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Airport month · October 2024
City of Colorado Springs Municipal in October 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 October 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,141 domestic departures from City of Colorado Springs Municipal (COS). 87.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 88.3% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 85.5% of flights departed on time and 85.8% arrived on time, so COS departures were 2.0 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in October 2023, the airport had 1,042 departures with 83.1% leaving on time: a change of +4.4 points, with flights up 10%.
Flights arriving at COS that month were on time 86.0% of the time (1,141 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 57%, late-arriving aircraft 22% and extreme weather 13%.
- On time 88.3%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 11.7%
- Cancelled 0.0%
- Diverted 0.0%
October 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Oct 2024 | Oct 2023 | COS, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Oct 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 87.5% | 83.1% | 79.1% | 85.5% |
| Arrived on time | 88.3% | 81.1% | 79.8% | 85.8% |
| Cancelled | 0.0% | 0.7% | 1.1% | 1.0% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 10.1 min | 13.9 min | 16.8 min | 9.4 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 38 | 35 | 36 | 20,517 |
| Scheduled departures | 1,141 | 1,042 | 13,185 | 615,497 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 483 | 42% | 86.5% | 2.8 min | 0.0% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 396 | 35% | 90.2% | -3.6 min | 0.0% |
| AA American Airlines | 92 | 8% | 88.0% | -2.4 min | 0.0% |
| UA United Airlines | 67 | 6% | 89.6% | -7.2 min | 0.0% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 52 | 5% | 88.5% | -7.2 min | 0.0% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 51 | 4% | 88.2% | -4.3 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COS–DEN | Colorado Springs to Denver | 464 | 86.9% | 0.9 min | 0.0% |
| COS–DFW | Colorado Springs to Dallas/Fort Worth | 181 | 87.8% | -3.2 min | 0.0% |
| COS–LAS | Colorado Springs to Las Vegas | 78 | 88.5% | -3.6 min | 0.0% |
| COS–PHX | Colorado Springs to Phoenix | 77 | 87.0% | -2.8 min | 0.0% |
| COS–DAL | Colorado Springs to Dallas | 74 | 91.9% | -2.2 min | 0.0% |
| COS–ORD | Colorado Springs to Chicago | 62 | 88.7% | -4.7 min | 0.0% |
| COS–IAH | Colorado Springs to Houston | 53 | 94.3% | 3.0 min | 0.0% |
| COS–ATL | Colorado Springs to Atlanta | 51 | 88.2% | -4.3 min | 0.0% |
| COS–BWI | Colorado Springs to Baltimore | 31 | 83.9% | 2.3 min | 0.0% |
| COS–MDW | Colorado Springs to Chicago | 31 | 100.0% | -6.4 min | 0.0% |
| COS–SLC | Colorado Springs to Salt Lake City | 31 | 83.9% | 1.9 min | 0.0% |
| COS–HOU | Colorado Springs to Houston | 8 | 100.0% | -10.1 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left COS on time in October 2024?
87.5% of 1,141 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 88.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.5% and 85.8%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In October 2023, 83.1% of 1,042 departures left on time and 0.7% were cancelled, against 87.5% and 0.0% in October 2024.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for October 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.