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Direct Flights from Denver to Milwaukee

Milwaukee · Wisconsin

Nonstop service from DEN to MKE on Frontier, Southwest, United. Here's the schedule at a glance — plus what to do once you land.

Airlines
Frontier, Southwest, United
Nonstop flights
~6/day
Distance
894 mi
Flight time
~2h 15mgate to gate
Elevation
723 ft4,708 ft lower than your departure
Days operated
Daily (all week)
Great-circle flight path from Denver (DEN) to Milwaukee (MKE), 894 miles nonstop.DENMKE

How rare is this nonstop?

27 cities have a nonstop to Milwaukee, Denver among them.

How long to go to Milwaukee for, from Denver

2h 15m in the air, 894 miles — a Friday-evening departure still leaves you most of the evening in Milwaukee. Two nights works.

With roughly 6 departures a day, you are not tied to one flight: if a meeting overruns or the weather turns, there is another one behind it.

About Milwaukee

Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee.
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Milwaukee is the largest city in the state of Wisconsin, United States. The city celebrates its heritage as a major center for beer-brewing, and of it German and Polish communities. It is now known for its many festivals.

Summary from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA).

Top things to do in Milwaukee

  1. The Milwaukee Art Museum is an art museum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Its collection of nearly 35,000 works of art and gallery spaces totaling 150,000 sq. ft.
  2. The Milwaukee County Zoo is a zoo in Milwaukee, Wisconsin that is operated by the Milwaukee County Parks Commission, covering an area of 190 acres (77 ha).
  3. The Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist is the episcopal see of the Catholic Archdiocese of Milwaukee in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
  4. The Milwaukee Public Museum is a natural and human history museum in the Westown neighborhood of Downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The museum was chartered in 1882 and opened to the public in 1884.
  5. Mitchell Park Horticultural Conservatory is a conservatory located at Mitchell Park in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. The conservatory opened in 1964 following five years of construction.
  6. Niagara was a 245-foot (75 m) long sidewheel palace steamer launched in 1845. It carried passengers and cargo around the North American Great Lakes. It was owned by the Collingwood Line.
  7. Lake Park is an urban park covering 138.1 acres (559,000 m2), stretching 1 mile (1.6 km) on a bluff above Lake Michigan in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
  8. The Patrick and Beatrice Haggerty Museum of Art, also referred to as the Haggerty Museum of Art or The Haggerty, is an art museum located on the campus of Marquette University in downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
  9. The Grohmann Museum at the Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE) is an art museum located Milwaukee, Wisconsin, whose collection focuses on the historical evolution and visual representation of human labor.
  10. SS Milwaukee was a train ferry that served on Lake Michigan. It was launched in 1902 and sank with all hands off Milwaukee on October 22, 1929. Fifty-two men were lost with the vessel.
  11. The Saint Sava Serbian Orthodox Church is an Eastern Orthodox church located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
  12. Washington Park (1900) originally called West Park is a park in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in the United States. From 1892–1958 the park was home to the Milwaukee County Zoo.

Attraction descriptions from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA); place data from Wikidata (CC0).

Milwaukee weather, compared with Denver

8° cooler than Denver on average across the year, on daytime highs:

January
Milwaukee 30°F · Denver 45°F · 15° colder
April
Milwaukee 54°F · Denver 61°F · 7° colder
July
Milwaukee 81°F · Denver 90°F · 9° colder
October
Milwaukee 60°F · Denver 65°F · 5° colder

January bottoms out near 30°F — a real coat, not a layer.

Average daily highs, 1991–2020 station normals from Meteostat (CC BY 4.0), measured at each city's airport.

Planning a trip to Milwaukee

Best time to visit
The best time to visit Milwaukee is May–October, when daytime highs are a comfortable 60–81°F.
How long to stay
Milwaukee rewards a longer visit — a full week lets you explore its many sights, from Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee County Zoo, and Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist (Milwaukee) and beyond.

Frequently asked questions

Is there a direct flight from Denver to Milwaukee?
Yes — you can fly nonstop from Denver (DEN) to Milwaukee (MKE) on Frontier, Southwest, United.
Which airlines fly nonstop from Denver to Milwaukee?
Frontier, Southwest, United fly nonstop between Denver (DEN) and Milwaukee (MKE).
How many nonstop flights are there from Denver to Milwaukee?
There are about 6 nonstop departures per day (roughly 42 per week) from Denver to Milwaukee.
How far is Milwaukee from Denver?
Milwaukee is about 894 miles from Denver by air.
What is there to do in Milwaukee?
Popular things to do include Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee County Zoo, Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist (Milwaukee), Milwaukee Public Museum, and more.

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