Flights Amarillo → Denver
AMA → DEN
Route overview
This flight route connects Amarillo to Denver, operating with a Boeing 737-500 aircraft. With an average delay of 7.1 minutes and an on-time performance rate of 85%, the service maintains relatively high punctuality. The destination airport, which opened in 1989, serves over 82 million passengers annually.
Your rights on this US flight (DOT)
US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under the US DOT rules, if your flight is cancelled or significantly changed and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Amenities for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
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The Amarillo (AMA) → Denver (DEN) route is operated by United Airlines, Southwest Airlines. Across 207 flights monitored in recent months, 86% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 6 minutes. The cancellation rate is 3.86%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 16.3/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Denver the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Amarillo the average ATFM delay is 2.3 minutes.
Heading to Denver: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Amarillo (AMA) to Denver (DEN) heads north-west for about 579 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 9m.
Departures from Amarillo on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 59% of AMA-DEN flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Amarillo the average ATFM delay is 2.3 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into Denver it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 207 tracked AMA-DEN flights, 86% left on time with an average delay of 6 min and a 3.9% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Airlines (UA) | 74% | 10 min | 6.9% |
| Southwest Airlines (WN) | 73% | 6 min | 3.1% |
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Frequently asked questions about AMA-DEN
On the Amarillo (AMA) -> Denver (DEN) route, on-time performance is 86% with an average delay of 6 minutes, based on 207 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Amarillo-Denver is 3.86% across 207 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 2 airlines: United Airlines, Southwest Airlines.
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US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under US DOT rules, if the airline cancels or significantly changes your flight and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Meals or hotels for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
