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Route Reliability

Palm Springs → Denver

PSPDEN · 776 miles · Palm Springs International Airport to Denver International Airport

85
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
81%
Arrive within 15 minutes
6 min
Average arrival delay
0.8%
Cancelled
2,047
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.United Airlines83%1,448 flights
  2. 2.Southwest Airlines77%544 flights

Not enough history to rank: Frontier Airlines (55 flights). We rank airlines only after 100 flights on the route.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

PSP–DEN flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 92% of the time, versus 71% between 3–6 PM.

Sunday has been the better bet.

A small edge: 83% on time on Sundays against 79% on Fridays.

United Airlines has a slight edge here.

United Airlines arrived on time 83% of the time on this route; Southwest Airlines managed 77%.

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
  • Mon81%(311 flights)
  • Tue83%(278 flights)
  • Wed82%(272 flights)
  • Thu80%(282 flights)
  • Fri79%(308 flights)
  • Sat81%(280 flights)
  • Sun83%(292 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM92%(378 flights)
  • 6–9 AM89%(104 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM87%(671 flights)
  • 12–3 PM72%(496 flights)
  • 3–6 PM71%(372 flights)
  • 6–9 PM(2 flights)
On-time trend by month
82%
May

Jun 69% → May 82% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202569%102
July 202574%97
August 202579%111
September 202583%138
October 202589%195
November 202586%199
December 202579%200
January 202682%188
February 202683%183
March 202675%221
April 202686%211
May 202682%178

Based on 2,047 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.