Flights Denver → Salt Lake City
DEN → SLC
Route overview
The flight route from Denver to Salt Lake City, which has been operating since the opening of Denver's airport in 1989, sees an average of 1,923 flights annually with a high on-time performance rate of 80%. Despite occasional delays averaging 10.6 minutes, the route is served by a diverse fleet including Airbus A320s and A319s, Boeing 737-300s, Canadair Regional Jets, De Havilland Canada DHC-8-400 Dash 8Qs, and Embraer 170s.
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) → Salt Lake City (SLC) route is operated by Delta Air Lines, Frontier Airlines, United Airlines, Southwest Airlines. Across 2587 flights monitored in recent months, 78% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 12 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.62%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 21.3/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Salt Lake City the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Denver the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Salt Lake City: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Denver (DEN) to Salt Lake City (SLC) heads west for about 628 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 12m.
Departures from Denver on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 36% of DEN-SLC flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Denver the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Salt Lake City it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 2,587 tracked DEN-SLC flights, 78% left on time with an average delay of 12 min and a 0.6% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines (DL) | 80% | 8 min | 1.8% |
| United Airlines (UA) | 74% | 10 min | 6.9% |
| Frontier Airlines (F9) | 74% | 15 min | 2.2% |
| Southwest Airlines (WN) | 73% | 6 min | 3.1% |
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Frequently asked questions about DEN-SLC
On the Denver (DEN) -> Salt Lake City (SLC) route, on-time performance is 78% with an average delay of 12 minutes, based on 2587 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Denver-Salt Lake City is 0.62% across 2587 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 4 airlines: Delta Air Lines, Frontier Airlines, United Airlines, Southwest Airlines.
Enter your flight number on FlightGuard for a real-time analysis based on 9 factors: weather at Salt Lake City, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel, airline punctuality and recent trends.
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.
