LAS to DEN flight delays

LAS DEN Harry Reid to Denver · 628 miles

23,805 flights were scheduled from LAS to DEN over July 2023 through June 2026. Of the 23,507 that made the trip, 77% reached the gate less than 15 minutes behind schedule. These are arrival figures: “on time” means the flight reached the gate less than 15 minutes behind schedule. Arrivals are what decide whether you make the connection, so route and airline pages are scored on them rather than on pushback.

Data through June 2026 · Bureau of Transportation Statistics

The route in brief

Flights in the window
23,805
Arrived on time
77%
Cancelled
1.1%
Scheduled distance
628 miles

Cancellations are counted against everything scheduled. Diverted flights are counted with them rather than as very late arrivals, which is why the on-time share and the cancellation rate do not add up to everything that happened.

Airline by airline

Airlines with at least 100 flights on LAS–DEN, busiest first. Same route, same weather, same air traffic — which makes this the fairest comparison on the site.

Airline Arrived on time Typical delay Cancelled Flights
Southwest Airlines 74.3% 56 min 1.1% 10,614
United Airlines 82.8% 71 min 0.8% 7,590
Frontier Airlines 74% 81 min 1.3% 5,193
Spirit Airlines 72.8% 58 min 1.5% 408

Month by month

July was the month to avoid on LAS–DEN: 65.2% of flights arrived on time, against 84.8% in December. Each bar pools three years of that calendar month.

Share of flights that arrived on time, by calendar month. Best month in green, worst in amber. The hairline sits at the overall rate, 77%.
Arrival on-time share, LAS to DEN, by calendar month
Month Share flights that arrived on time Flights
January 82.6% 1,871
February 81.4% 1,864
March 77.8% 2,151
April 78.2% 2,116
May 70.7% 2,114
June 68.2% 1,781
July 65.2% 1,974
August 72.5% 1,950
September 77.1% 1,951
October 80.8% 2,161
November 83.7% 1,961
December 84.8% 1,911

Both ends of the route

A route’s record is built out of two airports’ habits. The hour-by-hour grid for each is on its own page.

LAS to DEN in one number

LAS → DEN

When a flight on this route was late, it was late by about 66 min.

July 2023–June 2026 · 23,805 flights

77% of flights arrived on time

Questions about LAS to DEN

Which airline is most reliable from LAS to DEN?
United Airlines — its flights on this pairing arrived on time 82.8% of the time, with 7,590 scheduled. Spirit Airlines came in at 72.8% over 408 scheduled. Airlines with fewer than 100 flights on the route are not rated.
What is the worst month to fly LAS to DEN?
July, at 65.2% of arrivals on time, with 1,974 flights scheduled. December was the best of the year at 84.8%.
How late are LAS–DEN flights when they are late?
66 min on average, counting only the flights that arrived 15 minutes or more behind schedule. The on-time flights are left out of that average on purpose — mixing them in would flatter it.
How often is the LAS to DEN flight cancelled?
1.1% of scheduled flights on this route were cancelled, July 2023 through June 2026. Diverted flights are counted with the cancellations rather than as late arrivals.
Are these departure or arrival numbers?
Arrival. A flight counts as on time here if it reached the gate at DEN less than 15 minutes behind schedule. Airport pages score departures instead, because that is the number you can act on when you pick a booking time.