Flights Gunnison → Denver
GUC → DEN
Route overview
The flight route from Gunnison to Denver has a high on-time performance rate of 90%, with an average delay of just 2.2 minutes per flight. Serving the busy Denver airport, which opened in 1989 and handles over 82 million passengers annually, this route operates approximately 242 times each year.
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 Gunnison (GUC) → Denver (DEN) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 304 flights monitored in recent months, 88% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 6 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.30%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 19.8/100 (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 Gunnison the average ATFM delay is 2.1 minutes.
Heading to Denver: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Gunnison (GUC) to Denver (DEN) heads north-east for about 244 km, a flight time of roughly 44m.
Departures from Gunnison on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 61% of GUC-DEN flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Gunnison the average ATFM delay is 2.1 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into Denver it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 304 tracked GUC-DEN flights, 88% left on time with an average delay of 6 min and a 2.3% 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 GUC-DEN
On the Gunnison (GUC) -> Denver (DEN) route, on-time performance is 88% with an average delay of 6 minutes, based on 304 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Gunnison-Denver is 2.30% across 304 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.
