In 2010, U.S. Airways offers five direct flights a day to Denver from Sacramento on weekdays and Sundays; these flights run from 6 a.m. until 5:30 p.m. On Saturdays, three flights are available, all of which depart before noon. For those willing to make a stop, U.S. Airways also offers flights between Sacramento and Denver with a changeover at either Los Angeles International (LAX) or Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX).
Frontier Airlines offers three direct flights from Sacramento to Denver daily. These flights depart at 6:30 a.m., 11:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. every day of the week as of November 2010. Three return flights to Sacramento are available: one in the early morning, one in early afternoon and a third in the late evening.
United Airlines offers five direct flights a day from Sacramento to Denver on weekdays and Sundays. Times for these flights start at 6 a.m., and the last leaves at 5:30 p.m (as of November 2010). On Saturdays, three flights are available, and all of these depart before noon. United Airlines also offers flights between Sacramento and Denver with a changeover in either Los Angeles International (LAX) or San Francisco International (SFO).
You can fly with several other carriers for one-stop service between Sacramento and Denver. Continental Airlines offers several daily flights from Sacramento to Denver with a connecting stop in Houston (IAH), while several daily Delta flights between these destinations connect in Salt Lake City (SLC). Alaska Airlines offers a connecting flight in Seattle (SEA) between Sacramento and Denver. This flight departs less frequently than the others.