Flights Raleigh-durham → Denver
RDU → DEN
Route overview
The flight route from Raleigh-Durham to Denver has an on-time performance rate of 84%, with an average delay of 10.1 minutes per flight. Over the past year, there have been a total of 424 flights on this route, serving the highly trafficked destination airport in Denver, 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 Raleigh-durham (RDU) → Denver (DEN) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 572 flights monitored in recent months, 84% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 11 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.57%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 24.7/100 (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 Raleigh-durham the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Denver: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Raleigh-durham (RDU) to Denver (DEN) heads west for about 2,307 km, a flight time of roughly 3h 18m.
Departures from Raleigh-durham on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 52% of RDU-DEN flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Raleigh-durham the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Denver it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 572 tracked RDU-DEN flights, 84% left on time with an average delay of 11 min and a 1.6% 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 RDU-DEN
On the Raleigh-durham (RDU) -> Denver (DEN) route, on-time performance is 84% with an average delay of 11 minutes, based on 572 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Raleigh-durham-Denver is 1.57% across 572 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.
