Flights Austin → Denver
AUS → DEN
Route overview
The flight route from Austin to Denver operates with an 80% on-time performance rate, with the average delay being just under ten minutes. Over a year, this route sees around 1,384 flights using various aircraft models such as Airbus A319 and Boeing 737 series planes, serving one of the busiest airports in Denver which welcomed its first passengers in 1989 and currently handles over eighty-two million travelers 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 Austin (AUS) → Denver (DEN) route is operated by Frontier Airlines, United Airlines, Southwest Airlines. Across 1728 flights monitored in recent months, 80% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 11 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.04%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 22.7/100 (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 Austin the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Denver: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Austin (AUS) to Denver (DEN) heads north-west for about 1,249 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 59m.
Departures from Austin on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 45% of AUS-DEN flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Austin the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Denver it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 1,728 tracked AUS-DEN flights, 80% left on time with an average delay of 11 min and a 1.0% 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% |
| Frontier Airlines (F9) | 74% | 15 min | 2.2% |
| Southwest Airlines (WN) | 73% | 6 min | 3.1% |
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Frequently asked questions about AUS-DEN
On the Austin (AUS) -> Denver (DEN) route, on-time performance is 80% with an average delay of 11 minutes, based on 1728 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Austin-Denver is 1.04% across 1728 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 3 airlines: Frontier 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.
