DCA to DEN flight delays
Washington, VA (DCA) Denver, CO (DEN) · 1,476 miles
110 flights · March 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
72.73%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
0%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
139 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
39 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
The two directions do not behave alike. DEN to DCA arrives on time 7.3 points more 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.
Flights from Washington to Denver run late more often than the average route, though not severely.
Every airline on DCA 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frontier Airlines | 80 | 71.25% | 0% | 133 min | — |
| United Airlines | 30 | 76.67% | 0% | 159 min | — |
The return leg
DEN to DCA Denver back to Washington 80% on time BOther routes from Washington
Common questions
Are flights from Washington to Denver usually delayed?
72.73% of flights on the DCA to DEN route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 3 in every ten arrived late. That is worse than the average route in this record.
How often are DCA to DEN flights cancelled?
0% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 1 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
When DCA to DEN flights are late, how late are they?
About 139 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 DCA to DEN during March 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 →