Flights Great Falls → Denver
GTF → DEN
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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 Great Falls (GTF) → Denver (DEN) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 240 flights monitored in recent months, 90% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 2 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.08%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 25.2/100 (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 Great Falls the average ATFM delay is 1.4 minutes.
Heading to Denver: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Great Falls (GTF) to Denver (DEN) heads south-east for about 1,003 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 40m.
Departures from Great Falls on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 50% of GTF-DEN flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Great Falls the average ATFM delay is 1.4 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into Denver it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 240 tracked GTF-DEN flights, 90% left on time with an average delay of 2 min and a 2.1% 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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On the Great Falls (GTF) -> Denver (DEN) route, on-time performance is 90% with an average delay of 2 minutes, based on 240 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Great Falls-Denver is 2.08% across 240 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.
