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Cheap Flights from Denver to South Lake Tahoe (DEN-RNO)

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Denver to South Lake Tahoe that are departing in the next months. While these flights were available on KAYAK in the last 72 hours, prices and availability are subject to change and deals may expire.
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Recent round-trip flight deals from Denver to South Lake Tahoe

Mon, Jul 21 - Fri, Jul 25
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9:42 am - 11:03 amDEN-RNO
2h 21mnonstop
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11:58 am - 3:20 pmRNO-DEN
2h 22mnonstop
$107Frontier
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Fri, Aug 22 - Wed, Aug 27
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9:36 am - 10:57 amDEN-RNO
2h 21mnonstop
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11:52 am - 3:14 pmRNO-DEN
2h 22mnonstop
$108Frontier
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Mon, Jul 14 - Fri, Jul 18
Frontier Logo
9:42 am - 11:03 amDEN-RNO
2h 21mnonstop
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11:58 am - 3:20 pmRNO-DEN
2h 22mnonstop
$113Frontier
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Mon, Jul 21 - Fri, Jul 25
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9:42 am - 11:03 amDEN-RNO
2h 21mnonstop
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11:58 am - 3:20 pmRNO-DEN
2h 22mnonstop
$114Frontier
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Fri, Jul 18 - Mon, Jul 21
Frontier Logo
9:42 am - 11:03 amDEN-RNO
2h 21mnonstop
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11:58 am - 3:20 pmRNO-DEN
2h 22mnonstop
$117Frontier
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Fri, Jul 18 - Mon, Jul 21
Frontier Logo
9:42 am - 11:03 amDEN-RNO
2h 21mnonstop
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11:58 am - 3:20 pmRNO-DEN
2h 22mnonstop
$118Frontier
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Fri, Jul 18 - Mon, Jul 21
Frontier Logo
9:42 am - 11:03 amDEN-RNO
2h 21mnonstop
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11:58 am - 3:20 pmRNO-DEN
2h 22mnonstop
$122Frontier
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Fri, Jul 18 - Mon, Jul 21
Frontier Logo
9:42 am - 11:03 amDEN-RNO
2h 21mnonstop
Frontier Logo
11:58 am - 3:20 pmRNO-DEN
2h 22mnonstop
$123Frontier
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Thu, Nov 6 - Sun, Nov 9
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7:04 pm - 10:53 pmDEN-RNO
4h 49m1 stop
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12:01 pm - 3:21 pmRNO-DEN
2h 20mnonstop
Mon, Aug 11 - Thu, Aug 14
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4:07 pm - 5:30 pmDEN-RNO
2h 23mnonstop
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9:00 am - 12:14 pmRNO-DEN
2h 14mnonstop
$197United Airlines
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Low seasonJanuary
High seasonJuly
Cheapest flight$49
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 1% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 6% increase in price.
Flight from Denver to Reno

When to book flights from Denver to South Lake Tahoe

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FAQs for booking flights from Denver to South Lake Tahoe

  • Which airports will I be using when flying from Denver to South Lake Tahoe?

    When flying out of Denver you’ll be using Denver Intl. South Lake Tahoe does not have its own airport so you’ll be flying into nearby Reno airport, which is 41.1 mi away.

  • How long does a flight from Denver to South Lake Tahoe take?

    Direct flights cover the 802 miles separating Denver and South Lake Tahoe in about 2h 21m.

  • How many flights are there between Denver and South Lake Tahoe?

    20 direct flights run between Denver and South Lake Tahoe on a daily basis. On average, there are about 140 departures each week.

  • What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly between Denver and South Lake Tahoe?

    Consider leaving on a Monday and avoid Thursdays if you are looking for the best rates. For your return to Denver, you’ll find the best rates on Fridays and the most expensive ones on Wednesdays.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Denver to South Lake Tahoe?

    KAYAK is a travel search engine. That means we look across the web to find the best prices we can find for our users. With over 2 billion flight queries processed yearly, we are able to display a variety of prices and options on flights from Denver to South Lake Tahoe.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from Denver to South Lake Tahoe?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to South Lake Tahoe from Denver is likely to change within 7 days, so travelers know whether to wait or book now.

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights from Denver to South Lake Tahoe?

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional round-trip ticket. You could then fly to South Lake Tahoe with an airline and back to Denver with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from Denver to South Lake Tahoe?

    Sometimes travel dates aren't set in stone. If your preferred travel dates have some wiggle room, flexible dates will show you all the options when flying to South Lake Tahoe from Denver up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

  • Which airlines provide the cheapest flights from Denver to South Lake Tahoe?

    In the last 72 hours, the cheapest one-way ticket between Denver and South Lake Tahoe found on KAYAK was with Frontier for $49. Frontier offered a round-trip connection from $107 and United Airlines from $197.

