Flights Salt Lake City → Denver
SLC → DEN
Route overview
The flight route from Salt Lake City to Denver operates with a high level of punctuality, with 82% of flights arriving on time. The average delay for the remaining flights is approximately 8.6 minutes. Over one hundred aircraft types are used, including popular models like the Airbus A320 and Boeing 737-800, serving a destination airport that opened in 1989 and currently handles over eighty-two 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 Salt Lake City (SLC) → Denver (DEN) route is operated by Delta Air Lines, Frontier Airlines, United Airlines, Southwest Airlines. Across 2592 flights monitored in recent months, 83% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 9 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.69%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 22.1/100 (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 Salt Lake City the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Denver: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Salt Lake City (SLC) to Denver (DEN) heads east for about 628 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 12m.
Departures from Salt Lake City on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 48% of SLC-DEN flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Salt Lake City the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Denver it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 2,592 tracked SLC-DEN flights, 83% left on time with an average delay of 9 min and a 0.7% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines (DL) | 80% | 8 min | 1.8% |
| United Airlines (UA) | 74% | 10 min | 6.9% |
| Frontier Airlines (F9) | 74% | 15 min | 2.2% |
| Southwest Airlines (WN) | 73% | 6 min | 3.1% |
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Frequently asked questions about SLC-DEN
On the Salt Lake City (SLC) -> Denver (DEN) route, on-time performance is 83% with an average delay of 9 minutes, based on 2592 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Salt Lake City-Denver is 0.69% across 2592 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 4 airlines: Delta Air Lines, Frontier Airlines, United Airlines, Southwest Airlines.
Enter your flight number on FlightGuard for a real-time analysis based on 9 factors: weather at Denver, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel, airline punctuality and recent trends.
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.
