Denver (DEN) – Pittsburgh (PIT)
- Distance
- 2,076 km
- 1,290 mi · 1,121 nm
- Flight time
- 2 h 58 min / 3 h 27 min
- Average gate to gate: DEN → PIT / back
- Time difference
- 2 h
- CO2 per passenger
- 260 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (154 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 457,249
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −2.0%
- Flights / week
- 64
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 81%
- 566,418 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 3
- UA, WN, 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
- 80°
- Heading from PIT
- 276°
- Halfway point
- 40.83, -92.51
- Great-circle km
- 2,071 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air DEN → PIT
- 2 h 32 min
- In the air PIT → DEN
- 3 h 3 min
- Clocks
- Pittsburgh is 2 h ahead of Denver
The estimate for a route without real times is 3 h 15 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
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| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 49,572 |
| Sep 2025 | 47,056 |
| Oct 2025 | 49,445 |
| Nov 2025 | 38,589 |
| Dec 2025 | 37,028 |
| Jan 2026 | 26,959 |
| Feb 2026 | 24,457 |
| Mar 2026 | 31,599 |
| Apr 2026 | 31,006 |
| May 2026 | 33,848 |
| Jun 2026 | 43,218 |
| Jul 2026 | 44,472 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 351 |
| Sep 2025 | 335 |
| Oct 2025 | 356 |
| Nov 2025 | 316 |
| Dec 2025 | 277 |
| Jan 2026 | 206 |
| Feb 2026 | 184 |
| Mar 2026 | 239 |
| Apr 2026 | 234 |
| May 2026 | 238 |
| Jun 2026 | 283 |
| Jul 2026 | 297 |
Airlines flying DEN–PIT nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| UAUnited Air Lines | 33 | 53% |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 30 | 44% |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 1.6 | 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 737-800 · 1,024 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 881 flights
- Boeing 737-900ER · 803 flights
- Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 155 flights
- Airbus Industrie A319 · 148 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 142 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 900 · 74 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 42 flights
Also carried: 85 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
- 0.5%
- Flights counted
- 3,316
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| UAUnited Air Lines | 83.9% | 11 min |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 70.3% | 18 min |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 90.2% | 7 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 31% · aircraft arriving late 44% · 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
- $323
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $276
- Q3 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- United Air Lines
- 56% of passengers · $348
- Lowest-fare airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 31% of passengers · $313
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q3 2025 $249 · Q4 2025 $275 · Q1 2026 $323).
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: 2,071 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 Pittsburgh
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