Southwest Airlines MSP to DEN on-time performance
Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Minneapolis to Denver · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
On-time arrivals
76%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
0.5%
8 flights
Avg arrival delay
15 min
56 min when late
Rank on route
#5 of 5
route average 78% on time
Key facts
- Southwest Airlines flights on MSP to DEN arrived on time 76% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
- 0.5% were cancelled, and 7% arrived an hour or more late.
- That ranks #5 of 5 airlines on this route, which averaged 78% on time overall.
- The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (41%).
On-time trend by month
Why this airline's flights were late
- Late-arriving aircraft41%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion29%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)24%
- Extreme weather7%
- Security0%
Other airlines on MSP to DEN
- Delta Air Lines77% on time · 14 min avg delay
- United Airlines79% on time · 17 min avg delay
- Frontier Airlines80% on time · 20 min avg delay
- SkyWest Airlines91% on time · 13 min avg delay
Full MSP to DEN comparison →
Southwest Airlines on-time record across all routes →
1,675 Southwest Airlines flights tracked on this route; 8 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.