Top tips for finding cheap flights from Denver to South Lake Tahoe

  • There is no airport in South Lake Tahoe. Instead, you’ll be flying into Reno Airport when flying between Denver and South Lake Tahoe.
  • The cheapest flight from Denver to South Lake Tahoe was found 47 days before departure, on average.
  • Book at least 1 week before departure in order to get a below-average price.
  • High season is considered to be November, December and January. The cheapest month to fly is April.

Reviews of the top 5 airlines serving Denver to South Lake Tahoe

 
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Denver to South Lake Tahoe? KAYAK airline reviews give an overall score for each airline based on loads of factors, including comfort, boarding, in-flight entertainment and more, to make your decision easier. See airline scores according to verified KAYAK customer reviews.
8.0
Alaska AirlinesOverall score based on 10000 reviews
7.1Entertainment
7.8Comfort
8.5Crew
8.1Boarding
7.1Food
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Original flight was canceled, and the automatically booked second flight was immediately delayed. I arrived about 4 hours later than planned with only a $12 meal voucher that didn't fully cover a sandwich at airport prices.

2.0 MediocreAlvin, Jul 2025SEA - SJC
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Original flight was canceled, and the automatically booked second flight was immediately delayed. I arrived about 4 hours later than planned with only a $12 meal voucher that didn't fully cover a sandwich at airport prices.

It was very good and comfortable, Crew was also great

Good experience, although it was a little cramped being a tall person. Otherwise everything went smoothly and professionally though

Delay of more than 3 hours I didnt recieve neither a voucher for food Attention disaster

I'm a platinum member with American Airlines, however, my ticket did not display status and thus I did not board with an early group. I traveled with my two daughters and we were given a row of seats that did not recline. Not the treatment I would have expected for a platinum customer. The flight was also a bit late leaving Portland. Also on my flight to Portland we were not given premium seats. In fact, we were in the last row of the aircraft.

The seats in first class are very dated and quite uncomfortable. I don’t need lie-flat seats for a 6 hour flight, but more recline is really necessary.

One of the stewardess, Tre, went above and beyond to ensure my comfort!

Alaska app and website had numerous problems so couldn’t get boarding passes or check seats

Flight was very warm. It felt like there was no working AC.

Big delay of over 7 hours on next leg of trip with Alaska. Would have been nice to have food or something

First time traveling on Southwest since bag fees were implemented. Usual good service. Just more expensive now.

I would have liked to arrive on time - not 5 hours late!

It was a perfect flight in all aspects! Both legs!

Boarding process, crew were good. But the seats were so uncomfortable that was all I could focus on. I literally had to sit forward so that all 3 of us could fit in row. I will try to avoid Southwest in the future for any flights over 60 minutes.

1.5 hour delay, poor service, no compassion from the crew. Terrible experience

Great flight, 47 passengers on a 180 seat plane. Stewardess was pleasant and cheerful.

Great experience flying Southwest. The crew was really kind and helpful, and very friendly with our toddler.

Our flight was diverted from being a non-stop to getting within 150 miles and requiring another plane. We heard 4 or 5 different versions from SW as to why we had to stop, then wait for a replacement plane. Five hour delay, weather did not come up as a single excuse.... communication was not clear and well explained. No one really took charge!

Plane late from DC to Austin 30 minutes. Crew made up much of the time enroute to San Diego.

I really like open seating. I hate that I've heard this is going away. This is one of the unique things that makes Southwest my goto choice.

My flight was extremely cold. I had a jacket and a cover was left in each seat. The cover was extremely thin and I have a disability, fibromyalgia and arthrithis and AC air is the worst. I closed my vent and my husbands vent and it still was frigid. I asked the attendant if I could get another cover and she quickly almost dismissively and totally unconcerned stating, (I quote) (one per chair) and walked off so quickly that I didn't get a chance to explain to her that I literally have adisability. I didnt want to make a seen so I set on that flight for over 5 hours in pain, joints locking up and extremely uncomfortable. When my fibromyalgia flares up my joints not only ache but they will lock up also and it takes me days to get back to my regular self even though I take medication for it. I felt like it would not have hurt anyone at all for her to just give me an extra cover because I'm sure they have all types of medical issues in people that fly every day.

