Flights Denver → Springfield
DEN → SGF
Route overview
The flight route from Denver to Springfield has an on-time performance rate of 84%, with the average delay being just 8 minutes. Over the past year, this route has seen a total of 267 flights departing from Denver International Airport, which opened in 1989, connecting to Springfield's airport that serves nearly one 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) → Springfield (SGF) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 360 flights monitored in recent months, 82% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 12 minutes. The cancellation rate is 4.44%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 23.4/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Springfield the average ATFM delay is 3.8 minutes (main cause: airspace/NAS (BTS)). Departing from Denver the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Springfield: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Denver (DEN) to Springfield (SGF) heads east for about 1,023 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 42m.
Departures from Denver on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 58% of DEN-SGF flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Denver the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Springfield it is 3.8 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)).
Across 360 tracked DEN-SGF flights, 82% left on time with an average delay of 12 min and a 4.4% 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-SGF
On the Denver (DEN) -> Springfield (SGF) route, on-time performance is 82% with an average delay of 12 minutes, based on 360 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Denver-Springfield is 4.44% across 360 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.
