Cheapest€155.90
- Frontier Airlines FA126519:183h 11m22:29Denver DENColumbus CMH
Door to door 6h 21mCO2 474.3 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes
Denver to Columbus flight
Flights from Denver to Columbus start at €182.45 and take 6h 8m at their fastest.
The Flights from Denver to Columbus starts at €182.45 and takes 6h 8m door to door, run by 3 operators over 1,928 km, with around 19 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 6h 8mDoor to door
- 2h 58mMoving
- €182.45From
- 474.3 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Fastest€216.67
- Frontier Airlines FA184809:522h 58m12:50Denver DENColumbus LCK
Door to door 6h 8mCO2 474.3 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes
Lowest CO2€216.67
- Frontier Airlines FA402207:303h 6m10:36Denver DENDayton DAY
- Amtrak A614111:3557m12:32Dayton Union StationUnion Station
Changes at Dayton, with 59 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.
Door to door 6h 59mCO2 453.4 kgChanges 1Fixed, no changes
Airlines
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From |
|---|---|
 Frontier Airlines | €155.90 |
| United Airlines | €166.52 |
 Southwest Airlines | €156.49 |
The trip ends at Union Station. Everything past the gates belongs to somebody else, the rooms included.
Rooms within reach of Union Station
Hotels and apartments near downtown, most of them with free cancellation, on a map that shows what is walkable.
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When to book Denver to Columbus
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €159.4490 days
- €118.7360 days
- €153.5445 days
- €158.2630 days
- €196.6121 days
- €243.8114 days
- €302.817 days
- €360.633 days
- €401.931 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €118.73.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 239 percent. The most expensive point is €401.93, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €227.88Sun
- €187.17Mon
- €182.45Tue
- €200.74Wed
- €243.81Thu
- €225.52Fri
- €246.17Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Denver
Air
- DEN
Columbus
Air
- CMH
- LCK
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 79% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 21% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 1,928 km against 1,872 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Detroit, Chicago, Dayton, St. Louis. The gap between arriving and leaving is 53 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 18 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Denver at 06:27 and the last at 19:34, across 19 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Denver to Columbus
The questions people actually ask about this trip, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does the Flight from Denver to Columbus take?
The Flight from Denver to Columbus takes 6h 8m door to door, of which 2h 58m is spent moving. The route runs 1,928 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.
How much does the Flight from Denver to Columbus cost?
The Flight from Denver to Columbus starts at €182.45 for one passenger, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare is €194.25. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Flight from Denver to Columbus?
3 operators run the Flight from Denver to Columbus: Frontier Airlines, United Airlines, Southwest Airlines. Between them they file around 19 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.
Which terminal does the Flight from Denver to Columbus use?
The Flight from Denver to Columbus leaves from Denver DEN and arrives at Columbus LCK. Allow about 3h 10m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.
When should I book the Flight from Denver to Columbus?
Fares for the Flight from Denver to Columbus bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €118.73. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 239 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Flight from Denver to Columbus produce?
The Flight from Denver to Columbus produces about 474.3 kg of CO2 per passenger over 1928 km, which works out at roughly 246 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.
Where these numbers come from
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modeled number pass for a filed one.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Denver to Columbus on September 10, 2026: 1928 km of route against 1872 km in a straight line, 19 services a day, 3 operators, a cheapest fare of €182.45, and 6h 8m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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