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Airport month · January 2026
City of Colorado Springs Municipal in January 2026
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 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 924 domestic departures from City of Colorado Springs Municipal (COS). 80.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 80.4% reached their destination on time; 2.3% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 75.6% of flights departed on time and 75.3% arrived on time, so COS departures were 5.1 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in January 2025, the airport had 974 departures with 78.3% leaving on time: a change of +2.4 points, with flights down 5%.
Flights arriving at COS that month were on time 76.8% of the time (920 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 55%, late-arriving aircraft 29% and national aviation system 10%.
- On time 80.4%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.1%
- Cancelled 2.3%
- Diverted 0.2%
January 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Jan 2026 | Jan 2025 | COS, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Jan 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 80.7% | 78.3% | 79.1% | 75.6% |
| Arrived on time | 80.4% | 76.2% | 79.8% | 75.3% |
| Cancelled | 2.3% | 1.3% | 1.1% | 4.7% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 15.4 min | 22.5 min | 16.8 min | 16.7 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 31 | 33 | 36 | 18,133 |
| Scheduled departures | 924 | 974 | 13,185 | 544,003 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 430 | 47% | 77.9% | 4.7 min | 2.3% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 320 | 35% | 85.9% | -3.5 min | 0.6% |
| AA American Airlines | 55 | 6% | 70.9% | 7.8 min | 10.9% |
| UA United Airlines | 52 | 6% | 76.9% | -3.7 min | 0.0% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 31 | 3% | 74.2% | 2.9 min | 6.5% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 26 | 3% | 84.6% | -11.2 min | 0.0% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 10 | 1% | 90.0% | -13.8 min | 10.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COS–DEN | Colorado Springs to Denver | 389 | 82.3% | -3.7 min | 1.3% |
| COS–DFW | Colorado Springs to Dallas/Fort Worth | 122 | 73.0% | 11.4 min | 9.0% |
| COS–PHX | Colorado Springs to Phoenix | 72 | 90.3% | -7.7 min | 0.0% |
| COS–ORD | Colorado Springs to Chicago | 67 | 64.2% | 27.4 min | 1.5% |
| COS–DAL | Colorado Springs to Dallas | 66 | 77.3% | 4.0 min | 3.0% |
| COS–LAS | Colorado Springs to Las Vegas | 63 | 79.4% | 5.0 min | 0.0% |
| COS–SLC | Colorado Springs to Salt Lake City | 61 | 90.2% | -6.7 min | 0.0% |
| COS–ATL | Colorado Springs to Atlanta | 31 | 74.2% | 2.9 min | 6.5% |
| COS–PIE | Colorado Springs to St. Petersburg | 9 | 100.0% | -36.7 min | 0.0% |
| COS–SNA | Colorado Springs to Santa Ana | 9 | 77.8% | 0.0 min | 0.0% |
| COS–AZA | Colorado Springs to Phoenix | 8 | 75.0% | 4.9 min | 0.0% |
| COS–SAN | Colorado Springs to San Diego | 8 | 87.5% | -8.5 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left COS on time in January 2026?
80.7% of 924 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 80.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.6% and 75.3%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In January 2025, 78.3% of 974 departures left on time and 1.3% were cancelled, against 80.7% and 2.3% in January 2026.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2026; 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.