DEN → ATL Southwest Airlines

Southwest Airlines · Denver, CO to Atlanta, GA · 1,080 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 42 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 96% on-time departing 3–6am vs. 50% departing 3–6pm.
On-time arrival
68%
Median delay
+5 min
90th percentile
+55 min
Cancellation rate
1%

How on-time is Southwest Airlines from DEN to ATL?

Across every Southwest Airlines flight number on DEN → ATL (1,080 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 68% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay +5 min; the worst 10% ran +55 min or later. 1% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

Arrival delay for completed flights (excludes cancellations and diversions).

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time72368%
16-30 min13212%
31-60 min11411%
61-120 min656%
2+ hrs333%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-079258%+28 min
2025-089162%+21 min
2025-099079%+6 min
2025-109370%+10 min
2025-118389%+4 min
2025-129366%+15 min
2026-019081%+3 min
2026-028477%+7 min
2026-039360%+25 min
2026-048678%+7 min
2026-058851%+28 min
2026-068444%+38 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon15468%
Tue15975%
Wed15572%
Thu15361%
Fri15172%
Sat12570%
Sun17059%

Based on US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics on-time data. Loading the full breakdown…