ALB to DEN flight delays
Albany, NY (ALB) Denver, CO (DEN) · 1,610 miles
287 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
80.21%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
0.35%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
53 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
12 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
The season swings this route hard. In July it ran 33.2 points more punctual than in June — a difference bigger than the one between the best and worst airlines on most routes. If the date is flexible, it is worth more than the carrier.
The two directions do not behave alike. DEN to ALB arrives on time 20.3 points less often than the outbound. Delay accumulates through the flying day, so whichever direction is scheduled later tends to carry the worse record — which is an argument for booking the morning departure if the choice exists.
The route has been getting worse. The later months run 14.2 points less punctual than the earlier ones. A drift of that size is rarely weather; it is more often an airline adding frequencies faster than the airports can absorb them.
Only Southwest Airlines flies this route in the published record, so there is no choice to weigh — the route's figures and the airline's are the same figures.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over January 2025 – August 2026, Southwest Airlines arrived on time most often on ALB to DEN. Flights ran closest to schedule in July and worst in March.
Every airline on ALB to DEN
Ranked by how many flights each one operated. A carrier with fewer than 100 flights in the period is listed but not graded.
| Airline | Flights | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines | 225 | 77.83% | 0.44% | 53 min | C |
| United Airlines | 62 | 88.71% | 0% | 52 min | — |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
DEN to ALB Denver back to Albany 59.86% on time FOther routes from Albany
Common questions
Are flights from Albany to Denver usually delayed?
80.21% of flights on the ALB to DEN route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 2 in every ten arrived late. That is better than the average route in this record.
Which airlines fly from Albany to Denver?
Only Southwest Airlines appears in the published record on this route, with 225 flights and 77.83% arriving on time.
How often are ALB to DEN flights cancelled?
0.35% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 4 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
What is the best month to fly Albany to Denver?
July, when 96.8% of flights arrived on time. The worst was June at 63.6%.
When ALB to DEN flights are late, how late are they?
About 53 minutes on average across the flights that arrived more than 15 minutes behind schedule.
What these figures do and do not tell you
Everything on this page is counted from the flights that actually operated on ALB to DEN during January 2025 – August 2026, as reported by the airlines to the US Bureau of Transportation Statistics. "On time" is the federal definition: arriving at the gate within 15 minutes of the scheduled time.
A route's record is a description of the past, not a forecast. Weather, air traffic control and the aircraft's earlier flights that day drive most delays, and none of them are predictable from a historical rate. What the record does tell you is whether this route runs late more often than others, and which carrier on it has the better history — which is the part you can actually act on when you book.
Cancellations are counted separately from delays because they are a different problem for a traveller: a late flight still gets you there. How the grade is calculated →