DEN Denver International Airport
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OPSMINOR DELAYS TREND 2H▼ −25 MIN
+10 min

Denver (DEN) airport average departure delay right now

Departures +10 min, arrivals on schedule. 2 of the 1,341 flights so far today cancelled.

Hour by hour
16:00today +10 min on time

Drag. Solid bars are observed. Hatched bars are expected.

Denver (DEN) delays today: 77% of the 1,344 flights we have timed operated within 15 minutes of schedule. Departures are running +10 min and arrivals on schedule, across 1,341 flights tracked so far today. 2 of the 1,341 flights that have operated so far today were cancelled. Source: official airport boards, METAR weather, Pro Flight Search tracking. Updated 17 September 2026 at 22:37 UTC.

Departures667 timed
On time72%478
Delayed28%189
typical now +10 min
Arrivals677 timed
On time81%548
Delayed19%129
typical now on schedule
On the boardDeparturesfull board ↗
12:00 18:40UA2307LIH Lihue · gate B45+400 min
14:16 16:50G41460PIA Peoria · gate A33+154 min
14:40 17:16WN1083PVD Providence/Warwick · gate C28+156 min
15:00 16:34WN3516COS Colorado Springs · gate C62+94 min
15:35 17:19WN1580MSY New Orleans · gate C50+104 min
15:35 16:42WN976SLC Salt Lake City · gate C45+67 min
15:40 17:32WN3078ORF Norfolk · gate C25+112 min
15:40 17:44WN438BWI Baltimore · gate C26+124 min
05:00WN1364DAL DallasCancelled
10:46AA2559ORD ChicagoCancelled
15:15WN4717OMA OmahaCancelled

When this board posts +15, the median flight leaves +35. Posted vs. actual across every hub: the slippage study →

Arrivalsfull board ↗
11:41 18:50UA5400COS from Colorado Springs+429 min
12:03 17:13UA5661SAF from Santa Fe+310 min
12:45 16:38UA1598RAP from Rapid City+233 min
14:50 20:04WN711ORF from Norfolk+314 min
14:55 18:43UA762DRO from Durango+228 min
14:55 16:59WN3422SFO from San Francisco+124 min
08:30WN472PHX from PhoenixCancelled
10:02AA1225ORD from ChicagoCancelled
Running late right now246 of 2075 still on the board · 12%
+457
UA2297 from Boston · arr 01:26
Flights this late at DEN still cancel only 1.0% of the time.
+429
UA5400 from Colorado Springs · arr 18:50
Across our tracked network, delayed flights claw back ~28 min on average.
+400
UA2307 → Lihue · dep 18:40
A +400 min push, well beyond this airport's typical day.
+314
WN711 from Norfolk · arr 20:04
Typical claw-back on this sector is ~30 min.
In the air to DENlive positions · 3-min feed
159aircraft inbound · next to land WN361 from Austin, lands ~16:41
WN361Austin
on final · ~16:41
UA2447Austin
on final · ~16:41
UA2227Eagle
on final · ~16:41
WN361Austin
on final · ~16:41

Positions as of 16:38 local · updates every 3 min. Tap any flight to watch it on its own page.

Delayed routes todaymedian · min 3 legs
PIAPeoria+154m
EARKearney+78m
ORFNorfolk+55m
ORDChicago+41m
MDWChicago+39m
Airlines by median delay todaymedian · min 3 legs
G4Allegiant Air+47m
Made up in the air Network figure ~28 min Network-wide median for delayed flights in our tracked sample.
Last 30 days

Today is the 10th worst day of the last 30. Median day: +4 min departures.

Typical week here
+21
MON
+17
TUE
+21
WED
+21
THU
+23
FRI
+23
SAT
+20
SUN

Last 90 days: lightest on Tuesday (+17 min), heaviest on Saturday (+23 min).

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Sample · what you getDEN went yellow · departures now +34 min and building · 19:40 local. Weather clears after 03:00. → proflightsearch.com/airport-delays/denver-DEN

Denver airport delays today

DEN has minor delays. A typical departure is currently +10 min, down 25 minutes over the last two hours. Arrivals are on schedule. The calmest upcoming departure hour looks like 00:00 (+6 min expected).

Nearest tracked airports: ABQ SLC JAC ICT BIL OMA · Global delay board · Nonstop routes from Denver

Is Denver (DEN) delayed right now?

DEN has minor delays. Departures +10 min, arrivals on schedule. 2 of the 1,341 flights so far today cancelled. 77% of the 1,344 flights we timed here today operated within 15 minutes of schedule.

What is the best day to fly from Denver (DEN)?

Over the last 90 days, Tuesday averaged the lightest departure delays (+17 min). Saturday ran heaviest (+23 min).

How often are flights delayed at DEN today?

We tracked 1,341 flights today: departures +10 min, arrivals on schedule.

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