Southwest Airlines ORD to DEN on-time performance
Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Chicago to Denver · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
On-time arrivals
74%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
1.5%
6 flights
Avg arrival delay
18 min
66 min when late
Rank on route
#3 of 5
route average 75% on time
Key facts
- Southwest Airlines flights on ORD to DEN arrived on time 74% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
- 1.5% were cancelled, and 7% arrived an hour or more late.
- That ranks #3 of 5 airlines on this route, which averaged 75% on time overall.
- The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (64%).
On-time trend by month
Why this airline's flights were late
- Late-arriving aircraft64%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion19%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)17%
- Extreme weather0%
- Security0%
Other airlines on ORD to DEN
- United Airlines79% on time · 16 min avg delay
- American Airlines66% on time · 27 min avg delay
- Frontier Airlines70% on time · 37 min avg delay
- Envoy Air76% on time · 13 min avg delay
Full ORD to DEN comparison →
Southwest Airlines on-time record across all routes →
390 Southwest Airlines flights tracked on this route; 6 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.