The flight time from Baltimore to Denver is 3 hours, 50 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves BWI Baltimore, MD 3 minutes late.
13 minutes taxiing out
3 hours, 27 minutes in the air
7 minutes taxiing in
Arrives DEN Denver, CO 4 minutes early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

United
86%
Frontier
79%
Southwest
77%
Spirit
0%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from Baltimore to Denver is 3 hours, 50 minutes. The time spent in the air is 3 hours, 27 minutes.

The flight distance from Baltimore to Denver is 1491 Miles.

Reverse Journey

Denver to Baltimore
3 hours, 13 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

Spirit
3h 41m
Southwest
3h 49m
United
3h 52m
Frontier
3h 56m
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flight Time by Time of Day ?

12AM06AM12PM06PM1h2h3h
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flights By Time of Day ?
(Average)

12AM06AM12PM06PM0.00.51.01.52.0

Flights Per Week

55

Distance

1491 Miles

Flights By Month ?

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Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun02468

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

Southwest
34
United
17
Frontier
3
Spirit
0

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is Baltimore from Denver by plane?

The distance from Baltimore to Denver by plane is 1491 Miles. This is the air distance on the most direct route taken by the vast majority of flights.

How long is the flight from Baltimore to Denver?

The flight time from Baltimore to Denver is 3 hours, 50 minutes. The time spent in the air is 3 hours, 27 minutes. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with Spirit being the fastest taking 3 hours, 41 minutes, and Frontier the slowest taking 3 hours, 56 minutes.

What airlines fly from Baltimore to Denver?

Spirit, United, Southwest, and Frontier are the airlines with direct flights from Baltimore to Denver.

Does Southwest fly from Baltimore to Denver?

Yes! Southwest does fly from Baltimore (BWI) to Denver (DEN). On average, they have 34 flights per week on this route. This may vary seasonally, please check the chart above for more details.

Tables and Explanations

Data Source

Our information is computed from the latest available data from the US Department of Transportation.

Average Timeline Timeline Chart

The average timeline contains the median time a flight spends in 3 stages. The first of these three stages is taxiing out which includes the time from the flight leaving the gate to taking off. The second stage is in the air, which includes the time spent from the flight leaving the ground to touching back down at the end of it's journey. The last stage is taxiing in, which is from when the flight touches down to the flight arriving at it's gate.

The average timeline also estimates on average of when the flight will leave and arrive relative to it's stated departure time.

Leaves Baltimore 3 minutes late
Taxi Out Time 13 minutes
In the Air 207 minutes
Taxiing In 7 minutes
Arrives Denver 4 minutes early

Flight Reliability Reliability Chart

The reliability of an airline measures how often the airline's flights on this route are cancelled or delayed more than 20 minutes. For example, from Baltimore to Denver, Southwest is 77% reliable, which means that Southwest flights are on time 77% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
United 86% 13% 1%
Frontier 79% 20% 1%
Southwest 77% 22% 1%
Spirit 0% 100% 0%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between Baltimore and Denver, this is due to different operational factors on the ground, as well as scheduling of planes. Each airline's flight time is split into three stages which are described above in the "Average Timeline" section. There are also miscellaneous operational issues which are included in the below total but are not accounted for in one of the three stages.

Airline Taxiing Out
(minutes)
In the Air
(minutes)
Taxiing In
(minutes)
Total
(minutes)
Spirit 8 205 8 221
Southwest 13 208 7 229
United 13 207 8 232
Frontier 15 204 11 236

Flights By Time of Day Flight Time By Day Chart

This one is pretty self explanatory, it represents the number of flights that leave the gate in a given hour of the day. The tricky thing here is that this is normally not a whole number since it is an average over 52 weeks. Partial numbers may indicate that a flight may be seasonal or may take off at different times due to different operational factors.

Time Count
5pm 0.45
8pm 0.22
7am 0.64
8am 0.81
7pm 0.61
11am 0.27
2pm 0.4
12pm 0.36
3pm 0.32
6am 0.98
9am 0.21
4pm 1.09
10am 0.63
11pm 0
1pm 0.21
9pm 0.27
10pm 0.2
6pm 0.22

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from Baltimore to Denver that take off in a given month of the year. This number changes because some flights are seasonal, and almost all flights have uneven demand througout the year.

Month Count
January 200
February 176
March 206
April 198
May 245
June 242
July 276
August 275
September 259
October 282
November 273
December 269

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from Baltimore to Denver that take off on a given day of the week. Some routes only have enough demand to sustain a few trips a week, while others have many flights a day. This number is also an average across the year, and hence may not be a whole number.

Day Count
Monday 8.42
Tuesday 7.83
Wednesday 8.1
Thursday 8
Friday 8.65
Saturday 6.79
Sunday 8

Flight per Airline (per Week) Flights By Airline Chart

How many times an airline flies this route in a week. Different factors play into how often a carrier chooses to fly a given route including it's need to connect disparate routes, and demand.

Airline Flights per Week
Southwest 1
United 0
Frontier 0
Spirit 0

Flight Time By Time of Day Flight Time by Time of Day Chart

The total flight time varies by each hour of the day due to factors such as airport traffic. More flights leaving an airport may cause higher taxi in or taxi out times. See the description of the average timeline above for a deeper discussion of each of these times.

Time Taxi Out
(minutes)
In the Air
(minutes)
Taxi In
(minutes)
Total
(minutes)
5pm 14 207 8 232
8pm 12 207 6 227
7am 13 203 7 227
8am 14 210 8 235
7pm 13 209 7 229
11am 13 204 6 226
2pm 13 207 7 228
12pm 12 206 8 227
3pm 12 211 9 234
6am 14 209 7 231
9am 14 200 6 223
4pm 12 211 9 237
10am 14 203 7 225
11pm 9 216 13 238
1pm 12 205 6 225
9pm 12 203 7 222
10pm 12 209 6 228
6pm 13 204 6 226
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.