Cleveland (CLE) – Denver (DEN)
- Distance
- 1,933 km
- 1,201 mi · 1,044 nm
- Flight time
- 3 h 17 min / 2 h 50 min
- Average gate to gate: CLE → DEN / back
- Time difference
- 2 h
- CO2 per passenger
- 242 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (143 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 545,848
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −0.5%
- Flights / week
- 71
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 84%
- 650,576 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 3
- UA, 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 CLE
- 272°
- Heading from DEN
- 77°
- Halfway point
- 41.20, -93.40
- Great-circle km
- 1,928 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air CLE → DEN
- 2 h 52 min
- In the air DEN → CLE
- 2 h 22 min
- Clocks
- Denver is 2 h behind Cleveland
The estimate for a route without real times is 3 h 5 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
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| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 56,270 |
| Sep 2025 | 51,300 |
| Oct 2025 | 48,841 |
| Nov 2025 | 41,115 |
| Dec 2025 | 46,133 |
| Jan 2026 | 33,815 |
| Feb 2026 | 30,087 |
| Mar 2026 | 39,257 |
| Apr 2026 | 40,028 |
| May 2026 | 47,631 |
| Jun 2026 | 55,583 |
| Jul 2026 | 55,788 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 351 |
| Sep 2025 | 325 |
| Oct 2025 | 316 |
| Nov 2025 | 305 |
| Dec 2025 | 330 |
| Jan 2026 | 242 |
| Feb 2026 | 205 |
| Mar 2026 | 268 |
| Apr 2026 | 277 |
| May 2026 | 323 |
| Jun 2026 | 362 |
| Jul 2026 | 367 |
Airlines flying CLE–DEN nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| UAUnited Air Lines | 36 | 52% |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 23 | 30% |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 11 | 18% |
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 737-800 · 1,180 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 939 flights
- Boeing 737-900ER · 580 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 252 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-200n · 211 flights
- Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 195 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 900 · 179 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321Neoxlr · 87 flights
Also carried: 227 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 79.3%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 13 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 0.4%
- Flights counted
- 3,680
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| UAUnited Air Lines | 84.9% | 11 min |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 70.3% | 17 min |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 79.9% | 12 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 26% · aircraft arriving late 48% · air traffic system 24% · weather 2% · 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
- $242
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $216
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- United Air Lines
- 51% of passengers · $293
- Lowest-fare airline
- Frontier Airlines
- 21% of passengers · $141
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $216 · Q3 2025 $197 · Q4 2025 $222 · Q1 2026 $242).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $247, likely $214–$282
The average fare paid we expect a year after Q1 2026, the newest DOT quarter. On this route, past forecasts made this way fell inside the range 90% of the time over 21 quarters (median error 5.8%). An estimate from US DOT data: not a price you can book, not a guarantee, not advice on when to buy. How the outlook works
Cheapest quarter on this route: Q3, typically 6% below the year's average (9 years of DOT data, without 2020–21).
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: 1,928 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 Cleveland and Denver
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