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Route Reliability

Denver → Sarasota

DENSRQ · 1,531 miles · Denver International Airport to Sarasota–Bradenton International Airport

86
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
80%
Arrive within 15 minutes
7 min
Average arrival delay
0.7%
Cancelled
306
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.United Airlines86%121 flights
  2. 2.Southwest Airlines77%185 flights

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

DEN–SRQ flights departing between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 84% of the time, versus 72% between 12–3 PM.

Friday is doing you no favors.

DEN–SRQ flights arrived on time 89% of the time on Mondays and just 69% on Fridays. That gap is worth planning around.

United Airlines runs this route best.

United Airlines arrived on time 86% of the time on this route; Southwest Airlines managed 77%.

Trending in the right direction.

DEN–SRQ flights arrived on time 85% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 76% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon89%(44 flights)
  • Tue80%(35 flights)
  • Wed80%(35 flights)
  • Thu80%(45 flights)
  • Fri69%(45 flights)
  • Sat78%(54 flights)
  • Sun87%(46 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 9 AM–12 PM84%(200 flights)
  • 12–3 PM72%(74 flights)
  • 3–6 PM80%(30 flights)
On-time trend by month
92%
Apr

Oct 86% → Apr 92% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
October 202586%21
November 202583%29
December 202567%45
January 202678%54
February 202689%52
March 202675%60
April 202692%38

Based on 306 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.