Delta Air Lines DTW to DEN on-time performance
Delta Air Lines nonstop flights from Detroit to Denver · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
On-time arrivals
79%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
0.2%
2 flights
Avg arrival delay
13 min
57 min when late
Rank on route
#4 of 5
route average 80% on time
Key facts
- Delta Air Lines flights on DTW to DEN arrived on time 79% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
- 0.2% were cancelled, and 6% arrived an hour or more late.
- That ranks #4 of 5 airlines on this route, which averaged 80% on time overall.
- The largest source of delay minutes was airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling) (41%).
On-time trend by month
Why this airline's flights were late
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)41%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion34%
- Late-arriving aircraft20%
- Extreme weather4%
- Security0%
Other airlines on DTW to DEN
- United Airlines83% on time · 11 min avg delay
- Southwest Airlines76% on time · 15 min avg delay
- Frontier Airlines83% on time · 14 min avg delay
- SkyWest Airlines100% on time · 0 min avg delay
Full DTW to DEN comparison →
Delta Air Lines on-time record across all routes →
1,246 Delta Air Lines flights tracked on this route; 2 cancelled, 4 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.