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BIS 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
BIS

Bismarck/Mandan, ND

Bismarck/Mandan, North 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 BIS DEN
On-Time Rate (higher is better) 83.4% 78.9%
Avg Delay (lower is better) 88.4 min 70.9 min
Delay Rate (lower is better) 16.6% 21.1%
Cancellation Rate (lower is better) 1.06% 1.02%
Total Flights 45,937 3,293,040
Delayed Flights 7,617 696,109
Cancelled Flights 486 33,645
Top Delay Cause Carrier Late Aircraft

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

Delay Cause Breakdown

BIS - Bismarck/Mandan, ND

Carrier 55.9%
Late Aircraft 19.8%
NAS 13.6%
Weather 10.1%
Security 0.7%

DEN - Denver, CO

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

Top Routes

Top routes from BIS

Route Flights On-Time
MSP → BIS
Bismarck/Mandan
9,208 86.1%
BIS → MSP
Minneapolis
9,207 87.4%
BIS → DEN
Denver
6,872 80%
DEN → BIS
Bismarck/Mandan
6,863 80.4%
DFW → BIS
Bismarck/Mandan
3,727 80.2%
BIS → DFW
Dallas/Fort Worth
3,725 78.1%

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.