LAS to DEN flight delays
Las Vegas, NV (LAS) Denver, CO (DEN) · 628 miles
581 flights · March 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
71.38%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
1.03%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
76 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
23 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
Which airline you fly changes the odds here. United Airlines arrived on time 15.4 points more often than Southwest 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 two directions do not behave alike. DEN to LAS arrives on time 6 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.
This route does better than its own airport. Departures from LAS overall run 7.4 points less punctual than this particular one — so whatever congestion LAS has, this route is largely escaping it.
This is a thin route — 581 flights across the whole period. On a route this infrequent a cancellation is far more costly than the rate suggests, because the next departure may not be the same day.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over March 2025 – August 2026, United Airlines arrived on time most often on LAS to DEN. Southwest Airlines was late most often.
Every airline on LAS 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 | 272 | 65.43% | 0.74% | 64 min | D |
| Frontier Airlines | 168 | 73.01% | 2.38% | 98 min | D |
| United Airlines | 141 | 80.85% | 0% | 81 min | B |
The return leg
DEN to LAS Denver back to Las Vegas 65.42% on time DOther routes from Las Vegas
Common questions
Are flights from Las Vegas to Denver usually delayed?
71.38% of flights on the LAS 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 Las Vegas to Denver?
United Airlines, at 80.85% on time across 141 flights. The least punctual on the route was Southwest Airlines at 65.43%.
How often are LAS to DEN flights cancelled?
1.03% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 10 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
When LAS to DEN flights are late, how late are they?
About 76 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 LAS 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 →