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FSD 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
FSD

Sioux Falls, SD

Sioux Falls, 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 FSD DEN
On-Time Rate (higher is better) 81.6% 78.9%
Avg Delay (lower is better) 85.1 min 70.9 min
Delay Rate (lower is better) 18.4% 21.1%
Cancellation Rate (lower is better) 1.29% 1.02%
Total Flights 83,262 3,293,040
Delayed Flights 15,354 696,109
Cancelled Flights 1,075 33,645
Top Delay Cause Carrier Late Aircraft

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

Delay Cause Breakdown

FSD - Sioux Falls, SD

Carrier 37.6%
Late Aircraft 31.3%
NAS 17.4%
Weather 13.4%
Security 0.3%

DEN - Denver, CO

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

Top Routes

Top routes from FSD

Route Flights On-Time
MSP → FSD
Sioux Falls
9,046 85.7%
FSD → MSP
Minneapolis
9,045 86.7%
DEN → FSD
Sioux Falls
8,756 80.2%
FSD → DEN
Denver
8,751 80.9%
FSD → ORD
Chicago
7,573 80.6%
ORD → FSD
Sioux Falls
7,571 77.2%

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.