FAR to DEN flight delays
Fargo, ND (FAR) Denver, CO (DEN) · 627 miles
1,425 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
70.86%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
1.05%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
91 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
28 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
Which airline you fly changes the odds here. Frontier Airlines arrived on time 7.3 points more often than United Airlines over the same period on the same route — same airports, same weather, same air traffic control. A gap that survives all of that is about how the two airlines are run.
The season swings this route hard. In September it ran 30.2 points more punctual than in December — 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 FAR arrives on time 6.9 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.
This route does worse than its own airport. FAR as a whole runs 9.4 points more punctual than these flights, which points at something specific to the route — the time of day it is scheduled, or the aircraft that feed it — rather than the airport.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over January 2025 – August 2026, Frontier Airlines arrived on time most often on FAR to DEN. United Airlines was late most often. Flights ran closest to schedule in September and worst in December.
Every airline on FAR 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SkyWest Airlines | 879 | 70.1% | 1.48% | 101 min | D |
| United Airlines | 364 | 69.61% | 0.55% | 79 min | D |
| Frontier Airlines | 182 | 76.92% | 0% | 66 min | C |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
DEN to FAR Denver back to Fargo 77.73% on time CCommon questions
Are flights from Fargo to Denver usually delayed?
70.86% of flights on the FAR 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.
Which airline is most on time from Fargo to Denver?
Frontier Airlines, at 76.92% on time across 182 flights. The least punctual on the route was United Airlines at 69.61%.
How often are FAR to DEN flights cancelled?
1.05% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 11 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
What is the best month to fly Fargo to Denver?
September, when 83.5% of flights arrived on time. The worst was December at 53.3%.
When FAR to DEN flights are late, how late are they?
About 91 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 FAR 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 →