Flights Liberal → Denver
LBL → DEN
Route overview
The flight route from Liberal to Denver operates with a high on-time performance rate of 85%, with an average delay of just 10.7 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, this route sees 153 flights using the Beechcraft 1900 aircraft, serving the busy Denver airport which opened in 1989 and handles approximately 82,358,744 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 Liberal (LBL) → Denver (DEN) route is operated by Frontier Airlines, United Airlines. Across 157 flights monitored in recent months, 86% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 10 minutes. The cancellation rate is 6.37%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 12/100 (low), 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 Liberal the average ATFM delay is 2.7 minutes.
Heading to Denver: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Liberal (LBL) to Denver (DEN) heads north-west for about 450 km, a flight time of roughly 59m.
Departures from Liberal on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 41% of LBL-DEN flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Liberal the average ATFM delay is 2.7 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into Denver it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 157 tracked LBL-DEN flights, 86% left on time with an average delay of 10 min and a 6.4% 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% |
| Frontier Airlines (F9) | 74% | 15 min | 2.2% |
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Frequently asked questions about LBL-DEN
On the Liberal (LBL) -> Denver (DEN) route, on-time performance is 86% with an average delay of 10 minutes, based on 157 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Liberal-Denver is 6.37% across 157 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 2 airlines: Frontier Airlines, 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.
