Flights Cheyenne → Denver
CYS → DEN
Route overview
This flight route connects Cheyenne to Denver, operating with a Beechcraft 1900 aircraft. With an on-time performance rate of 79%, the flights experience an average delay of 14.9 minutes and have conducted a total of 178 flights. The destination airport in Denver, which opened in 1989, sees over 82 million passengers annually, making it one of the busiest airports in the region.
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 Cheyenne (CYS) → Denver (DEN) route is operated by Frontier Airlines, United Airlines. Across 235 flights monitored in recent months, 81% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 12 minutes. The cancellation rate is 3.83%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 17.1/100 (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 Cheyenne the average ATFM delay is 1.9 minutes.
Heading to Denver: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Cheyenne (CYS) to Denver (DEN) heads south for about 145 km, a flight time of roughly 36m.
Departures from Cheyenne on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 51% of CYS-DEN flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Cheyenne the average ATFM delay is 1.9 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into Denver it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 235 tracked CYS-DEN flights, 81% left on time with an average delay of 12 min and a 3.8% 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% |
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Frequently asked questions about CYS-DEN
On the Cheyenne (CYS) -> Denver (DEN) route, on-time performance is 81% with an average delay of 12 minutes, based on 235 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Cheyenne-Denver is 3.83% across 235 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 2 airlines: Frontier Airlines, 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.
