ABQ to DEN: Distance and Flight Time

How far is it from Albuquerque to Denver?

The great-circle distance between Albuquerque International Sunport (ABQ) and Denver International Airport (DEN) is 562 km (350 mi, 304 nautical miles). That is the straight-line distance; a real flight is a little longer because of air-traffic routing.

How long is the flight from ABQ to DEN?

A nonstop flight typically takes about 1h 10m. This is an estimate from the distance; actual block times depend on the aircraft, winds and the exact routing. DEN is roughly north of ABQ.

How is the ABQ to DEN route written in code?

The pair is written ABQ-DEN in IATA codes and KABQ-KDEN in ICAO codes, the form used on a flight plan. Albuquerque International Sunport is ABQ (KABQ), Denver International Airport is DEN (KDEN).

Both ICAO codes start with K, the prefix ICAO assigns to the contiguous United States, so this is a route inside one ICAO region. How ICAO prefixes are laid out.

The two fields sit at almost the same height, within 76 ft (23 m) of each other.

Airlines flying ABQ to DEN

2 airlines appear on this route in the open route dataset, 2 of them still listed as active. Each row gives the IATA code, the ICAO code and the radio callsign, which is what an air traffic controller hears:

A further 1 carrier sell this pair as a codeshare without operating it: UA.

Route and carrier data comes from the OpenFlights open dataset, regenerated here on 3 July 2026. It is a historical snapshot of scheduled connections, not a live schedule, and it includes codeshare listings, so some carriers shown may no longer operate the route or exist. How we build this · Data and sources.

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