Flights Idaho Falls → Denver
IDA → DEN
Route overview
The flight route from Idaho Falls to Denver has an on-time performance rate of 83%, with average delays of 13.3 minutes. The destination airport, which opened in 1989, serves over 82 million passengers annually, making it one of the busiest airports in the region.
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 Idaho Falls (IDA) → Denver (DEN) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 439 flights monitored in recent months, 82% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 15 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.82%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 21.4/100 (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 Idaho Falls the average ATFM delay is 1.9 minutes.
Heading to Denver: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Idaho Falls (IDA) to Denver (DEN) heads south-east for about 736 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 20m.
Departures from Idaho Falls on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 48% of IDA-DEN flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Idaho Falls the average ATFM delay is 1.9 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into Denver it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 439 tracked IDA-DEN flights, 82% left on time with an average delay of 15 min and a 1.8% 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 IDA-DEN
On the Idaho Falls (IDA) -> Denver (DEN) route, on-time performance is 82% with an average delay of 15 minutes, based on 439 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Idaho Falls-Denver is 1.82% across 439 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.
