On-Time Report

Airports › Colorado Springs (COS) › April 2026

Airport month · April 2026

City of Colorado Springs Municipal in April 2026

82.1%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 April 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 1,034 domestic departures from City of Colorado Springs Municipal (COS). 82.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 83.8% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.1% of flights departed on time and 78.9% arrived on time, so COS departures were 3.0 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in April 2025, the airport had 1,029 departures with 77.5% leaving on time: a change of +4.6 points, with flights up 0%.

Flights arriving at COS that month were on time 78.2% of the time (1,034 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 45%, late-arriving aircraft 30% and national aviation system 20%.

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

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

MeasureApr 2026Apr 2025COS, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Apr 2026
Departed on time82.1%77.5%79.1%79.1%
Arrived on time83.8%71.2%79.8%78.9%
Cancelled0.5%1.4%1.1%0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)15.1 min19.6 min16.8 min14.5 min
Scheduled departures a day35343619,931
Scheduled departures1,0341,02913,185597,919

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines42341%85.1%5.3 min0.2%
WN Southwest Airlines36535%86.6%-3.0 min0.0%
AA American Airlines878%73.6%19.8 min2.3%
DL Delta Air Lines565%83.9%-0.3 min1.8%
UA United Airlines475%83.0%-4.2 min0.0%
MQ Envoy Air313%83.9%-2.8 min3.2%
G4 Allegiant Air252%56.0%24.9 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
COS–DENColorado Springs to Denver36284.8%-2.4 min0.0%
COS–DFWColorado Springs to Dallas/Fort Worth14879.1%9.7 min2.0%
COS–PHXColorado Springs to Phoenix8793.1%-7.5 min0.0%
COS–ORDColorado Springs to Chicago8575.3%42.7 min1.2%
COS–LASColorado Springs to Las Vegas7787.0%-2.9 min0.0%
COS–SLCColorado Springs to Salt Lake City6095.0%-11.0 min0.0%
COS–ATLColorado Springs to Atlanta5683.9%-0.3 min1.8%
COS–DALColorado Springs to Dallas5685.7%-2.8 min0.0%
COS–HOUColorado Springs to Houston3090.0%-8.1 min0.0%
COS–IAHColorado Springs to Houston3076.7%6.2 min0.0%
COS–SANColorado Springs to San Diego1877.8%10.9 min0.0%
COS–AZAColorado Springs to Phoenix922.2%61.4 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), April 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Apr 2026Minutes
Air carrier44.9%33.5%6,321
Late-arriving aircraft30.1%40.4%4,237
National Aviation System19.9%21.0%2,796
Extreme weather5.0%5.0%709
Security0.0%0.1%0
14,063 delay minutes on 163 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 April 2026?

82.1% of 1,034 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 83.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.1% and 78.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In April 2025, 77.5% of 1,029 departures left on time and 1.4% were cancelled, against 82.1% and 0.5% in April 2026.

Provenance

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