Flights Denver → Birmingham
DEN → BHM
Route overview
The flight route from Denver to Birmingham has a 76% on-time performance rate, with an average delay of 12 minutes. Since its origin airport opened in 1989, this route sees around 316 flights annually, connecting to a destination that serves over 2.65 million passengers per year.
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) → Birmingham (BHM) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 409 flights monitored in recent months, 75% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 13 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.98%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 27.5/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Birmingham the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Denver the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Birmingham: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Denver (DEN) to Birmingham (BHM) heads east for about 1,740 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 36m.
Departures from Denver on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 43% of DEN-BHM flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Denver the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Birmingham it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 409 tracked DEN-BHM flights, 75% left on time with an average delay of 13 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% |
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Frequently asked questions about DEN-BHM
On the Denver (DEN) -> Birmingham (BHM) route, on-time performance is 75% with an average delay of 13 minutes, based on 409 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Denver-Birmingham is 0.98% 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.
