Denver (DEN) – New York (JFK)
- Distance
- 2,616 km
- 1,626 mi · 1,413 nm
- Flight time
- 3 h 41 min / 4 h 35 min
- Average gate to gate: DEN → JFK / back
- Time difference
- 2 h
- CO2 per passenger
- 328 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (194 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 389,109
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −5.4%
- Flights / week
- 58
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 75%
- 516,367 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 3
- DL, B6, 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 DEN
- 78°
- Heading from JFK
- 278°
- Halfway point
- 41.30, -89.32
- Great-circle km
- 2,610 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air DEN → JFK
- 3 h 14 min
- In the air JFK → DEN
- 3 h 52 min
- Clocks
- New York is 2 h ahead of Denver
The estimate for a route without real times is 3 h 55 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
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| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 42,797 |
| Sep 2025 | 29,664 |
| Oct 2025 | 36,773 |
| Nov 2025 | 31,070 |
| Dec 2025 | 40,071 |
| Jan 2026 | 23,203 |
| Feb 2026 | 22,098 |
| Mar 2026 | 33,623 |
| Apr 2026 | 25,960 |
| May 2026 | 31,015 |
| Jun 2026 | 38,306 |
| Jul 2026 | 34,529 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 306 |
| Sep 2025 | 237 |
| Oct 2025 | 283 |
| Nov 2025 | 253 |
| Dec 2025 | 299 |
| Jan 2026 | 198 |
| Feb 2026 | 187 |
| Mar 2026 | 268 |
| Apr 2026 | 238 |
| May 2026 | 244 |
| Jun 2026 | 271 |
| Jul 2026 | 245 |
Airlines flying DEN–JFK nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| DLDelta Air Lines | 36 | 66% |
| B6JetBlue Airways | 20 | 30% |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 1.9 | 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
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 799 flights
- A220-300 BD-500-1A11 · 730 flights
- Boeing 737-900ER · 622 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 512 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 296 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321Neoxlr · 47 flights
- Boeing 767-300/300ER · 13 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-200n · 10 flights
Also carried: 56 tonnes of freight and 78 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 77.5%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 18 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 3%
- Flights counted
- 3,120
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| DLDelta Air Lines | 81.7% | 14 min |
| B6JetBlue Airways | 70% | 26 min |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 76.5% | 27 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 42% · aircraft arriving late 29% · air traffic system 27% · 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
- $230
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $231
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Delta Air Lines
- 64% of passengers · $257
- Lowest-fare airline
- JetBlue Airways
- 31% of passengers · $185
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $238 · Q3 2025 $232 · Q4 2025 $222 · Q1 2026 $230).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $235, likely $203–$268
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 100% of the time over 21 quarters (median error 3.9%). 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
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: 2,610 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 Denver and New York
Kilometres. Linked numbers have a page of their own. All Denver airports · All New York airports
More routes from DEN
More routes from JFK
| Route | Distance | Passengers / year |
|---|---|---|
| JFK → LAX | 3,983 km | 3,020,062 |
| JFK → LHR | 5,555 km | 2,984,474 |
| JFK → SFO | 4,162 km | 1,910,892 |
| JFK → CDG | 5,850 km | 1,852,909 |
| JFK → MCO | 1,519 km | 1,430,021 |
| JFK → MIA | 1,753 km | 1,326,964 |
| JFK → ATL | 1,223 km | 1,253,545 |
| JFK → SJU | 2,571 km | 1,142,506 |
| JFK → FCO | 6,884 km | 1,141,515 |
| JFK → LAS | 3,618 km | 1,102,051 |