Not a "Delta" issue, but a JFK issue: We booked a connecting flight with 3 1/2 hours between to clearn immigration and customs. Our inbound flight (BCN to JFK) was on the taxiway 45 minutes which ate into our layover time. Immigtration was insanely quick with the CBP MPC app; however, clearing TSA (again, after we were ALREADY cleared in Spain on the inbound international flight) took over 95 minutes. This left us with 10 minutes before boarding the connecting flight (JFK to SAN) to walk to the far end of Terminal 4 and try to find food. We didn't find any food that could promise to serve us in under 10 minutes so we boarded the Delta flight after coming off a plance and an 8-hour flight knowing that we wouldn't be served any food on the next 5 1/2 hour flight. I feel like Delta needs to put pressure on the JFK TSA to open more screening stations (by our count, we saw only 5 scanners open and a line of - as we said - over 90 minutes. The insult is that we WERE ALREADY SCREENED through TSA, but as you come off one flight into the USA, you have to go through the whole process again. It seems like if you have a connecting flight, there should be a way to pass through immigration and customs without needing to return through TSA.

There are 4 flights in consecutive gates with about the same departure time. Two flights were boarding at the same time. One was delayed or boarding would be happening at the same time. I am not sure what Delta and LAX need to do to have a better layout at the end of Terminal 2

Boarding was organised and relaxed. Crew were fantastic! Seats were lacking padding causing butt pain and stiffness.

5 hours of delay that could've been much shorter if Delta had taken the 1 hour delay they imposed on the flight before boarding to run any of the plane checks required for flight to find the hydraulic issue that required nearly 3 hours to fix. $24 of meal credit buys a sandwich and a soft drink. Poor communication within the terminal about what gate we'd be re-boarding from and when we'd be re-boarding.

The entertainment and wifi mostly didn't work on this flight.

Terrible entertainment system - kept freezing and audio kept cutting out. Snacks were mediocre at best for a 5 hour flight.

I am still upset that my bag was lost on a recent trip to Rome ; we were inconvenienced and out €150 Euros ; delta has refused to reimburse us

This had nothing to do with Delta… The flights were on time and flawless. The service was excellent. We purchased seats in (aisle/middle) comfort plus since this was a cross country flight. Unfortunately, the woman seated at the window was 300+ pounds and, as might be expected, covered up about a third of the middle seat also. there was absolutely nothing that Delta could have done about that… I just don’t know what the answer should be. If you purchase a seat, you should should be able to use the entire seat and not just the portion that someone else is not sitting/oozing in. Disappointing…there should be something that could be done….I'm just not sure what solution could be.

Flights on time. .Ride was as comfortable as can be expected in steerage. Luggage arrived at destination. Attendants were fairly friendly.

Impressed with the service despite turbulence because of the weather. Both flights arrived before their scheduled times.

Great experience…left a bit behind schedule but made up fir that in the air and landed 10 minutes early 😁

Electric plugs didn't work. Entertainment system wasn't working

The design of the light switch on the arm rest is ridiculous.

The gate attendant let me walk right by her with a bag too big for the overhead compartment

Overall, it was a good experience. Boarding was good and there was plenty of overhead bin space for everyone’s carryons (even when we boarded toward the end). Only improvement would be to offer trash service more regularly.

David went above and beyond to make our flight the best that it could be

No food service almost missed because of first flight delays

Had a hard time finding my assigned seat. No attendants to assist.

The negative was the wait at the airport coming back. I checked my bags in, an hour before boarding and I get the notification that my flight was delayed. Rather had gotten the notification while I was at the hotel. Then it was delayed 3 x’s. Ugh!

Very bad! No good service delayed my second connection flight

Frontier is terrible. Paid for exit row, not given exit row, refused to refund fee.

2 hour delay due to late plane, wrong size plane causing overbooking, and people getting off and on the plane after boarding was completed.

The worst. We never made our connection and they did absolutely nothing to help us at the airport.

I never got to experience the flight because they delayed my first flight and I missed this one. Then Frontier didn't want to help me rebook a flight to get me to my final destination.

The Boarding process in Denver was chaotic, and since the line was so long, we were lined up very far from the gate. If there were any announcements from the gate staff, we didn't hear them. The flight attendants were spectacular. The only negative part of the flight was sitting by a 2 1/2 year old who was unruly and unfortunately had parents that matched his behaviors. Also, the restaurants in Denver on the E concourse, they didn't have food (passengers could only order 1 item on the entire menu) or the restaurants had 12-14 people waiting for orders to be prepared and another 6 people waiting to order. If you have a layover in Denver and need to grab food, be prepared to visit the shops with pre-packaged sandwiches, or you can visit another concourse but it may take a while to transit throughout the airport.

Everything went as planned. Crew was great. Seats were still not that comfortable.

they delayed my flight which ended up, causing my layover flight to leave without me, resulting in me missing a flight and having to stay overnight in Houston international. I got no compensation other than a flight to my original location only a day later. i’ve never experienced such a unprofessional situation

The seats were extremely hard and uncomfortable, even for a budget airline.

Boarding was very well executed. Got my bag right away.

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