Denver (DEN) – Saint Paul (MSP)
- Distance
- 1,094 km
- 680 mi · 591 nm
- Flight time
- 1 h 54 min / 2 h 9 min
- Average gate to gate: DEN → MSP / back
- Time difference
- 1 h
- CO2 per passenger
- 137 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (81 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 1,715,510
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −2.8%
- Flights / week
- 233
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 83%
- 2,057,688 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 6
- DL, WN, UA
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
- 56°
- Heading from MSP
- 243°
- Halfway point
- 42.51, -99.18
- Great-circle km
- 1,092 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air DEN → MSP
- 1 h 31 min
- In the air MSP → DEN
- 1 h 41 min
- Clocks
- Saint Paul is 1 h ahead of Denver
The estimate for a route without real times is 2 h 5 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 181,579 |
| Sep 2025 | 160,198 |
| Oct 2025 | 159,127 |
| Nov 2025 | 119,584 |
| Dec 2025 | 126,987 |
| Jan 2026 | 109,103 |
| Feb 2026 | 105,516 |
| Mar 2026 | 134,250 |
| Apr 2026 | 121,210 |
| May 2026 | 151,472 |
| Jun 2026 | 167,714 |
| Jul 2026 | 178,770 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 1,181 |
| Sep 2025 | 1,098 |
| Oct 2025 | 1,112 |
| Nov 2025 | 962 |
| Dec 2025 | 928 |
| Jan 2026 | 822 |
| Feb 2026 | 758 |
| Mar 2026 | 905 |
| Apr 2026 | 906 |
| May 2026 | 1,098 |
| Jun 2026 | 1,149 |
| Jul 2026 | 1,200 |
Airlines flying DEN–MSP nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| DLDelta Air Lines | 69 | 31% |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 65 | 28% |
| UAUnited Air Lines | 56 | 22% |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 24 | 13% |
| SYSun Country Airlines | 9.9 | 5% |
| OOSkyWest Airlines | 9.4 | 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 · 2,412 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321Neoxlr · 2,337 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 1,693 flights
- Boeing 737-900ER · 1,192 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 1,095 flights
- Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 811 flights
- Airbus Industrie A319 · 679 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-200n · 667 flights
Also carried: 420 tonnes of freight and 439 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 78.4%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 15 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 0.6%
- Flights counted
- 11,666
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| DLDelta Air Lines | 79.6% | 13 min |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 74.7% | 14 min |
| UAUnited Air Lines | 80% | 15 min |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 76.6% | 19 min |
| OOSkyWest Airlines | 89.9% | 11 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 32% · aircraft arriving late 41% · 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
- $194
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $176
- Q3 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Delta Air Lines
- 48% of passengers · $213
- Lowest-fare airline
- Frontier Airlines
- 17% of passengers · $117
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q3 2025 $165 · Q4 2025 $177 · Q1 2026 $194).
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: 1,092 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 Saint Paul
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