On-Time Report

Airports › Colorado Springs (COS) › March 2025

Airport month · March 2025

City of Colorado Springs Municipal in March 2025

84.5%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 March 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 1,037 domestic departures from City of Colorado Springs Municipal (COS). 84.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 84.3% reached their destination on time; 1.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.9% of flights departed on time and 79.3% arrived on time, so COS departures were 4.6 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in March 2024, the airport had 972 departures with 82.9% leaving on time: a change of +1.6 points, with flights up 7%.

Flights arriving at COS that month were on time 80.6% of the time (1,037 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 49%, late-arriving aircraft 24% and national aviation system 19%.

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

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

MeasureMar 2025Mar 2024COS, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Mar 2025
Departed on time84.5%82.9%79.1%79.9%
Arrived on time84.3%79.9%79.8%79.3%
Cancelled1.8%2.5%1.1%1.2%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)10.5 min9.9 min16.8 min14.9 min
Scheduled departures a day35323620,029
Scheduled departures1,03797213,185600,872

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines41640%82.9%1.3 min1.9%
WN Southwest Airlines39938%89.7%-6.8 min0.8%
AA American Airlines939%79.6%4.7 min6.5%
UA United Airlines565%76.8%7.1 min0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines414%82.9%-6.3 min0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air273%63.0%19.0 min3.7%
MQ Envoy Air50%60.0%-2.7 min20.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
COS–DENColorado Springs to Denver43884.9%-1.1 min1.1%
COS–DFWColorado Springs to Dallas/Fort Worth16075.6%9.6 min6.3%
COS–PHXColorado Springs to Phoenix9088.9%-5.0 min0.0%
COS–LASColorado Springs to Las Vegas7982.3%-2.9 min1.3%
COS–DALColorado Springs to Dallas7191.5%-10.2 min2.8%
COS–ATLColorado Springs to Atlanta4182.9%-6.3 min0.0%
COS–ORDColorado Springs to Chicago3393.9%-6.3 min0.0%
COS–SLCColorado Springs to Salt Lake City3187.1%-10.8 min0.0%
COS–MDWColorado Springs to Chicago2792.6%-3.6 min0.0%
COS–BWIColorado Springs to Baltimore25100.0%-8.7 min0.0%
COS–AZAColorado Springs to Phoenix977.8%22.8 min0.0%
COS–HOUColorado Springs to Houston977.8%-3.9 min0.0%

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), March 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Mar 2025Minutes
Air carrier48.9%33.0%4,712
Late-arriving aircraft24.0%39.2%2,314
National Aviation System19.3%21.9%1,862
Extreme weather7.8%5.9%748
Security0.0%0.1%0
9,636 delay minutes on 142 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.
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Questions and answers

How many flights left COS on time in March 2025?

84.5% of 1,037 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 84.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.9% and 79.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In March 2024, 82.9% of 972 departures left on time and 2.5% were cancelled, against 84.5% and 1.8% in March 2025.

Provenance

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