Southwest Airlines RIC to DEN on-time performance
Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Richmond to Denver · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
On-time arrivals
54%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
1.0%
3 flights
Avg arrival delay
29 min
58 min when late
Rank on route
#3 of 3
route average 71% on time
Key facts
- Southwest Airlines flights on RIC to DEN arrived on time 54% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
- 1% were cancelled, and 14% arrived an hour or more late.
- That ranks #3 of 3 airlines on this route, which averaged 71% on time overall.
- The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (37%).
On-time trend by month
Why this airline's flights were late
- Late-arriving aircraft37%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)37%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion21%
- Extreme weather5%
- Security0%
Other airlines on RIC to DEN
- United Airlines83% on time · 13 min avg delay
- Frontier Airlines74% on time · 16 min avg delay
Full RIC to DEN comparison →
Southwest Airlines on-time record across all routes →
297 Southwest Airlines flights tracked on this route; 3 cancelled, 3 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.