On-Time Report

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Airport month · August 2025

City of Colorado Springs Municipal in August 2025

76.1%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 August 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 1,237 domestic departures from City of Colorado Springs Municipal (COS). 76.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 74.3% reached their destination on time; 0.9% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 76.8% of flights departed on time and 76.3% arrived on time, so COS departures were 0.7 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in August 2024, the airport had 1,129 departures with 79.2% leaving on time: a change of −3.1 points, with flights up 10%.

Flights arriving at COS that month were on time 68.5% of the time (1,236 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 36%, late-arriving aircraft 30% and national aviation system 28%.

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

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

MeasureAug 2025Aug 2024COS, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Aug 2025
Departed on time76.1%79.2%79.1%76.8%
Arrived on time74.3%79.5%79.8%76.3%
Cancelled0.9%0.5%1.1%1.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)21.5 min18.5 min16.8 min17.6 min
Scheduled departures a day41383620,079
Scheduled departures1,2371,12913,185602,378

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines49840%74.5%17.2 min0.4%
WN Southwest Airlines39332%75.6%8.5 min0.0%
AA American Airlines968%64.6%47.2 min5.2%
UA United Airlines938%61.3%20.6 min1.1%
DL Delta Air Lines857%87.1%-10.5 min2.4%
MQ Envoy Air544%83.3%1.9 min1.9%
G4 Allegiant Air181%72.2%3.6 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
COS–DENColorado Springs to Denver46667.0%20.9 min0.4%
COS–DFWColorado Springs to Dallas/Fort Worth18670.4%32.4 min3.2%
COS–ORDColorado Springs to Chicago9375.3%10.8 min1.1%
COS–PHXColorado Springs to Phoenix7879.5%7.3 min0.0%
COS–DALColorado Springs to Dallas7584.0%5.9 min0.0%
COS–LASColorado Springs to Las Vegas7580.0%7.6 min0.0%
COS–SLCColorado Springs to Salt Lake City6288.7%-6.4 min0.0%
COS–ATLColorado Springs to Atlanta5485.2%-10.8 min3.7%
COS–MDWColorado Springs to Chicago3375.8%5.4 min0.0%
COS–IAHColorado Springs to Houston3187.1%8.0 min0.0%
COS–MSPColorado Springs to Minneapolis3190.3%-9.8 min0.0%
COS–BWIColorado Springs to Baltimore2669.2%2.6 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), August 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Aug 2025Minutes
Air carrier36.2%33.1%9,096
Late-arriving aircraft30.4%40.5%7,637
National Aviation System27.6%19.2%6,943
Extreme weather5.9%7.0%1,478
Security0.0%0.1%0
25,154 delay minutes on 298 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 August 2025?

76.1% of 1,237 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 74.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.8% and 76.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In August 2024, 79.2% of 1,129 departures left on time and 0.5% were cancelled, against 76.1% and 0.9% in August 2025.

Provenance

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