Cincinnati (CVG) – Denver (DEN)
- Distance
- 1,721 km
- 1,069 mi · 929 nm
- Flight time
- 3 h 1 min / 2 h 36 min
- Average gate to gate: CVG → DEN / back
- Time difference
- 2 h
- CO2 per passenger
- 216 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (128 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 435,948
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −1.4%
- Flights / week
- 57
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 83%
- 524,211 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 4
- UA, F9, WN
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 CVG
- 279°
- Heading from DEN
- 87°
- Halfway point
- 39.89, -94.61
- Great-circle km
- 1,716 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air CVG → DEN
- 2 h 36 min
- In the air DEN → CVG
- 2 h 10 min
- Clocks
- Denver is 2 h behind Cincinnati
The estimate for a route without real times is 2 h 50 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 39,468 |
| Sep 2025 | 40,811 |
| Oct 2025 | 42,579 |
| Nov 2025 | 34,058 |
| Dec 2025 | 33,431 |
| Jan 2026 | 28,066 |
| Feb 2026 | 27,201 |
| Mar 2026 | 36,534 |
| Apr 2026 | 32,023 |
| May 2026 | 37,652 |
| Jun 2026 | 41,720 |
| Jul 2026 | 42,405 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 263 |
| Sep 2025 | 266 |
| Oct 2025 | 279 |
| Nov 2025 | 256 |
| Dec 2025 | 245 |
| Jan 2026 | 221 |
| Feb 2026 | 201 |
| Mar 2026 | 254 |
| Apr 2026 | 231 |
| May 2026 | 252 |
| Jun 2026 | 255 |
| Jul 2026 | 258 |
Airlines flying CVG–DEN nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| UAUnited Air Lines | 28 | 45% |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 15 | 29% |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 14 | 24% |
| G4Allegiant Air | 1.0 | 2% |
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 · 1,232 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 436 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-200n · 426 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 193 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 190 flights
- Boeing 737-900ER · 178 flights
- Airbus Industrie A319 · 143 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321Neoxlr · 101 flights
Also carried: 60 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 80.7%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 13 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 0.9%
- Flights counted
- 3,006
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| UAUnited Air Lines | 85.1% | 11 min |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 81.3% | 15 min |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 71.4% | 16 min |
| G4Allegiant Air | 77.8% | 14 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 32% · aircraft arriving late 45% · air traffic system 21% · 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
- $222
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $205
- Q3 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- United Air Lines
- 47% of passengers · $263
- Lowest-fare airline
- Frontier Airlines
- 29% of passengers · $138
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q3 2025 $191 · Q4 2025 $212 · Q1 2026 $222).
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: 1,716 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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