Southwest Airlines DSM to DEN on-time performance
Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Des Moines to Denver · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
On-time arrivals
83%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
0.5%
3 flights
Avg arrival delay
14 min
74 min when late
Rank on route
#2 of 4
route average 83% on time
Key facts
- Southwest Airlines flights on DSM to DEN arrived on time 83% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
- 0.5% were cancelled, and 7% arrived an hour or more late.
- That ranks #2 of 4 airlines on this route, which averaged 83% on time overall.
- The largest source of delay minutes was airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling) (42%).
On-time trend by month
Why this airline's flights were late
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)42%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion34%
- Late-arriving aircraft16%
- Extreme weather8%
- Security0%
Other airlines on DSM to DEN
- SkyWest Airlines90% on time · 10 min avg delay
- United Airlines75% on time · 21 min avg delay
- Frontier Airlines81% on time · 16 min avg delay
Full DSM to DEN comparison →
Southwest Airlines on-time record across all routes →
559 Southwest Airlines flights tracked on this route; 3 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.