Flights Denver → Lubbock
DEN → LBB
Route overview
The flight route from Denver to Lubbock has a 74% on-time performance rate, with an average delay of 19.9 minutes per flight. Since the origin airport in Denver opened in 1989, this route has seen 263 total flights, connecting to a destination city that serves over one million passengers annually at its airport.
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) → Lubbock (LBB) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 314 flights monitored in recent months, 74% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 19 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.64%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 19.1/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Lubbock the average ATFM delay is 2.4 minutes (main cause: airspace/NAS (BTS)). Departing from Denver the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Lubbock: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Denver (DEN) to Lubbock (LBB) heads south for about 734 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 20m.
Departures from Denver on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 49% of DEN-LBB flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Denver the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Lubbock it is 2.4 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)).
Across 314 tracked DEN-LBB flights, 74% left on time with an average delay of 19 min and a 0.6% 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-LBB
On the Denver (DEN) -> Lubbock (LBB) route, on-time performance is 74% with an average delay of 19 minutes, based on 314 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Denver-Lubbock is 0.64% across 314 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.
