Flights Birmingham → Denver
BHM → DEN
Route overview
The flight route from Birmingham to Denver has an on-time performance rate of 84%, with flights typically experiencing a mean delay of 8.8 minutes. The destination airport, which opened in 1989, serves over 82 million passengers annually, reflecting its high traffic and significance as a major hub.
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 Birmingham (BHM) → Denver (DEN) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 409 flights monitored in recent months, 84% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 12 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.73%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 24.3/100 (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 Birmingham the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Denver: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Birmingham (BHM) to Denver (DEN) heads north-west for about 1,740 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 36m.
Departures from Birmingham on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 51% of BHM-DEN flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Birmingham the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Denver it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 409 tracked BHM-DEN flights, 84% left on time with an average delay of 12 min and a 0.7% 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 BHM-DEN
On the Birmingham (BHM) -> Denver (DEN) route, on-time performance is 84% with an average delay of 12 minutes, based on 409 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Birmingham-Denver is 0.73% across 409 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.
