Flights Jacksonville → Denver
JAX → DEN
Route overview
The flight route from Jacksonville to Denver has a 79% on-time performance rate, with an average delay of 13.4 minutes when flights are not on time. This busy route sees approximately 263 total flights, connecting to one of the busiest airports in the United States, Denver International Airport, which opened in 1989 and handles 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 Jacksonville (JAX) → Denver (DEN) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 338 flights monitored in recent months, 78% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 13 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.48%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 20.2/100 (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 Jacksonville the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Denver: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Jacksonville (JAX) to Denver (DEN) heads north-west for about 2,325 km, a flight time of roughly 3h 20m.
Departures from Jacksonville on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 51% of JAX-DEN flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Jacksonville the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Denver it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 338 tracked JAX-DEN flights, 78% left on time with an average delay of 13 min and a 1.5% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines (WN) | 73% | 6 min | 3.1% |
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Frequently asked questions about JAX-DEN
On the Jacksonville (JAX) -> Denver (DEN) route, on-time performance is 78% with an average delay of 13 minutes, based on 338 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Jacksonville-Denver is 1.48% across 338 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: Southwest 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.
