City of Colorado Springs Municipal in January 2025

78.3%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 January 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 974 domestic departures from City of Colorado Springs Municipal (COS). 78.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 76.2% reached their destination on time; 1.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.3% of flights departed on time and 78.6% arrived on time, so COS departures were 1.0 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in January 2024, the airport had 956 departures with 80.9% leaving on time: a change of −2.6 points, with flights up 2%.

Flights arriving at COS that month were on time 72.3% of the time (974 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 43%, late-arriving aircraft 24% and national aviation system 21%.

On time 76.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 22.5%
Cancelled 1.3%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from COS in January 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Jan 2025	Jan 2024	COS, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jan 2025
Departed on time	78.3%	80.9%	79.1%	79.3%
Arrived on time	76.2%	78.6%	79.8%	78.6%
Cancelled	1.3%	1.4%	1.1%	3.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	22.5 min	16.7 min	16.8 min	14.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	33	32	36	17,992
Scheduled departures	974	956	13,185	539,747

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	428	44%	70.1%	24.6 min	1.4%
WN Southwest Airlines	347	36%	85.0%	-2.2 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	93	10%	71.0%	29.1 min	5.4%
UA United Airlines	75	8%	80.0%	8.5 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	31	3%	67.7%	11.4 min	6.5%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
COS–DEN	Colorado Springs to Denver	436	72.5%	20.6 min	0.5%
COS–DFW	Colorado Springs to Dallas/Fort Worth	155	69.7%	25.8 min	4.5%
COS–PHX	Colorado Springs to Phoenix	71	83.1%	-6.5 min	0.0%
COS–DAL	Colorado Springs to Dallas	70	84.3%	1.9 min	0.0%
COS–LAS	Colorado Springs to Las Vegas	63	84.1%	-4.1 min	0.0%
COS–ORD	Colorado Springs to Chicago	37	89.2%	-1.1 min	0.0%
COS–IAH	Colorado Springs to Houston	32	81.3%	8.7 min	6.3%
COS–ATL	Colorado Springs to Atlanta	31	67.7%	11.4 min	6.5%
COS–SLC	Colorado Springs to Salt Lake City	31	80.6%	17.6 min	0.0%
COS–MDW	Colorado Springs to Chicago	28	89.3%	-0.2 min	0.0%
COS–BWI	Colorado Springs to Baltimore	11	90.9%	-8.4 min	0.0%
COS–HOU	Colorado Springs to Houston	3	66.7%	2.7 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), January 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jan 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	42.5%	36.2%	9,307
Late-arriving aircraft	24.4%	34.7%	5,344
National Aviation System	20.9%	19.9%	4,573
Extreme weather	12.2%	9.1%	2,664
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

21,888 delay minutes on 219 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 January 2025?

78.3% of 974 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 76.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.3% and 78.6%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In January 2024, 80.9% of 956 departures left on time and 1.4% were cancelled, against 78.3% and 1.3% in January 2025.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2025; 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.