Great-circle route DEN ↔ MSP. Faint dots are other airports, for geographic context. Download this map — free to reuse with a link back to this page.
Frequencies below are per direction, from our most recent schedule sample. The two directions are not identical — that is normal on scheduled routes.
| Direction | Frequency | Days | Airlines |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEN → MSP Denver to Minneapolis |
132/wk | Daily | Delta Air Lines, Frontier Airlines, Southwest Airlines, Sun Country Airlines, United Airlines |
| MSP → DEN Minneapolis to Denver |
135/wk | Daily | Delta Air Lines, Frontier Airlines, Southwest Airlines, Sun Country Airlines, United Airlines |
Where a direction shows “—” we track it as an operating nonstop but hold no schedule sample for it — we would rather show nothing than guess.
In 2025, airlines reported 1,735,854 passengers on 12,208 flights between DEN and MSP — about 4,758 a day — filling 84% of the 2,074,939 seats flown. Delta Air Lines Inc. carried the most passengers (31%).
Source: US DOT T-100 segment reports — actual airline-reported traffic, scheduled service only, both directions combined. Cargo and charter flights excluded.
5 airlines fly the DEN–MSP nonstop, including Delta Air Lines, Frontier Airlines, Southwest Airlines, Sun Country Airlines and 1 more.
Recent scheduled departures on this route have used the Boeing 737-900, Airbus A319, Airbus A320, Boeing 737 and 3 other types.
Aircraft assignments change by season and by time of day.
The distance between Denver International Airport and Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain Airport is 679 miles, or 1,093 kilometres.
| Great-circle distance | 679 mi |
| Kilometres | 1,093 km |
| Nautical miles | 590 nmi |
Measured airport to airport. The actual track is longer — aircraft follow airways, avoid restricted airspace and route around weather.
Yes. 5 airlines fly the route nonstop, with about 267 departures a week across both directions. The route is in our live nonstop dataset, last seeded 2026-07-07.
About 1h 57m in the air. That is a great-circle estimate from the 679-mile distance, not a scheduled block time — an airline's published time will differ by roughly 15 to 45 minutes depending on routing, winds and taxi.
About 132 a week from Denver to Minneapolis and 135 a week from Minneapolis to Denver, from our most recent schedule sample.
Delta Air Lines, Frontier Airlines, Southwest Airlines, Sun Country Airlines, United Airlines.
In 2025, airlines reported 1,735,854 passengers on 12,208 scheduled flights between DEN and MSP — about 4,758 a day — filling 84% of the seats flown. Source: US DOT T-100 segment reports, both directions combined.
Recent scheduled departures have used the Boeing 737-900, Airbus A319, Airbus A320, Boeing 737. Assignments change by season and by time of day.
