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ATY vs DEN - Airport Comparison

Select two airports to compare on-time performance, delays, cancellations, and top routes using U.S. Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) data (2020–2025) across all 50 states. See our methodology for how metrics are computed.

Airport A
ATY

Watertown, SD

Watertown, South Dakota

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Airport B
DEN

Denver, CO

Denver, Colorado

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Key Performance Metrics

BTS on-time performance data, 2020–2025 cumulative.

Metric ATY DEN
On-Time Rate (higher is better) 87.6% 78.9%
Avg Delay (lower is better) 111.4 min 70.9 min
Delay Rate (lower is better) 12.4% 21.1%
Cancellation Rate (lower is better) 1.50% 1.02%
Total Flights 3,061 3,293,040
Delayed Flights 380 696,109
Cancelled Flights 46 33,645
Top Delay Cause Carrier Late Aircraft

✓ / ▲ indicates the more favorable value. Data: BTS On-Time Performance, 2020–2025.

Delay Cause Breakdown

ATY - Watertown, SD

Carrier 56.4%
Late Aircraft 17.6%
NAS 13.2%
Weather 12.8%

DEN - Denver, CO

Late Aircraft 40.9%
Carrier 38.6%
NAS 15.3%
Weather 5.2%
Security 0.1%

Top Routes

Top routes from ATY

Route Flights On-Time
ATY → DEN
Denver
763 83.7%
DEN → ATY
Watertown
763 88.5%

Top routes from DEN

Route Flights On-Time
PHX → DEN
Denver
49,558 80.7%
DEN → PHX
Phoenix
49,508 77.8%
LAS → DEN
Denver
44,661 77.7%
DEN → LAS
Las Vegas
44,636 76.1%
DEN → SLC
Salt Lake City
43,089 78.3%
SLC → DEN
Denver
43,051 78.8%

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025) Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025) On-time rates exclude cancelled and diverted flights. PlainFlights is not affiliated with BTS or the DOT

Every figure on PlainFlights is rendered directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no number is typed in by an editor. This tool queries live on-time, delay, and cancellation figures for the two selected airports from the dataset. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.