Atlanta (ATL) – Denver (DEN)
- Distance
- 1,930 km
- 1,199 mi · 1,042 nm
- Flight time
- 3 h 17 min / 2 h 51 min
- Average gate to gate: ATL → DEN / back
- Time difference
- 2 h
- CO2 per passenger
- 242 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (143 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 1,697,204
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −2.8%
- Flights / week
- 213
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 84%
- 2,011,855 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 4
- DL, WN, F9
Traffic: U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (all carriers, scheduled service), Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Distance: WGS-84 ellipsoid. CO2: UK DESNZ 2026 factors. Sources
The way there
- Heading from ATL
- 297°
- Heading from DEN
- 105°
- Halfway point
- 37.18, -94.14
- Great-circle km
- 1,927 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air ATL → DEN
- 2 h 50 min
- In the air DEN → ATL
- 2 h 23 min
- Clocks
- Denver is 2 h behind Atlanta
The estimate for a route without real times is 3 h 5 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 149,471 |
| Sep 2025 | 141,538 |
| Oct 2025 | 148,269 |
| Nov 2025 | 124,350 |
| Dec 2025 | 139,698 |
| Jan 2026 | 122,481 |
| Feb 2026 | 122,830 |
| Mar 2026 | 137,080 |
| Apr 2026 | 127,509 |
| May 2026 | 150,244 |
| Jun 2026 | 165,328 |
| Jul 2026 | 168,406 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 978 |
| Sep 2025 | 899 |
| Oct 2025 | 947 |
| Nov 2025 | 887 |
| Dec 2025 | 905 |
| Jan 2026 | 844 |
| Feb 2026 | 822 |
| Mar 2026 | 893 |
| Apr 2026 | 880 |
| May 2026 | 958 |
| Jun 2026 | 1,023 |
| Jul 2026 | 1,035 |
Airlines flying ATL–DEN nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| DLDelta Air Lines | 107 | 52% |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 41 | 17% |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 29 | 17% |
| UAUnited Air Lines | 36 | 14% |
Both directions, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Airlines with at least one flight a month. U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (all carriers, scheduled service). Sources
Aircraft on this route
- Airbus Industrie A321Neoxlr · 5,014 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 1,167 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 1,005 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 831 flights
- Airbus Industrie A319 · 693 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-200n · 594 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 527 flights
- Boeing 737-900ER · 524 flights
Also carried: 582 tonnes of freight and 259 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 78.8%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 14 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 1%
- Flights counted
- 11,197
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| DLDelta Air Lines | 82.7% | 10 min |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 68.9% | 18 min |
| UAUnited Air Lines | 81.9% | 13 min |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 74.7% | 19 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 37% · aircraft arriving late 38% · air traffic system 22% · weather 3% · security 0%.
Both directions, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. BTS Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance (US domestic flights of the larger US airlines). Sources
What passengers paid
- Average fare, Q1 2026
- $249
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $239
- Q3 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Delta Air Lines
- 51% of passengers · $288
- Lowest-fare airline
- Frontier Airlines
- 18% of passengers · $147
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q3 2025 $228 · Q4 2025 $242 · Q1 2026 $249).
U.S. DOT Consumer Airfare Report, Table 1a (airline ticket sample, US domestic airport pairs). Sources
Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)
Measured by great-circle distance: 1,927 km.
Neither EU261 nor UK261 covers this route: it neither starts nor ends in the EU, EEA, Switzerland or the UK. Other countries have their own rules (for example Canada's APPR or Brazil's ANAC rules).
Also owed for a cancellation with less than 14 days' notice or denied boarding. Not owed for extraordinary circumstances. On a connection, the distance to the final destination counts. From 23 October 2027 the EU's Regulation 2026/2202 applies; it keeps these amounts (what changes in 2027). Information, not legal advice.
Every airport pair between Atlanta and Denver
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