1,744 km · Domestic

Denver (DEN) – Blue Grass (LEX)

In July 2026, 60 flights operated between Denver and Blue Grass (both directions), and 78.3% left on time, according to the US BTS.

Flights per month

Only complete months are shown. A month appears once the source has published every day of it.

The most recent periods19 periods
PeriodFlights operated 2025Flights operated 2026Change vs last year
January6058▼ 3.3%
February56560.0%
March62620.0%
April60600.0%
May62620.0%
June60600.0%
July6260▼ 3.2%
August62––
September60––
October62–in progress
November60––
December62––
Year to date (Jan–Jul)422418▼ 0.9%

On-time departures by month

Departures within 15 minutes of schedule.

The most recent periods19 periods
PeriodOn-time departures 2025On-time departures 2026Change vs last year
January85.0%84.5%▼ 0.6%
February83.9%89.3%▲ 6.4%
March88.7%82.3%▼ 7.2%
April86.7%93.3%▲ 7.6%
May79.0%80.6%▲ 2.0%
June58.3%70.0%▲ 20.1%
July61.3%78.3%▲ 27.7%
August71.0%––
September95.0%––
October88.7%–in progress
November88.3%––
December77.4%––
Year-to-date average (Jan–Jul)77.6%82.6%▲ 6.5%

Cancelled flights by month

The most recent periods19 periods
PeriodCancelled flights 2025Cancelled flights 2026Change vs last year
January24▲ 100.0%
February00–
March00–
April00–
May00–
June00–
July02–
August0––
September0––
October0–in progress
November0––
December0––
Year to date (Jan–Jul)26▲ 200.0%

Airlines on this route

  1. SkyWest Airlines 89.1%
  2. United Airlines 10.9%

Oct 1, 2024 – Jul 31, 2026

By direction

DEN → LEX

Scheduled flights
658
Flights operated
653
Cancelled
5 · 0.8%
On-time departures
78.4%

LEX → DEN

Scheduled flights
658
Flights operated
654
Cancelled
4 · 0.6%
On-time departures
86.2%

DEN → LEX and LEX → DEN counted separately.

Airlines on this route

Oct 1, 2024 – Jul 31, 2026
AirlineScheduled flights Share On-time departures Cancelled
SkyWest Airlines OO 1,173 89.1% 83.5% 7
United Airlines UA 143 10.9% 72.3% 2

Shares are of scheduled flights in the period shown. Codeshare flights are counted once, under the operating airline.

Flight timing & delays

Historical departures, grouped by the scheduled local time at the departure airport. These are recorded outcomes, not a forecast for your flight.

Times are local to the departure airport of each flight; both directions are combined.

US domestic sectors recorded by BTS

Source: the US BTS · Oct 12, 2024 → Jul 31, 2026

Lowest average delay08:00–09:008.1min · 221 recorded · 220 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour4.9min08:00 ↔ 17:00
Recorded flights1,316DEN–LEX

Departure hour

On-time departures Partial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
00:00 · No observations · 0 recorded · 0 measured · Source: the US BTS 01:00 · No observations · 0 recorded · 0 measured · Source: the US BTS 02:00 · No observations · 0 recorded · 0 measured · Source: the US BTS 03:00 · No observations · 0 recorded · 0 measured · Source: the US BTS 04:00 · No observations · 0 recorded · 0 measured · Source: the US BTS 05:00 · No observations · 0 recorded · 0 measured · Source: the US BTS 06:00 · No observations · 0 recorded · 0 measured · Source: the US BTS 07:00 · No observations · 0 recorded · 0 measured · Source: the US BTS 08:00 · 91.4% · 221 recorded · 220 measured · Source: the US BTS 09:00 · 83.6% · 437 recorded · 434 measured · Source: the US BTS 10:00 · No observations · 0 recorded · 0 measured · Source: the US BTS 11:00 · No observations · 0 recorded · 0 measured · Source: the US BTS 12:00 · No observations · 0 recorded · 0 measured · Source: the US BTS 13:00 · Fewer than 200 measured departures · 2 recorded · 2 measured · Source: the US BTS 14:00 · No observations · 0 recorded · 0 measured · Source: the US BTS 15:00 · No observations · 0 recorded · 0 measured · Source: the US BTS 16:00 · No observations · 0 recorded · 0 measured · Source: the US BTS 17:00 · 78.4% · 637 recorded · 633 measured · Source: the US BTS 18:00 · Fewer than 200 measured departures · 19 recorded · 18 measured · Source: the US BTS 19:00 · No observations · 0 recorded · 0 measured · Source: the US BTS 20:00 · No observations · 0 recorded · 0 measured · Source: the US BTS 21:00 · No observations · 0 recorded · 0 measured · Source: the US BTS 22:00 · No observations · 0 recorded · 0 measured · Source: the US BTS 23:00 · No observations · 0 recorded · 0 measured · Source: the US BTS

