MSP → DEN Southwest Airlines

Southwest Airlines · Minneapolis, MN to Denver, CO · 1,712 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 67 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 96% on-time departing 3–6am vs. 54% departing 3–6pm.
On-time arrival
76%
Median delay
-3 min
90th percentile
+46 min
Cancellation rate
1%

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

Across every Southwest Airlines flight number on MSP → DEN (1,712 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 76% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -3 min; the worst 10% ran +46 min or later. 1% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time1,30076%
16-30 min1459%
31-60 min1257%
61-120 min775%
2+ hrs533%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0717167%+22 min
2025-0816374%+14 min
2025-0916380%+6 min
2025-1015481%+5 min
2025-1113086%-6 min
2025-1213564%+23 min
2026-0112084%-5 min
2026-0211885%-2 min
2026-0313774%+10 min
2026-0413786%+2 min
2026-0514178%+10 min
2026-0613161%+20 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon25580%
Tue24276%
Wed23574%
Thu25375%
Fri26076%
Sat19780%
Sun25873%

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