The flight time from Minneapolis to Denver is 2 hours, 3 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves MSP Minneapolis, MN 2 minutes early.
14 minutes taxiing out
1 hour, 38 minutes in the air
8 minutes taxiing in
Arrives DEN Denver, CO 9 minutes early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

Delta
86%
United
86%
Southwest
82%
Frontier
80%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from Minneapolis to Denver is 2 hours, 3 minutes. The time spent in the air is 1 hour, 38 minutes.

The flight distance from Minneapolis to Denver is 680 Miles.

Reverse Journey

Denver to Minneapolis
1 hour, 51 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

Southwest
1h 58m
Delta
2h 4m
United
2h 7m
Frontier
2h 9m
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flight Time by Time of Day ?

12AM06AM12PM06PM 30m1h1h 30m2h
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flights By Time of Day ?
(Average)

12AM06AM12PM06PM0.00.51.01.52.0

Flights Per Week

124

Distance

680 Miles

Flights By Month ?

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Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun051015

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

Southwest
45
Delta
34
United
31
Frontier
12

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is Minneapolis from Denver by plane?

The distance from Minneapolis to Denver by plane is 680 Miles. This is the air distance on the most direct route taken by the vast majority of flights.

How long is the flight from Minneapolis to Denver?

The flight time from Minneapolis to Denver is 2 hours, 3 minutes. The time spent in the air is 1 hour, 38 minutes. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with Southwest being the fastest taking 1 hour, 58 minutes, and Frontier the slowest taking 2 hours, 9 minutes.

What airlines fly from Minneapolis to Denver?

Delta, Frontier, United, and Southwest are the airlines with direct flights from Minneapolis to Denver.

Does Southwest fly from Minneapolis to Denver?

Yes! Southwest does fly from Minneapolis (MSP) to Denver (DEN). On average, they have 45 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 Minneapolis 2 minutes early
Taxi Out Time 14 minutes
In the Air 98 minutes
Taxiing In 8 minutes
Arrives Denver 9 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 Minneapolis to Denver, Southwest is 82% reliable, which means that Southwest flights are on time 82% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
Delta 86% 13% 1%
United 86% 13% 1%
Southwest 82% 17% 1%
Frontier 80% 18% 2%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between Minneapolis 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)
Southwest 12 97 6 118
Delta 15 98 9 124
United 16 99 9 127
Frontier 14 98 13 129

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
8am 1.15
6pm 1.81
9am 1.68
7pm 0.63
5am 1.51
1pm 1.04
5pm 0.82
3pm 0.87
4pm 0.98
2pm 1.1
12pm 1.23
10am 0.64
11pm 0.03
9pm 0.76
7am 0.42
8pm 0.53
10pm 0.57
6am 0.63
11am 1.12

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from Minneapolis 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 472
February 439
March 531
April 563
May 602
June 573
July 575
August 581
September 558
October 565
November 497
December 516

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from Minneapolis 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 18.83
Tuesday 18.19
Wednesday 18.15
Thursday 18.62
Friday 18.83
Saturday 14.31
Sunday 17.54

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
Delta 1
United 1
Frontier 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)
8am 18 99 9 132
6pm 15 98 9 124
9am 18 99 10 130
7pm 12 97 8 119
5am 14 98 7 122
1pm 15 99 8 123
5pm 15 100 8 125
3pm 14 99 9 125
4pm 17 99 10 131
2pm 14 97 8 119
12pm 13 97 8 119
10am 12 97 7 118
11pm 13 97 20 131
9pm 13 97 8 121
7am 13 97 7 120
8pm 12 96 7 119
10pm 13 96 10 123
6am 13 96 7 118
11am 14 97 8 120
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.