Flights Pierre → Denver
PIR → DEN
Route overview
The flight route from Pierre to Denver has an on-time performance rate of 84%, with an average delay of 11.8 minutes per flight. Over the past year, this route saw a total of 152 flights, connecting Pierre to Denver International Airport, which opened in 1989 and currently 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 Pierre (PIR) → Denver (DEN) route is operated by Frontier Airlines, United Airlines. Across 152 flights monitored in recent months, 84% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 12 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.63%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 15.1/100 (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 Pierre the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Denver: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Pierre (PIR) to Denver (DEN) heads south-west for about 619 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 12m.
Departures from Pierre on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 59% of PIR-DEN flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Pierre the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into Denver it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 152 tracked PIR-DEN flights, 84% left on time with an average delay of 12 min and a 2.6% 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 PIR-DEN
On the Pierre (PIR) -> Denver (DEN) route, on-time performance is 84% with an average delay of 12 minutes, based on 152 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Pierre-Denver is 2.63% across 152 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.
