Flights Missoula → Denver
MSO → DEN
Route overview
The flight route from Missoula to Denver has an on-time performance rate of 86%, with flights typically experiencing a mean delay of 10.2 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 Missoula (MSO) → Denver (DEN) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 328 flights monitored in recent months, 85% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 13 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.83%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 19.3/100 (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 Missoula the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Denver: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Missoula (MSO) to Denver (DEN) heads south-east for about 1,091 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 47m.
Departures from Missoula on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 64% of MSO-DEN flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Missoula the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into Denver it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 328 tracked MSO-DEN flights, 85% left on time with an average delay of 13 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 MSO-DEN
On the Missoula (MSO) -> Denver (DEN) route, on-time performance is 85% with an average delay of 13 minutes, based on 328 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Missoula-Denver is 1.83% across 328 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.
