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ATL Atlanta ⇄ DEN Denver

Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport (United States) and Denver International Airport (United States): great-circle distance, estimated scheduled flight time each way, time difference and jet lag.

Distance1,927 km1,197 mi1,040 nautical miles
ATL → DEN3 h 30 minestimated block time
DEN → ATL3 h 05 minestimated block time
Clock change−2 hDenver vs Atlanta, today
Great-circle route from Atlanta (ATL) to Denver (DEN)ATLAtlantaDENDenver
The shortest path over the Earth’s surface (great circle), drawn on a Natural Earth projection. Real flight paths bend around weather, winds and closed airspace.

Flight time each way

ATL → DEN

3 h 30 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 297° (WNW).

Leave Atlanta Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Denver Sat 7 Nov, 11:30 local.

DEN → ATL

3 h 05 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 105° (ESE).

Leave Denver Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Atlanta Sat 7 Nov, 15:05 local.

DEN-bound flights are the slower direction by about 25 minutes in our estimate: the route runs mostly east–west through latitudes where the prevailing westerly winds at cruise height are strong, so heading east rides a tailwind and heading west fights a headwind. How we estimate it.

Distance

Great-circle distance1,927 km · 1,197 mi · 1,040 nmi
Initial heading297° (WNW) from ATL; 105° (ESE) from DEN
Farthest from the equator39.9°N
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip10% of the 20,015 km to the far side of the Earth

Time zones and jet lag

ATLAmerica/New_York — UTC−4 now; UTC−5 standard time, UTC−4 during daylight saving time
DENAmerica/Denver — UTC−6 now; UTC−7 standard time, UTC−6 during daylight saving time
DifferenceDenver is 2 hours behind Atlanta today.

Jet lag, flying ATL → DEN. Your body clock has to move 2 hours later, like a westward trip. A shift this small rarely causes much jet lag; most people feel normal within a day or so. Flying the other way, the shift is reversed.

General information, not medical advice.

The two airports

ATL Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International AirportAtlanta, United States · longest runway 12,390 ft3,776 m DEN Denver International AirportDenver, United States · longest runway 16,000 ft4,877 m

More routes from ATL and DEN

ATLCLT Atlanta – Charlotte 365 km227 mi · 1 h 25 min ATLORD Atlanta – Chicago 976 km607 mi · 2 h 10 min ATLCUN Atlanta – Cancún 1,421 km883 mi · 2 h 40 min LAXATL Los Angeles – Atlanta 3,126 km1,942 mi · 4 h 15 min ATLFRA Atlanta – Frankfurt 7,409 km4,604 mi · 8 h 50 min ATLJNB Atlanta – Johannesburg 13,583 km8,440 mi · 15 h 55 min DENPHX Denver – Phoenix 968 km601 mi · 2 h 15 min DFWDEN Dallas–Fort Worth – Denver 1,032 km641 mi · 2 h 20 min DENORD Denver – Chicago 1,426 km886 mi · 2 h 30 min SEADEN Seattle – Denver 1,645 km1,022 mi · 2 h 45 min JFKDEN New York – Denver 2,610 km1,622 mi · 4 h 20 min DENFRA Denver – Frankfurt 8,089 km5,026 mi · 9 h 45 min

Routes of a similar length

DXBBOM Dubai – Mumbai 1,925 km1,196 mi · 3 h 10 min ORDMIA Chicago – Miami 1,930 km1,199 mi · 3 h 10 min CDGCMN Paris – Casablanca 1,931 km1,200 mi · 3 h 20 min PEKSZX Beijing – Shenzhen 1,957 km1,216 mi · 3 h 20 min

Need a different pair? The flight-time calculator works for any two of 3,245 airports. Not covered: which airlines fly this route, schedules, fares and live status — that data is proprietary and we don’t guess it.

Photos on airport pages are credited there. Estimates are rounded to 5 minutes; typical error about 13 minutes (validation).