Denver (DEN) – New York (LGA)
- Distance
- 2,606 km
- 1,620 mi · 1,407 nm
- Flight time
- 3 h 40 min / 4 h 23 min
- Average gate to gate: DEN → LGA / back
- Time difference
- 2 h
- CO2 per passenger
- 327 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (193 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 1,284,953
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −0.8%
- Flights / week
- 173
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 87%
- 1,477,103 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 4
- UA, WN, DL
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 LGA
- 278°
- Halfway point
- 41.36, -89.38
- Great-circle km
- 2,600 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air DEN → LGA
- 3 h 11 min
- In the air LGA → DEN
- 3 h 49 min
- Clocks
- New York is 2 h ahead of Denver
The estimate for a route without real times is 3 h 50 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 120,035 |
| Sep 2025 | 114,162 |
| Oct 2025 | 114,682 |
| Nov 2025 | 99,209 |
| Dec 2025 | 110,516 |
| Jan 2026 | 95,602 |
| Feb 2026 | 80,775 |
| Mar 2026 | 102,119 |
| Apr 2026 | 102,464 |
| May 2026 | 112,776 |
| Jun 2026 | 116,689 |
| Jul 2026 | 115,924 |
Show as a table
| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 792 |
| Sep 2025 | 789 |
| Oct 2025 | 782 |
| Nov 2025 | 704 |
| Dec 2025 | 744 |
| Jan 2026 | 735 |
| Feb 2026 | 630 |
| Mar 2026 | 757 |
| Apr 2026 | 786 |
| May 2026 | 780 |
| Jun 2026 | 757 |
| Jul 2026 | 725 |
Airlines flying DEN–LGA nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| UAUnited Air Lines | 76 | 47% |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 55 | 32% |
| DLDelta Air Lines | 37 | 19% |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 4.5 | 3% |
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 · 4,365 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 2,274 flights
- Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 921 flights
- A220-300 BD-500-1A11 · 600 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 564 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-200n · 143 flights
- A200-100 BD-500-1A10 · 56 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 23 flights
Also carried: 621 tonnes of freight and 1 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 71.7%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 21 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 2.9%
- Flights counted
- 9,334
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| UAUnited Air Lines | 76.6% | 19 min |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 62.7% | 24 min |
| DLDelta Air Lines | 75.5% | 19 min |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 67.9% | 31 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 27% · aircraft arriving late 34% · air traffic system 35% · 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
- $268
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $272
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- United Air Lines
- 48% of passengers · $282
- Lowest-fare airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 23% of passengers · $214
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $279 · Q3 2025 $261 · Q4 2025 $280 · Q1 2026 $268).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $273, likely $242–$311
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 95% of the time over 21 quarters (median error 3.7%). 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: 2,600 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
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