City of Colorado Springs Municipal in July 2024

76.6%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 July 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,220 domestic departures from City of Colorado Springs Municipal (COS). 76.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 77.5% reached their destination on time; 1.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 68.5% of flights departed on time and 68.1% arrived on time, so COS departures were 8.1 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at COS that month were on time 66.7% of the time (1,220 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 46%, air carrier 36% and national aviation system 15%.

On time 77.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 21.1%
Cancelled 1.1%
Diverted 0.2%

Every scheduled departure from COS in July 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

July 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Jul 2024	Year earlier	COS, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jul 2024
Departed on time	76.6%	—	79.1%	68.5%
Arrived on time	77.5%	—	79.8%	68.1%
Cancelled	1.1%	—	1.1%	2.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	17.4 min	—	16.8 min	24.9 min
Scheduled departures a day	41	—	36	21,154
Scheduled departures	1,220	—	13,185	634,613

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	467	38%	80.3%	5.7 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	453	37%	85.9%	-0.4 min	0.9%
AA American Airlines	90	7%	60.0%	20.2 min	3.3%
DL Delta Air Lines	86	7%	58.1%	53.9 min	4.7%
UA United Airlines	63	5%	65.1%	25.7 min	4.8%
MQ Envoy Air	61	5%	59.0%	19.4 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
COS–DEN	Colorado Springs to Denver	435	83.9%	2.0 min	0.9%
COS–DFW	Colorado Springs to Dallas/Fort Worth	182	65.4%	15.6 min	1.6%
COS–DAL	Colorado Springs to Dallas	84	75.0%	9.0 min	0.0%
COS–PHX	Colorado Springs to Phoenix	84	81.0%	3.9 min	0.0%
COS–LAS	Colorado Springs to Las Vegas	79	75.9%	10.7 min	0.0%
COS–ORD	Colorado Springs to Chicago	62	91.9%	-5.3 min	0.0%
COS–ATL	Colorado Springs to Atlanta	55	69.1%	42.0 min	5.5%
COS–IAH	Colorado Springs to Houston	54	63.0%	21.9 min	5.6%
COS–MDW	Colorado Springs to Chicago	53	84.9%	0.3 min	0.0%
COS–BWI	Colorado Springs to Baltimore	31	83.9%	-1.6 min	0.0%
COS–LGB	Colorado Springs to Long Beach	31	77.4%	8.3 min	0.0%
COS–MSP	Colorado Springs to Minneapolis	31	38.7%	76.7 min	3.2%

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), July 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jul 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	35.5%	36.6%	6,960
Late-arriving aircraft	46.1%	42.7%	9,049
National Aviation System	14.9%	16.0%	2,927
Extreme weather	3.3%	4.6%	651
Security	0.2%	0.1%	39

19,626 delay minutes on 258 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 July 2024?

76.6% of 1,220 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 77.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 68.5% and 68.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

July 2023 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 July 2024; 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.