Flights Aspen → Denver
ASE → DEN
Route overview
The flight route from Aspen to Denver operates with an average on-time performance of 81%, experiencing a mean delay of 12.2 minutes per flight. With the Canadair Regional Jet 700 as its aircraft, this route has seen 785 flights and serves the busy Denver International Airport, which opened in 1989 and handles 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 Aspen (ASE) → Denver (DEN) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 1032 flights monitored in recent months, 78% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 16 minutes. The cancellation rate is 8.62%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 34.5/100 (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 Aspen the average ATFM delay is 6.3 minutes.
Heading to Denver: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Aspen (ASE) to Denver (DEN) heads east for about 201 km, a flight time of roughly 40m.
Departures from Aspen on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 50% of ASE-DEN flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Aspen the average ATFM delay is 6.3 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into Denver it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 1,032 tracked ASE-DEN flights, 78% left on time with an average delay of 16 min and a 8.6% 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% |
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Frequently asked questions about ASE-DEN
On the Aspen (ASE) -> Denver (DEN) route, on-time performance is 78% with an average delay of 16 minutes, based on 1032 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Aspen-Denver is 8.62% across 1032 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: United 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.
