Southwest Airlines DTW to DEN on-time performance
Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Detroit to Denver · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
On-time arrivals
76%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
0.6%
4 flights
Avg arrival delay
15 min
55 min when late
Rank on route
#5 of 5
route average 80% on time
Key facts
- Southwest Airlines flights on DTW to DEN arrived on time 76% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
- 0.6% were cancelled, and 6% arrived an hour or more late.
- That ranks #5 of 5 airlines on this route, which averaged 80% on time overall.
- The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (46%).
On-time trend by month
Why this airline's flights were late
- Late-arriving aircraft46%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion27%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)26%
- Extreme weather1%
- Security0%
Other airlines on DTW to DEN
- Delta Air Lines79% on time · 13 min avg delay
- United Airlines83% on time · 11 min avg delay
- Frontier Airlines83% on time · 14 min avg delay
- SkyWest Airlines100% on time · 0 min avg delay
Full DTW to DEN comparison →
Southwest Airlines on-time record across all routes →
649 Southwest Airlines flights tracked on this route; 4 cancelled, 2 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.