Flights Grand Junction → Denver
GJT → DEN
Route overview
The flight route from Grand Junction to Denver operates with a high level of punctuality, achieving an on-time performance rate of 83%. Over the course of a year, it averages around 531 flights using De Havilland Canada DHC-8-400 Dash 8Q aircraft. 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 Grand Junction (GJT) → Denver (DEN) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 686 flights monitored in recent months, 83% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 14 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.31%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 23.3/100 (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 Grand Junction the average ATFM delay is 3.0 minutes.
Heading to Denver: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Grand Junction (GJT) to Denver (DEN) heads east for about 341 km, a flight time of roughly 51m.
Departures from Grand Junction on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 48% of GJT-DEN flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Grand Junction the average ATFM delay is 3.0 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into Denver it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 686 tracked GJT-DEN flights, 83% left on time with an average delay of 14 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 GJT-DEN
On the Grand Junction (GJT) -> Denver (DEN) route, on-time performance is 83% with an average delay of 14 minutes, based on 686 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Grand Junction-Denver is 1.31% across 686 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.
