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Southwest Airlines DEN to BOS on-time performance

Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Denver to Boston · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

On-time arrivals
58%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
1.1%
10 flights
Avg arrival delay
28 min
65 min when late
Rank on route
#4 of 4
route average 71% on time

Key facts

  • Southwest Airlines flights on DEN to BOS arrived on time 58% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 1.1% were cancelled, and 16% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #4 of 4 airlines on this route, which averaged 71% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was air traffic control & airport congestion (39%).

On-time trend by month

20%60%100%July 2025: 53.4% on time, 0.0% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 55.2% on time, 0.0% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 32.9% on time, 1.2% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 42.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 76.4% on time, 0.0% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 89.2% on time, 1.3% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 85.9% on time, 4.5% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 70.6% on time, 6.8% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 67.2% on time, 0.0% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 61.7% on time, 0.0% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 46.8% on time, 0.0% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 50.6% on time, 0.0% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 40.2% on time, 0.0% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Air traffic control & airport congestion39%
  • Late-arriving aircraft38%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)22%
  • Extreme weather2%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on DEN to BOS

Full DEN to BOS comparison →
Southwest Airlines on-time record across all routes →

914 Southwest Airlines flights tracked on this route; 10 cancelled, 1 diverted.

Data: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 (12 months). Latest month published by BTS: July 2026. How we calculate this.