Denver (DEN) – Palm Springs (PSP)
- Distance
- 1,248 km
- 775 mi · 674 nm
- Flight time
- 2 h 18 min / 2 h 6 min
- Average gate to gate: DEN → PSP / back
- Time difference
- 1 h
- CO2 per passenger
- 157 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (93 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 401,630
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −2.6%
- Flights / week
- 78
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 74%
- 539,673 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 4
- UA, WN, 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
- 241°
- Heading from PSP
- 54°
- Halfway point
- 36.99, -110.82
- Great-circle km
- 1,247 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air DEN → PSP
- 1 h 52 min
- In the air PSP → DEN
- 1 h 41 min
- Clocks
- Palm Springs is 1 h behind Denver
The estimate for a route without real times is 2 h 15 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 21,131 |
| Sep 2025 | 29,003 |
| Oct 2025 | 38,000 |
| Nov 2025 | 35,934 |
| Dec 2025 | 33,959 |
| Jan 2026 | 35,198 |
| Feb 2026 | 38,464 |
| Mar 2026 | 55,104 |
| Apr 2026 | 40,593 |
| May 2026 | 34,241 |
| Jun 2026 | 21,471 |
| Jul 2026 | 18,532 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 225 |
| Sep 2025 | 281 |
| Oct 2025 | 396 |
| Nov 2025 | 401 |
| Dec 2025 | 401 |
| Jan 2026 | 381 |
| Feb 2026 | 373 |
| Mar 2026 | 445 |
| Apr 2026 | 423 |
| May 2026 | 358 |
| Jun 2026 | 189 |
| Jul 2026 | 184 |
Airlines flying DEN–PSP nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| UAUnited Air Lines | 33 | 50% |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 21 | 32% |
| OOSkyWest Airlines | 23 | 17% |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 1.5 | 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
- Embraer ERJ-175 · 994 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 921 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 582 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 528 flights
- Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 388 flights
- Airbus Industrie A319 · 327 flights
- Canadair RJ-700 · 168 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-200n · 64 flights
Punctuality
- On time
- 79.6%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 14 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 0.6%
- Flights counted
- 4,053
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| UAUnited Air Lines | 80% | 14 min |
| OOSkyWest Airlines | 84.3% | 13 min |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 74% | 16 min |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 78.2% | 23 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 34% · aircraft arriving late 40% · 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
- $309
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $286
- Q4 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- United Air Lines
- 82% of passengers · $313
- Lowest-fare airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 16% of passengers · $291
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q4 2025 $254 · Q1 2026 $309).
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: 1,247 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 Palm Springs
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