City of Colorado Springs Municipal in August 2023

81.0%departed on time

BTS: A flight is counted as on time if it arrived less than 15 minutes after its scheduled time. Only carriers with at least 0.5 percent of domestic scheduled passenger revenue report.

In August 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 1,095 domestic departures from City of Colorado Springs Municipal (COS). 81.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 80.2% reached their destination on time; 1.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 76.7% of flights departed on time and 76.9% arrived on time, so COS departures were 4.3 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at COS that month were on time 74.3% of the time (1,096 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 58%, late-arriving aircraft 29% and national aviation system 10%.

On time 80.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.4%
Cancelled 1.3%
Diverted 0.2%

Every scheduled departure from COS in August 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

August 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Aug 2023	Year earlier	COS, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2023
Departed on time	81.0%	—	79.1%	76.7%
Arrived on time	80.2%	—	79.8%	76.9%
Cancelled	1.3%	—	1.1%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	17.5 min	—	16.8 min	17.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	37	—	36	20,100
Scheduled departures	1,095	—	13,185	602,987

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	474	43%	81.4%	6.4 min	1.3%
OO SkyWest Airlines	398	36%	78.1%	12.8 min	1.5%
AA American Airlines	95	9%	80.0%	41.9 min	1.1%
DL Delta Air Lines	62	6%	93.5%	-6.5 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	35	3%	74.3%	7.6 min	2.9%
MQ Envoy Air	31	3%	67.7%	16.1 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
COS–DEN	Colorado Springs to Denver	399	76.9%	10.4 min	1.8%
COS–DFW	Colorado Springs to Dallas/Fort Worth	156	80.1%	28.3 min	0.6%
COS–LAS	Colorado Springs to Las Vegas	114	79.8%	3.2 min	3.5%
COS–DAL	Colorado Springs to Dallas	89	75.3%	10.5 min	1.1%
COS–PHX	Colorado Springs to Phoenix	77	85.7%	7.5 min	0.0%
COS–ORD	Colorado Springs to Chicago	62	72.6%	25.3 min	0.0%
COS–MDW	Colorado Springs to Chicago	43	86.0%	0.6 min	2.3%
COS–ATL	Colorado Springs to Atlanta	31	87.1%	-1.5 min	0.0%
COS–IAH	Colorado Springs to Houston	31	87.1%	24.4 min	0.0%
COS–LGB	Colorado Springs to Long Beach	31	83.9%	5.6 min	0.0%
COS–MSP	Colorado Springs to Minneapolis	31	100.0%	-11.4 min	0.0%
COS–SLC	Colorado Springs to Salt Lake City	31	93.5%	-4.1 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), August 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	58.1%	36.7%	10,325
Late-arriving aircraft	28.7%	42.2%	5,091
National Aviation System	10.1%	15.7%	1,787
Extreme weather	3.1%	5.1%	555
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

17,758 delay minutes on 201 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Questions and answers

How many flights left COS on time in August 2023?

81.0% of 1,095 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 80.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.7% and 76.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

August 2022 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for COS · methodology · corrections.