Flights Denver → Kona
DEN → KOA
Route overview
The flight route from Denver to Kona operates with a Boeing 757-200 aircraft and has an on-time performance rate of 82%, with an average delay of 16.4 minutes per flight. Over the past year, this route has seen 94 flights depart from Denver International Airport, which opened in 1989, heading to Kona International Airport, a popular destination that serves over 4.2 million 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) → Kona (KOA) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 125 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 2.40%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 19.6/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Kona the average ATFM delay is 1.2 minutes (main cause: airspace/NAS (BTS)). Departing from Denver the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Kona: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Denver (DEN) to Kona (KOA) heads west for about 5,351 km, a flight time of roughly 7h 7m.
Departures from Denver on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 75% of DEN-KOA flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Denver the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Kona it is 1.2 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)).
Across 125 tracked DEN-KOA flights, 80% left on time with an average delay of 18 min and a 2.4% 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-KOA
On the Denver (DEN) -> Kona (KOA) route, on-time performance is 80% with an average delay of 18 minutes, based on 125 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Denver-Kona is 2.40% across 125 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.
