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Airport · COS · Colorado Springs, Colorado

Colorado Springs, CO

According to PlainFlights' airport traffic ranking (BTS On-Time Performance total flights), Colorado Springs, CO (COS) ranks #88 of 382 tracked US airports by total flights (most flights = #1). Colorado Springs, CO posts bottom-quartile on-time performance among the 382 tracked U.S. airports, as a high-volume U.S. airport.

Data updated 2026-06-13

80.4%
On-time
Top 82%
on-time, US airports
75 min
Delay when late
0.96%
Cancelled
#88 of 382
Corpus placement
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COS on-time rate vs. the national average

Ahead of the U.S. average across all 382 tracked airports.

0%100%U.S. average79%80.4%

Delay Cause Breakdown

Top delay cause: Carrier. Total delay minutes: 946,784.

Late Aircraft 32.9% (311,124 min)
Carrier 42.0% (397,652 min)
NAS (National Aviation System) 18.0% (170,718 min)
Weather 7.1% (66,960 min)
Security 0.0% (330 min)

COS - seasonal on-time pattern

Best: November (93.5%) · worst: July (87.8%)

86%88%90%92%94% JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 90.7%

COS - on-time rate by year

2020–2025, year-over-year trend.

88%90%92%94%96% 202020212022202320242025 94.8% 89.8% ▼ -5.3%

COS - taxi-out and taxi-in (monthly)

Average taxi-out 20.5 min · taxi-in 6.7 min over the last 24 reported months (U.S. airport mean taxi-out ≈ 16.4 min).

15 min20 min25 min30 min Jan 24Dec 25 21.7 min 21.7 min ▲ +0.0%

COS's average taxi-out (20.5 min) runs longer than the recent U.S. airport mean (~16.4 min). The heaviest month in this window is January 2025 at 25.5 min; the lightest is May 2024 at 17.6 min.

Cancellation & Diversion Analysis

Flight disruption statistics for Colorado Springs, CO.

Cancellation Rate

0.96%

1,292 of 134,711 flights

Diversion Rate

0.15%

196 of 134,711 flights

Delay Rate

19.6%

26,469 of 134,711 flights

Top Routes from COS

Busiest routes to and from Colorado Springs, CO.

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Route Flights On-Time Distance
COS (Colorado Springs) → DEN (Denver) 22,924 80.3% 73 mi
DEN (Denver) → COS (Colorado Springs) 22,901 75.9% 73 mi
DFW (Dallas/Fort Worth) → COS (Colorado Springs) 11,263 77.8% 592 mi
COS (Colorado Springs) → DFW (Dallas/Fort Worth) 11,260 78.2% 592 mi
COS (Colorado Springs) → PHX (Phoenix) 5,226 82.2% 551 mi
PHX (Phoenix) → COS (Colorado Springs) 5,196 77.4% 551 mi
LAS (Las Vegas) → COS (Colorado Springs) 4,956 74.8% 604 mi
COS (Colorado Springs) → LAS (Las Vegas) 4,927 78.9% 604 mi
COS (Colorado Springs) → DAL (Dallas) 4,549 83% 602 mi
DAL (Dallas) → COS (Colorado Springs) 4,548 76.4% 602 mi
COS (Colorado Springs) → SLC (Salt Lake City) 4,509 89.7% 411 mi
SLC (Salt Lake City) → COS (Colorado Springs) 4,509 88.6% 411 mi
ORD (Chicago) → COS (Colorado Springs) 4,234 77.5% 911 mi
COS (Colorado Springs) → ORD (Chicago) 4,213 85.8% 911 mi
IAH (Houston) → COS (Colorado Springs) 2,891 81.9% 809 mi
COS (Colorado Springs) → IAH (Houston) 2,890 83.7% 809 mi
MDW (Chicago) → COS (Colorado Springs) 1,867 80.4% 917 mi
COS (Colorado Springs) → MDW (Chicago) 1,804 84.4% 917 mi
COS (Colorado Springs) → ATL (Atlanta) 1,129 86.6% 1,184 mi
ATL (Atlanta) → COS (Colorado Springs) 1,128 76.5% 1,184 mi

Nationwide peers by on-time rate & flight volume

Two PlainFlights-derived comparison paths for Colorado Springs, CO, both outside Colorado so the neighborhoods are not same-state geography. Axes stay disjoint: volume peers exclude the on-time peer set. Same-state compare stays below.

Similar on-time rate

Nearest out-of-state BTS on-time rate (this airport: 80.4%).

Jacksonville, FL

Jacksonville, FL

80.4% on-time 316,106 flights

Akron, OH

Akron, OH

80.4% on-time 36,344 flights

Nantucket, MA

Nantucket, MA

80.5% on-time 17,080 flights

Columbia, MO

Columbia, MO

80.3% on-time 19,935 flights

Similar flight volume

Nearest out-of-state total flights (this airport: 134,711).

Little Rock, AR

Little Rock, AR

133,985 flights 81.4% on-time

Fresno, CA

Fresno, CA

133,263 flights 83% on-time

Syracuse, NY

Syracuse, NY

131,663 flights 81.5% on-time

Fayetteville, AR

Fayetteville, AR

130,348 flights 83.2% on-time

Other Airports in Colorado

Compare performance with other Colorado airports.

DEN 78.9%

Denver, CO

Denver · 3,293,040 flights
ASE 73.5%

Aspen, CO

Aspen · 78,805 flights
GJT 85.1%

Grand Junction, CO

Grand Junction · 47,063 flights
DRO 83.4%

Durango, CO

Durango · 42,722 flights
EGE 78%

Eagle, CO

Eagle · 37,271 flights
MTJ 81.3%

Montrose/Delta, CO

Montrose/Delta · 32,233 flights
HDN 79.7%

Hayden, CO

Hayden · 27,069 flights
GUC 82.9%

Gunnison, CO

Gunnison · 9,819 flights

COS delay-share reading

The standout signal at Colorado Springs, CO is the delay mix: Carrier owns 42.0% of 946,784 delay minutes across 134,711 BTS flights. The on-time headline is 80.4% (1.4 pts above the 79% national average), with 26,469 delayed and 1,292 cancelled (0.96%).

Delay minutes concentrate in Carrier (32.9% late-aircraft, 42.0% carrier, 18.0% NAS, 7.1% weather, 0.0% security). As a busy airport, that mix matters more for connection planning than for a thin schedule.

On the multi-year calendar, COS is strongest in November (93.5% on-time) and weakest in July (87.8%), a 5.7-point swing. Volume peaks in August (~2,067 flights/month). The busiest connecting route is to DEN (Denver) at 80.3% on-time. Field definitions: on-time performance explained.

Statewide aggregates for Colorado: Colorado flight data.

Data Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025). Statistics reflect cumulative performance across all available reporting periods. On-time rates exclude cancelled and diverted flights.

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Using COS's data

COS's on-time book sits in the slower half of the BTS set; check the delay mix and the worst month before treating the headline as typical.

  • Check the busiest route from COS before you book a connection. See top routes
  • Travel in November rather than July if your dates are flexible. Seasonal patterns
  • Build extra connection buffer when taxi-out spikes. January 2025 averaged 25.5 min. Taxi times

On-time rate reflects the BTS historical average across all reporting carriers at this airport, not any single flight or airline.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) On-Time Performance data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainFlights

Source: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) Airline on-time performance and operational reliability · 2025

Every figure on PlainFlights is rendered directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no number is typed in by an editor. Airport figures are computed directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.