Flights Denver → Great Falls
DEN → GTF
Route overview
The flight route from Denver to Great Falls has an on-time performance rate of 82%, with flights typically experiencing a mean delay of 8.5 minutes. Since the origin airport in Denver opened in 1989, it serves as a gateway for this route, connecting to Great Falls where the destination airport sees around 351,226 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) → Great Falls (GTF) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 240 flights monitored in recent months, 81% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 11 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.08%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 18.1/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Great Falls the average ATFM delay is 1.4 minutes (main cause: airspace/NAS (BTS)). Departing from Denver the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Great Falls: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Denver (DEN) to Great Falls (GTF) heads north-west for about 1,003 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 40m.
Departures from Denver on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 50% of DEN-GTF flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Denver the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Great Falls it is 1.4 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)).
Across 240 tracked DEN-GTF flights, 81% left on time with an average delay of 11 min and a 2.1% 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-GTF
On the Denver (DEN) -> Great Falls (GTF) route, on-time performance is 81% with an average delay of 11 minutes, based on 240 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Denver-Great Falls is 2.08% across 240 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.
