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Route Reliability

New York → Denver

LGADEN · 1,620 miles · LaGuardia Airport to Denver International Airport

65
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
72%
Arrive within 15 minutes
12 min
Average arrival delay
3.0%
Cancelled
4,672
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.United Airlines79%2,012 flights
  2. 2.Delta Air Lines73%1,038 flights
  3. 3.Southwest Airlines63%1,441 flights
  4. 4.Frontier Airlines63%181 flights

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

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

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

LGA–DEN flights arrived on time 79% of the time on Saturdays. On Sundays: 68%.

United Airlines has a clear lead on this route.

United Airlines arrived on time 79% of the time on this route; Frontier Airlines managed 63%.

Keep a backup plan handy.

This route was cancelled 3.0% of the time. Typical for U.S. flights is around 1–2%.

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
  • Mon71%(671 flights)
  • Tue72%(685 flights)
  • Wed74%(693 flights)
  • Thu69%(677 flights)
  • Fri72%(695 flights)
  • Sat79%(443 flights)
  • Sun68%(637 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM89%(1064 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM78%(504 flights)
  • 12–3 PM74%(973 flights)
  • 3–6 PM61%(1046 flights)
  • 6–9 PM59%(645 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM61%(269 flights)
On-time trend by month
75%
May

Jun 63% → May 75% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202563%377
July 202562%372
August 202576%396
September 202578%396
October 202570%391
November 202571%353
December 202563%372
January 202684%368
February 202678%315
March 202666%379
April 202678%393
May 202675%389

Based on 4,672 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.