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Route Reliability

Denver → Reno

DENRNO · 804 miles · Denver International Airport to Reno–Tahoe International Airport

81
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
76%
Arrive within 15 minutes
10 min
Average arrival delay
0.3%
Cancelled
2,571
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.United Airlines78%1,409 flights
  2. 2.Southwest Airlines72%1,091 flights

Not enough history to rank: Frontier Airlines (71 flights). We rank airlines only after 100 flights on the route.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

DEN–RNO flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 89% of the time, versus 59% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Skip Thursday if you can.

DEN–RNO flights arrived on time 80% of the time on Wednesdays. On Thursdays: 70%.

United Airlines has a slight edge here.

United Airlines arrived on time 78% of the time on this route; Southwest Airlines managed 72%.

It basically never cancels.

Out of 2,571 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
  • Mon78%(384 flights)
  • Tue77%(340 flights)
  • Wed80%(358 flights)
  • Thu70%(361 flights)
  • Fri76%(387 flights)
  • Sat75%(338 flights)
  • Sun72%(388 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM89%(467 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM85%(468 flights)
  • 12–3 PM79%(111 flights)
  • 3–6 PM75%(600 flights)
  • 6–9 PM67%(559 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM59%(351 flights)
On-time trend by month
66%
May

Jun 67% → May 66% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202567%251
July 202562%256
August 202569%256
September 202580%248
October 202582%231
November 202588%184
December 202577%196
January 202686%189
February 202682%176
March 202675%197
April 202681%179
May 202666%193

Based on 2,571 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.