Flights Kona → Denver
KOA → DEN
Route overview
The flight route from Kona to Denver operates with a Boeing 757-200 aircraft and has an on-time performance rate of 84%, with an average delay of just 5 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 Kona (KOA) → Denver (DEN) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 125 flights monitored in recent months, 85% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 15 minutes. The cancellation rate is 3.20%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 19.6/100 (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 Kona the average ATFM delay is 1.2 minutes.
Heading to Denver: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Kona (KOA) to Denver (DEN) heads north-east for about 5,351 km, a flight time of roughly 7h 7m.
Departures from Kona on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 96% of KOA-DEN flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Kona the average ATFM delay is 1.2 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into Denver it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 125 tracked KOA-DEN flights, 85% left on time with an average delay of 15 min and a 3.2% 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 KOA-DEN
On the Kona (KOA) -> Denver (DEN) route, on-time performance is 85% with an average delay of 15 minutes, based on 125 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Kona-Denver is 3.20% across 125 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.
