DEN → STL Southwest Airlines

Southwest Airlines · Denver, CO to St. Louis, MO · 2,172 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 113 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 96% on-time departing 3–6am vs. 57% departing 6–9pm.
On-time arrival
77%
Median delay
-4 min
90th percentile
+48 min
Cancellation rate
0%

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

Across every Southwest Airlines flight number on DEN → STL (2,172 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 77% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -4 min; the worst 10% ran +48 min or later. 0% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time1,66477%
16-30 min1748%
31-60 min1587%
61-120 min1115%
2+ hrs502%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0721067%+23 min
2025-0817865%+19 min
2025-0917682%+5 min
2025-1018581%+1 min
2025-1115384%+1 min
2025-1216879%+6 min
2026-0115688%-4 min
2026-0216186%-1 min
2026-0319178%+9 min
2026-0418781%+2 min
2026-0518873%+8 min
2026-0620468%+11 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon32474%
Tue31583%
Wed30180%
Thu32275%
Fri32776%
Sat23080%
Sun33872%

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