Flights Houston → Denver
HOU → DEN
Route overview
The flight route from Houston to Denver has a 74% on-time performance rate, with an average delay of 13.1 minutes when flights are not on time. The destination airport in Denver, which opened in 1989, handles over 82 million passengers annually, making it one of the busiest airports in the country.
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.
US flight refund rules & checker →General information, not legal advice.
The Houston (HOU) → Denver (DEN) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 804 flights monitored in recent months, 76% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 12 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.24%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 20.6/100 (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 Houston the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Denver: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Houston (HOU) to Denver (DEN) heads north-west for about 1,422 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 12m.
Departures from Houston on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 38% of HOU-DEN flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Houston the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Denver it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 804 tracked HOU-DEN flights, 76% left on time with an average delay of 12 min and a 1.2% cancellation rate.
Route facts
Flights on this route
Check the risk of a specific flight.
Flexible on this trip? Compare flights
Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines (WN) | 73% | 6 min | 3.1% |
Airlines operating HOU-DEN
Frequently asked questions about HOU-DEN
On the Houston (HOU) -> Denver (DEN) route, on-time performance is 76% with an average delay of 12 minutes, based on 804 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Houston-Denver is 1.24% across 804 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: Southwest Airlines.
Enter your flight number on FlightGuard for a real-time analysis based on 9 factors: weather at Denver, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel, airline punctuality and recent trends.
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.
