On-Time Report

Airports › Colorado Springs (COS) › July 2026

Airport month · July 2026

City of Colorado Springs Municipal in July 2026

73.6%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 July 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 1,189 domestic departures from City of Colorado Springs Municipal (COS). 73.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 76.0% reached their destination on time; 0.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 68.8% of flights departed on time and 69.4% arrived on time, so COS departures were 4.8 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in July 2025, the airport had 1,270 departures with 71.1% leaving on time: a change of +2.5 points, with flights down 6%.

Flights arriving at COS that month were on time 66.9% of the time (1,188 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 39%, late-arriving aircraft 30% and national aviation system 19%.

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

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

MeasureJul 2026Jul 2025COS, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Jul 2026
Departed on time73.6%71.1%79.1%68.8%
Arrived on time76.0%67.9%79.8%69.4%
Cancelled0.4%1.9%1.1%2.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)20.7 min24.6 min16.8 min24.1 min
Scheduled departures a day40423621,066
Scheduled departures1,1891,27013,185631,970

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines57148%79.5%7.1 min0.5%
WN Southwest Airlines38833%72.9%10.6 min0.0%
AA American Airlines928%75.0%9.2 min0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines625%80.6%7.3 min0.0%
UA United Airlines585%67.2%12.9 min3.4%
G4 Allegiant Air182%50.0%79.9 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
COS–DENColorado Springs to Denver43681.2%5.0 min0.5%
COS–DFWColorado Springs to Dallas/Fort Worth18471.2%11.1 min0.0%
COS–ORDColorado Springs to Chicago9372.0%27.3 min3.2%
COS–PHXColorado Springs to Phoenix8879.5%7.2 min0.0%
COS–LASColorado Springs to Las Vegas7578.7%7.5 min0.0%
COS–ATLColorado Springs to Atlanta6280.6%7.3 min0.0%
COS–DALColorado Springs to Dallas6264.5%20.7 min0.0%
COS–SLCColorado Springs to Salt Lake City6185.2%-7.1 min0.0%
COS–MDWColorado Springs to Chicago3151.6%21.0 min0.0%
COS–MSPColorado Springs to Minneapolis3171.0%0.1 min0.0%
COS–HOUColorado Springs to Houston3083.3%-7.7 min0.0%
COS–SANColorado Springs to San Diego1850.0%35.5 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), July 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Jul 2026Minutes
Air carrier38.6%31.7%8,355
Late-arriving aircraft30.3%41.8%6,558
National Aviation System18.8%19.9%4,078
Extreme weather12.3%6.5%2,669
Security0.0%0.1%0
21,660 delay minutes on 276 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.
← June 2026

Questions and answers

How many flights left COS on time in July 2026?

73.6% of 1,189 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 76.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 68.8% and 69.4%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In July 2025, 71.1% of 1,270 departures left on time and 1.9% were cancelled, against 73.6% and 0.4% in July 2026.

Provenance

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