Austin (AUS) – Denver (DEN)
- Distance
- 1,247 km
- 775 mi · 674 nm
- Flight time
- 2 h 17 min / 2 h 9 min
- Average gate to gate: AUS → DEN / back
- Time difference
- 1 h
- CO2 per passenger
- 157 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (93 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 1,286,637
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · +5.2%
- Flights / week
- 207
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 76%
- 1,693,002 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 4
- WN, UA, 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 AUS
- 331°
- Heading from DEN
- 147°
- Halfway point
- 35.08, -100.96
- Great-circle km
- 1,249 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air AUS → DEN
- 1 h 52 min
- In the air DEN → AUS
- 1 h 43 min
- Clocks
- Denver is 1 h behind Austin
The estimate for a route without real times is 2 h 15 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 102,863 |
| Sep 2025 | 99,092 |
| Oct 2025 | 116,525 |
| Nov 2025 | 98,904 |
| Dec 2025 | 105,752 |
| Jan 2026 | 90,647 |
| Feb 2026 | 95,078 |
| Mar 2026 | 123,912 |
| Apr 2026 | 96,277 |
| May 2026 | 106,934 |
| Jun 2026 | 122,833 |
| Jul 2026 | 127,820 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 792 |
| Sep 2025 | 754 |
| Oct 2025 | 859 |
| Nov 2025 | 850 |
| Dec 2025 | 899 |
| Jan 2026 | 828 |
| Feb 2026 | 842 |
| Mar 2026 | 1,033 |
| Apr 2026 | 894 |
| May 2026 | 932 |
| Jun 2026 | 1,012 |
| Jul 2026 | 1,061 |
Airlines flying AUS–DEN nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 91 | 44% |
| UAUnited Air Lines | 73 | 37% |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 22 | 15% |
| OOSkyWest Airlines | 21 | 4% |
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
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 2,445 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 2,321 flights
- Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 1,171 flights
- Embraer ERJ-175 · 1,103 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 1,042 flights
- Airbus Industrie A319 · 959 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 548 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-200n · 462 flights
Also carried: 217 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 77.8%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 14 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 0.6%
- Flights counted
- 10,810
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 74.1% | 15 min |
| UAUnited Air Lines | 82.3% | 12 min |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 77.7% | 16 min |
| OOSkyWest Airlines | 78.9% | 17 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 31% · aircraft arriving late 43% · air traffic system 22% · weather 4% · 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
- $200
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $193
- Q3 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 44% of passengers · $197
- Lowest-fare airline
- Frontier Airlines
- 16% of passengers · $119
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q3 2025 $187 · Q4 2025 $192 · Q1 2026 $200).
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: 1,249 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.
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