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Airport month · September 2024
City of Colorado Springs Municipal in September 2024
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 September 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,077 domestic departures from City of Colorado Springs Municipal (COS). 85.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 86.7% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 84.4% of flights departed on time and 83.9% arrived on time, so COS departures were 0.6 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in September 2023, the airport had 1,043 departures with 86.9% leaving on time: a change of −1.9 points, with flights up 3%.
Flights arriving at COS that month were on time 83.2% of the time (1,077 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 58%, late-arriving aircraft 32% and national aviation system 8%.
- On time 86.7%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 13.3%
- Cancelled 0.0%
- Diverted 0.0%
September 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Sep 2024 | Sep 2023 | COS, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Sep 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 85.0% | 86.9% | 79.1% | 84.4% |
| Arrived on time | 86.7% | 84.9% | 79.8% | 83.9% |
| Cancelled | 0.0% | 0.7% | 1.1% | 0.6% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 12.7 min | 10.7 min | 16.8 min | 10.6 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 36 | 35 | 36 | 19,421 |
| Scheduled departures | 1,077 | 1,043 | 13,185 | 582,622 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 457 | 42% | 85.8% | 1.1 min | 0.0% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 385 | 36% | 87.8% | 1.2 min | 0.0% |
| AA American Airlines | 90 | 8% | 82.2% | 17.9 min | 0.0% |
| UA United Airlines | 58 | 5% | 91.4% | -8.5 min | 0.0% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 54 | 5% | 87.0% | -2.2 min | 0.0% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 33 | 3% | 90.9% | -0.6 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COS–DEN | Colorado Springs to Denver | 429 | 86.5% | 0.9 min | 0.0% |
| COS–DFW | Colorado Springs to Dallas/Fort Worth | 180 | 81.7% | 11.7 min | 0.0% |
| COS–PHX | Colorado Springs to Phoenix | 77 | 85.7% | 10.0 min | 0.0% |
| COS–LAS | Colorado Springs to Las Vegas | 74 | 87.8% | 0.4 min | 0.0% |
| COS–DAL | Colorado Springs to Dallas | 73 | 83.6% | -2.4 min | 0.0% |
| COS–ORD | Colorado Springs to Chicago | 60 | 100.0% | -15.1 min | 0.0% |
| COS–ATL | Colorado Springs to Atlanta | 46 | 93.5% | -5.6 min | 0.0% |
| COS–IAH | Colorado Springs to Houston | 33 | 75.8% | 12.2 min | 0.0% |
| COS–MDW | Colorado Springs to Chicago | 30 | 90.0% | 0.2 min | 0.0% |
| COS–SLC | Colorado Springs to Salt Lake City | 30 | 100.0% | -12.4 min | 0.0% |
| COS–BWI | Colorado Springs to Baltimore | 29 | 96.6% | -5.3 min | 0.0% |
| COS–HOU | Colorado Springs to Houston | 8 | 87.5% | -6.0 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left COS on time in September 2024?
85.0% of 1,077 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 86.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.4% and 83.9%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In September 2023, 86.9% of 1,043 departures left on time and 0.7% were cancelled, against 85.0% and 0.0% in September 2024.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for September 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.