City of Colorado Springs Municipal in March 2026

79.2%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 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 1,059 domestic departures from City of Colorado Springs Municipal (COS). 79.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 80.5% reached their destination on time; 1.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 72.8% of flights departed on time and 73.2% arrived on time, so COS departures were 6.4 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in March 2025, the airport had 1,037 departures with 84.5% leaving on time: a change of −5.3 points, with flights up 2%.

Flights arriving at COS that month were on time 77.7% of the time (1,060 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 40%, late-arriving aircraft 30% and national aviation system 16%.

On time 80.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.1%
Cancelled 1.1%
Diverted 0.3%

Every scheduled departure from COS in March 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

March 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Mar 2026	Mar 2025	COS, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2026
Departed on time	79.2%	84.5%	79.1%	72.8%
Arrived on time	80.5%	84.3%	79.8%	73.2%
Cancelled	1.1%	1.8%	1.1%	2.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	22.7 min	10.5 min	16.8 min	20.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	35	35	36	20,403
Scheduled departures	1,059	1,037	13,185	612,102

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	418	39%	78.7%	16.8 min	1.7%
WN Southwest Airlines	374	35%	82.4%	-3.0 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	94	9%	77.7%	26.6 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	59	6%	83.1%	2.6 min	3.4%
DL Delta Air Lines	51	5%	80.4%	7.6 min	2.0%
MQ Envoy Air	35	3%	85.7%	-5.9 min	2.9%
G4 Allegiant Air	28	3%	78.6%	53.9 min	3.6%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
COS–DEN	Colorado Springs to Denver	388	79.4%	4.9 min	1.0%
COS–DFW	Colorado Springs to Dallas/Fort Worth	160	76.3%	24.3 min	1.9%
COS–PHX	Colorado Springs to Phoenix	91	95.6%	-12.9 min	0.0%
COS–LAS	Colorado Springs to Las Vegas	78	84.6%	-6.4 min	0.0%
COS–ORD	Colorado Springs to Chicago	62	58.1%	68.0 min	4.8%
COS–SLC	Colorado Springs to Salt Lake City	62	95.2%	4.0 min	0.0%
COS–DAL	Colorado Springs to Dallas	60	80.0%	0.8 min	0.0%
COS–ATL	Colorado Springs to Atlanta	51	80.4%	7.6 min	2.0%
COS–IAH	Colorado Springs to Houston	31	83.9%	-5.6 min	0.0%
COS–HOU	Colorado Springs to Houston	27	85.2%	-6.7 min	0.0%
COS–SAN	Colorado Springs to San Diego	21	66.7%	11.2 min	0.0%
COS–PIE	Colorado Springs to St. Petersburg	10	70.0%	152.0 min	10.0%

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 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	39.5%	33.5%	8,731
Late-arriving aircraft	29.9%	39.3%	6,599
National Aviation System	16.1%	21.0%	3,558
Extreme weather	14.5%	5.9%	3,214
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

22,102 delay minutes on 192 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 March 2026?

79.2% of 1,059 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 80.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.8% and 73.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In March 2025, 84.5% of 1,037 departures left on time and 1.8% were cancelled, against 79.2% and 1.1% in March 2026.

Provenance

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