Flights Denver → Cheyenne
DEN → CYS
Route overview
The flight route from Denver to Cheyenne operates with a fleet of Beechcraft 1900 aircraft and has an on-time performance rate of 78%. Over the past year, it recorded an average delay of 22.3 minutes per flight among the total 178 flights conducted.
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) → Cheyenne (CYS) route is operated by Frontier Airlines, United Airlines. Across 235 flights monitored in recent months, 80% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 18 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.98%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 23.9/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Cheyenne the average ATFM delay is 1.9 minutes (main cause: airspace/NAS (BTS)). Departing from Denver the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Cheyenne: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Denver (DEN) to Cheyenne (CYS) heads north for about 145 km, a flight time of roughly 36m.
Departures from Denver on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 51% of DEN-CYS flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Denver the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Cheyenne it is 1.9 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)).
Across 235 tracked DEN-CYS flights, 80% left on time with an average delay of 18 min and a 3.0% 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% |
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Frequently asked questions about DEN-CYS
On the Denver (DEN) -> Cheyenne (CYS) route, on-time performance is 80% with an average delay of 18 minutes, based on 235 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Denver-Cheyenne is 2.98% 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.
