City of Colorado Springs Municipal in November 2023

87.2%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 November 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 996 domestic departures from City of Colorado Springs Municipal (COS). 87.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 85.3% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 86.0% of flights departed on time and 86.2% arrived on time, so COS departures were 1.2 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at COS that month were on time 85.6% of the time (996 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 46%, late-arriving aircraft 31% and national aviation system 21%.

On time 85.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 14.6%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Nov 2023	Year earlier	COS, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2023
Departed on time	87.2%	—	79.1%	86.0%
Arrived on time	85.3%	—	79.8%	86.2%
Cancelled	0.0%	—	1.1%	0.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	8.8 min	—	16.8 min	9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	33	—	36	18,793
Scheduled departures	996	—	13,185	563,777

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	442	44%	83.9%	1.0 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	372	37%	84.9%	0.7 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	85	9%	90.6%	-3.0 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	61	6%	85.2%	8.0 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	34	3%	97.1%	-8.1 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	2	0%	50.0%	6.5 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
COS–DEN	Colorado Springs to Denver	364	83.2%	2.3 min	0.0%
COS–DFW	Colorado Springs to Dallas/Fort Worth	144	87.5%	-1.1 min	0.0%
COS–LAS	Colorado Springs to Las Vegas	87	78.2%	5.5 min	0.0%
COS–DAL	Colorado Springs to Dallas	85	91.8%	-2.8 min	0.0%
COS–PHX	Colorado Springs to Phoenix	85	89.4%	-0.9 min	0.0%
COS–ORD	Colorado Springs to Chicago	59	93.2%	-0.2 min	0.0%
COS–IAH	Colorado Springs to Houston	36	83.3%	1.7 min	0.0%
COS–ATL	Colorado Springs to Atlanta	30	96.7%	-7.3 min	0.0%
COS–MDW	Colorado Springs to Chicago	30	73.3%	1.6 min	0.0%
COS–SLC	Colorado Springs to Salt Lake City	30	90.0%	-3.3 min	0.0%
COS–LGB	Colorado Springs to Long Beach	27	70.4%	5.0 min	0.0%
COS–HOU	Colorado Springs to Houston	5	80.0%	-0.4 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), November 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	45.8%	42.5%	3,815
Late-arriving aircraft	30.7%	37.3%	2,555
National Aviation System	20.9%	16.2%	1,738
Extreme weather	2.7%	3.7%	226
Security	0.0%	0.3%	0

8,334 delay minutes on 145 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 November 2023?

87.2% of 996 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 85.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 86.0% and 86.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

November 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 November 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.