Flights Dodge City → Denver
DDC → DEN
How long is the flight from Dodge City to Denver?
The flight from Dodge City (DDC) to Denver (DEN) takes 24 min on average. That is the median time recorded across 1 scheduled flight on this leg; the actual time varies by a few minutes with wind, routing and take-off queues.
Route overview
The flight route from Dodge City to Denver operates with a fleet of Beechcraft 1900 aircraft and has an on-time performance rate of 78%. Over the past period, it experienced an average delay of 28.9 minutes per flight out of a total of 153 flights recorded. The destination airport in Denver, which opened in 1989, serves over 82 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 Dodge City (DDC) → Denver (DEN) route is operated by Frontier Airlines, United Airlines. Across 371 flights monitored in recent months, 77% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 27 minutes. The cancellation rate is 3.50%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 15.1/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Denver the average ATFM delay is 5.5 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Dodge City the average ATFM delay is 5.3 minutes.
Heading to Denver: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Dodge City (DDC) to Denver (DEN) heads north-west for about 470 km, a flight time of roughly 24m.
Departures from Dodge City on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 51% of DDC-DEN flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Dodge City the average ATFM delay is 5.3 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into Denver it is 5.5 min (atfm).
Across 371 tracked DDC-DEN flights, 77% left on time with an average delay of 27 min and a 3.5% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Airlines (UA) | 83% | 5 min | 1.3% |
| Frontier Airlines (F9) | 74% | 11 min | 1.3% |
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Frequently asked questions about DDC-DEN
The flight from Dodge City (DDC) to Denver (DEN) takes 24 min on average. That is the median time recorded across 1 scheduled flight on this leg; the actual time varies by a few minutes with wind, routing and take-off queues.
On the Dodge City (DDC) -> Denver (DEN) route, on-time performance is 77% with an average delay of 27 minutes, based on 371 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Dodge City-Denver is 3.50% across 371 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 2 airlines: Frontier Airlines, 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.