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Average departure delay Partial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
00:00 · No observations · 0 recorded · 0 measured · Source: the US BTS 01:00 · No observations · 0 recorded · 0 measured · Source: the US BTS 02:00 · No observations · 0 recorded · 0 measured · Source: the US BTS 03:00 · No observations · 0 recorded · 0 measured · Source: the US BTS 04:00 · No observations · 0 recorded · 0 measured · Source: the US BTS 05:00 · No observations · 0 recorded · 0 measured · Source: the US BTS 06:00 · No observations · 0 recorded · 0 measured · Source: the US BTS 07:00 · No observations · 0 recorded · 0 measured · Source: the US BTS 08:00 · 8.1 min · 221 recorded · 220 measured · Source: the US BTS 09:00 · 8.2 min · 437 recorded · 434 measured · Source: the US BTS 10:00 · No observations · 0 recorded · 0 measured · Source: the US BTS 11:00 · No observations · 0 recorded · 0 measured · Source: the US BTS 12:00 · No observations · 0 recorded · 0 measured · Source: the US BTS 13:00 · Fewer than 200 measured departures · 2 recorded · 2 measured · Source: the US BTS 14:00 · No observations · 0 recorded · 0 measured · Source: the US BTS 15:00 · No observations · 0 recorded · 0 measured · Source: the US BTS 16:00 · No observations · 0 recorded · 0 measured · Source: the US BTS 17:00 · 13.0 min · 637 recorded · 633 measured · Source: the US BTS 18:00 · Fewer than 200 measured departures · 19 recorded · 18 measured · Source: the US BTS 19:00 · No observations · 0 recorded · 0 measured · Source: the US BTS 20:00 · No observations · 0 recorded · 0 measured · Source: the US BTS 21:00 · No observations · 0 recorded · 0 measured · Source: the US BTS 22:00 · No observations · 0 recorded · 0 measured · Source: the US BTS 23:00 · No observations · 0 recorded · 0 measured · Source: the US BTS

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Recorded flights Partial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
00:00 · No observations · 0 recorded · 0 measured · Source: the US BTS 01:00 · No observations · 0 recorded · 0 measured · Source: the US BTS 02:00 · No observations · 0 recorded · 0 measured · Source: the US BTS 03:00 · No observations · 0 recorded · 0 measured · Source: the US BTS 04:00 · No observations · 0 recorded · 0 measured · Source: the US BTS 05:00 · No observations · 0 recorded · 0 measured · Source: the US BTS 06:00 · No observations · 0 recorded · 0 measured · Source: the US BTS 07:00 · No observations · 0 recorded · 0 measured · Source: the US BTS 08:00 · 221 · 221 recorded · 220 measured · Source: the US BTS 09:00 · 437 · 437 recorded · 434 measured · Source: the US BTS 10:00 · No observations · 0 recorded · 0 measured · Source: the US BTS 11:00 · No observations · 0 recorded · 0 measured · Source: the US BTS 12:00 · No observations · 0 recorded · 0 measured · Source: the US BTS 13:00 · 2 · 2 recorded · 2 measured · Source: the US BTS 14:00 · No observations · 0 recorded · 0 measured · Source: the US BTS 15:00 · No observations · 0 recorded · 0 measured · Source: the US BTS 16:00 · No observations · 0 recorded · 0 measured · Source: the US BTS 17:00 · 637 · 637 recorded · 633 measured · Source: the US BTS 18:00 · 19 · 19 recorded · 18 measured · Source: the US BTS 19:00 · No observations · 0 recorded · 0 measured · Source: the US BTS 20:00 · No observations · 0 recorded · 0 measured · Source: the US BTS 21:00 · No observations · 0 recorded · 0 measured · Source: the US BTS 22:00 · No observations · 0 recorded · 0 measured · Source: the US BTS 23:00 · No observations · 0 recorded · 0 measured · Source: the US BTS

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Departure hourOn-time departuresAverage departure delayWith departure timeRecorded flights
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08:0091.4%8.1 min220221
09:0083.6%8.2 min434437
10:00No observations———
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12:00No observations———
13:00Fewer than 200 measured departures—22
14:00No observations———
15:00No observations———
16:00No observations———
17:0078.4%13.0 min633637
18:00Fewer than 200 measured departures—1819
19:00No observations———
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21:00No observations———
22:00No observations———
23:00No observations———

Day of week

Recorded flights Partial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
Monday · 188 · 188 recorded · 186 measured · Source: the US BTS Tuesday · 188 · 188 recorded · 188 measured · Source: the US BTS Wednesday · 188 · 188 recorded · 187 measured · Source: the US BTS Thursday · 188 · 188 recorded · 187 measured · Source: the US BTS Friday · 188 · 188 recorded · 187 measured · Source: the US BTS Saturday · 188 · 188 recorded · 187 measured · Source: the US BTS Sunday · 188 · 188 recorded · 185 measured · Source: the US BTS

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No bucket in this view has 200 measured departures yet. Flight counts are shown; on-time and delay charts become available when the sample is large enough.

