average arrival delay
0.8%
Cancelled
728
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

United Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 77% of the time across 728 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

The late departure is the smart one here.

DEN–RKS flights departing between 6–9 PM arrived on time 85% of the time, versus 71% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Friday is doing you no favors.

DEN–RKS flights arrived on time 85% of the time on Wednesdays and just 69% on Fridays. That gap is worth planning around.

Ticking up lately.

DEN–RKS flights arrived on time 80% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 75% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon72%(103 flights)
  • Tue82%(98 flights)
  • Wed85%(101 flights)
  • Thu76%(102 flights)
  • Fri69%(104 flights)
  • Sat82%(102 flights)
  • Sun75%(104 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 9 AM–12 PM76%(54 flights)
  • 12–3 PM81%(306 flights)
  • 6–9 PM85%(71 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM71%(283 flights)
On-time trend by month
79%
May

Jun 63% → May 79% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202563%59
July 202562%58
August 202573%59
September 202578%60
October 202588%60
November 202597%58
December 202571%62
January 202674%62
February 202680%54
March 202675%61
April 202687%60
May 202679%61

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Based on 728 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.