Denver (DEN) – Milwaukee (MKE)
- Distance
- 1,442 km
- 896 mi · 778 nm
- Flight time
- 2 h 17 min / 2 h 37 min
- Average gate to gate: DEN → MKE / back
- Time difference
- 1 h
- CO2 per passenger
- 181 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (107 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 541,574
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −2.9%
- Flights / week
- 89
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 79%
- 687,246 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 4
- WN, UA, OO
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
- 71°
- Heading from MKE
- 262°
- Halfway point
- 41.71, -96.49
- Great-circle km
- 1,438 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air DEN → MKE
- 1 h 52 min
- In the air MKE → DEN
- 2 h 12 min
- Clocks
- Milwaukee is 1 h ahead of Denver
The estimate for a route without real times is 2 h 30 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 64,572 |
| Sep 2025 | 58,510 |
| Oct 2025 | 55,585 |
| Nov 2025 | 38,386 |
| Dec 2025 | 38,777 |
| Jan 2026 | 31,710 |
| Feb 2026 | 31,499 |
| Mar 2026 | 39,070 |
| Apr 2026 | 36,180 |
| May 2026 | 40,337 |
| Jun 2026 | 52,476 |
| Jul 2026 | 54,472 |
Show as a table
| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 476 |
| Sep 2025 | 453 |
| Oct 2025 | 464 |
| Nov 2025 | 342 |
| Dec 2025 | 340 |
| Jan 2026 | 310 |
| Feb 2026 | 273 |
| Mar 2026 | 310 |
| Apr 2026 | 322 |
| May 2026 | 379 |
| Jun 2026 | 470 |
| Jul 2026 | 497 |
Airlines flying DEN–MKE nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 48 | 59% |
| UAUnited Air Lines | 27 | 31% |
| OOSkyWest Airlines | 12 | 7% |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 2.0 | 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 · 1,070 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 999 flights
- Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 632 flights
- Embraer ERJ-175 · 614 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 592 flights
- Airbus Industrie A319 · 477 flights
- Boeing 737-900ER · 112 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-200n · 74 flights
Also carried: 105 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
- 0.4%
- Flights counted
- 4,641
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 76.5% | 14 min |
| UAUnited Air Lines | 80.2% | 13 min |
| OOSkyWest Airlines | 76.3% | 18 min |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 81.7% | 13 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 35% · aircraft arriving late 37% · air traffic system 24% · 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
- $264
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $228
- Q3 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 53% of passengers · $262
- Lowest-fare airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 53% of passengers · $262
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q3 2025 $207 · Q4 2025 $235 · Q1 2026 $264).
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: 1,438 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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