Flights Durango → Denver
DRO → DEN
Route overview
The flight route from Durango to Denver operates with a De Havilland Canada DHC-8-400 Dash 8Q aircraft and has an on-time performance rate of 82%, with an average delay of 13.2 minutes per flight. Over the past year, there have been 535 flights on this route, serving the highly trafficked Denver International Airport, which opened in 1989 and handles approximately 82,358,744 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 Durango (DRO) → Denver (DEN) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 690 flights monitored in recent months, 81% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 17 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.30%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 24.8/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Denver the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Durango the average ATFM delay is 2.9 minutes.
Heading to Denver: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Durango (DRO) to Denver (DEN) heads north-east for about 403 km, a flight time of roughly 55m.
Departures from Durango on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 48% of DRO-DEN flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Durango the average ATFM delay is 2.9 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into Denver it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 690 tracked DRO-DEN flights, 81% left on time with an average delay of 17 min and a 1.3% 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 DRO-DEN
On the Durango (DRO) -> Denver (DEN) route, on-time performance is 81% with an average delay of 17 minutes, based on 690 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Durango-Denver is 1.30% across 690 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.
