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.
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COS on-time rate vs. the national average
Ahead of the U.S. average across all 382 tracked airports.
Delay Cause Breakdown
Top delay cause: Carrier.
Total delay minutes: 946,784.
Late Aircraft32.9% (311,124 min)
Carrier42.0% (397,652 min)
NAS (National Aviation System)18.0% (170,718 min)
Weather7.1% (66,960 min)
Security0.0% (330 min)
COS - seasonal on-time pattern
Best: November (93.5%) · worst: July (87.8%)
COS - on-time rate by year
2020–2025, year-over-year trend.
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).
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.
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.
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.
Colorado Springs, CO vs. the national on-time distribution
On-time rate among all 382 tracked U.S. airports
80.4%Top 82%higher than 18% of 382 airports
Colorado Springs, CO
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U.S. airports by on-time rate, bucketed by value
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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.
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.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Colorado Springs, CO's on-time rate?
Colorado Springs, CO (COS) has a 80.4% on-time rate across 134,711 BTS-tracked flights (2020-2025), 1.4 pts above the 79% national flight-weighted average; that places it in roughly the bottom-quartile on-time performance.
How does COS rank among U.S. airports by traffic volume?
Colorado Springs, CO ranks #88 of 382 tracked US airports by total BTS flights (most flights = #1), making it a high-volume U.S. airport.
What's the most common cause of delays at Colorado Springs, CO?
Carrier is the leading delay cause at COS, accounting for 42.0% of delay minutes. The full breakdown: 32.9% late-aircraft, 42.0% carrier, 18.0% NAS/air-traffic-control, 7.1% weather, and 0.0% security.
When is the best time to fly through Colorado Springs, CO?
November is historically COS's strongest month at 93.5% on-time, while July is the weakest at 87.8%, a 5.7-point swing across the BTS historical record.
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