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Day of weekOn-time departuresAverage departure delayWith departure timeRecorded flights
MondayFewer than 200 measured departures—186188
TuesdayFewer than 200 measured departures—188188
WednesdayFewer than 200 measured departures—187188
ThursdayFewer than 200 measured departures—187188
FridayFewer than 200 measured departures—187188
SaturdayFewer than 200 measured departures—187188
SundayFewer than 200 measured departures—185188

Month of year

Months combine the same calendar month across the years shown; this is a seasonal pattern, not a monthly time series.

Recorded flights Partial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
Jan · 124 · 124 recorded · 118 measured · Source: the US BTS Feb · 112 · 112 recorded · 112 measured · Source: the US BTS Mar · 124 · 124 recorded · 124 measured · Source: the US BTS Apr · 120 · 120 recorded · 120 measured · Source: the US BTS May · 124 · 124 recorded · 124 measured · Source: the US BTS Jun · 120 · 120 recorded · 120 measured · Source: the US BTS Jul · 124 · 124 recorded · 122 measured · Source: the US BTS Aug · 62 · 62 recorded · 62 measured · Source: the US BTS Sep · 60 · 60 recorded · 60 measured · Source: the US BTS Oct · 102 · 102 recorded · 102 measured · Source: the US BTS Nov · 120 · 120 recorded · 119 measured · Source: the US BTS Dec · 124 · 124 recorded · 124 measured · Source: the US BTS

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No bucket in this view has 200 measured departures yet. Flight counts are shown; on-time and delay charts become available when the sample is large enough.

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Month of yearOn-time departuresAverage departure delayWith departure timeRecorded flights
JanFewer than 200 measured departures—118124
FebFewer than 200 measured departures—112112
MarFewer than 200 measured departures—124124
AprFewer than 200 measured departures—120120
MayFewer than 200 measured departures—124124
JunFewer than 200 measured departures—120120
JulFewer than 200 measured departures—122124
AugFewer than 200 measured departures—6262
SepFewer than 200 measured departures—6060
OctFewer than 200 measured departures—102102
NovFewer than 200 measured departures—119120
DecFewer than 200 measured departures—124124

Delay and on-time rates need at least 200 measured departures per bucket. Smaller samples remain visible in the flight-count chart. An empty slot means no observations, not zero flights.

Recorded outcomes

  • On time 81.8% 1,076
  • Delayed >15 min 17.6% 231
  • Cancelled 0.7% 9
  • Missing departure time 0.0% 0

All recorded flights with a known scheduled local time, counted once. Missing actual times are shown separately.

On time means departing no more than 15 minutes after schedule. Cancelled flights and flights missing departure times are excluded from the on-time rate and average delay.

Flight numbers on this route

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Flight numbersBy direction DeparturesOn time
OO4681 DEN → LEX 584 80.3%
OO4741 LEX → DEN 549 86.3%
UA1470 DEN → LEX 72 62.0%
OO5389 LEX → DEN 37 91.9%
UA384 LEX → DEN 37 86.1%

Flight numbers are the codes sold on tickets. On shared flights one aircraft can carry several of them. Only numbers with at least 30 flights have a page.

Monthly figures
PeriodFlights operated Change vs last yearCancelled On-time departures
July 2026 60 −3.2% 2 78.3%
June 2026 60 +0.0% 0 70.0%
May 2026 62 +0.0% 0 80.6%
April 2026 60 +0.0% 0 93.3%
March 2026 62 +0.0% 0 82.3%
February 2026 56 +0.0% 0 89.3%
January 2026 58 −3.3% 4 84.5%
December 2025 62 +0.0% 0 77.4%
November 2025 60 +1.7% 0 88.3%
October 2025 62 +55.0% 0 88.7%
September 2025 60 0 95.0%
August 2025 62 0 71.0%
July 2025 62 0 61.3%
June 2025 60 0 58.3%
May 2025 62 0 79.0%
April 2025 60 0 86.7%
March 2025 62 0 88.7%
February 2025 56 0 83.9%
January 2025 60 2 85.0%
December 2024 62 0 95.2%
November 2024 59 1 91.5%
October 2024 40 0 85.0%

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