Flights Denver → Amarillo
DEN → AMA
Route overview
The flight route from Denver to Amarillo has an on-time performance rate of 80%, with flights typically experiencing a mean delay of 9.3 minutes. Over the past year, there have been 166 total flights on this route, connecting passengers from Denver International Airport, which opened in 1989, to the destination airport that serves around 706,248 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 Denver (DEN) → Amarillo (AMA) route is operated by United Airlines, Southwest Airlines. Across 204 flights monitored in recent months, 77% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 11 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.94%. 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 Amarillo the average ATFM delay is 2.3 minutes (main cause: airspace/NAS (BTS)). Departing from Denver the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Amarillo: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Denver (DEN) to Amarillo (AMA) heads south-east for about 579 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 9m.
Departures from Denver on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 58% of DEN-AMA flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Denver the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Amarillo it is 2.3 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)).
Across 204 tracked DEN-AMA flights, 77% left on time with an average delay of 11 min and a 2.9% 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 DEN-AMA
On the Denver (DEN) -> Amarillo (AMA) route, on-time performance is 77% with an average delay of 11 minutes, based on 204 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Denver-Amarillo is 2.94% across 204 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.
