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United Airlines DEN to DFW on-time performance

United Airlines nonstop flights from Denver to Dallas/Fort Worth · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

On-time arrivals
78%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
0.8%
15 flights
Avg arrival delay
16 min
68 min when late
Rank on route
#2 of 5
route average 76% on time

Key facts

  • United Airlines flights on DEN to DFW arrived on time 78% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 0.8% were cancelled, and 8% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #2 of 5 airlines on this route, which averaged 76% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (42%).

On-time trend by month

50%75%100%July 2025: 64.2% on time, 0.5% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 71.4% on time, 2.8% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 78.9% on time, 0.0% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 83.1% on time, 0.0% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 77.1% on time, 1.9% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 85.9% on time, 0.0% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 83.1% on time, 3.5% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 86.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 79.2% on time, 0.6% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 83.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 72.3% on time, 0.0% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 69.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 68.0% on time, 0.6% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Late-arriving aircraft42%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion31%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)24%
  • Extreme weather3%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on DEN to DFW

Full DEN to DFW comparison →
United Airlines on-time record across all routes →

1,885 United Airlines flights tracked on this route; 15 cancelled, 11 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.