DAL to COS flight delays
Dallas, TX (DAL) Colorado Springs, CO (COS) · 602 miles
60 flights · March 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
60%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
0%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
87 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
36 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
This is a late route. Flights from Dallas to Colorado Springs miss their scheduled arrival often enough that a tight connection at the far end is a connection at risk.
The two directions do not behave alike. COS to DAL arrives on time 7.2 points more often than the outbound. Delay accumulates through the flying day, so whichever direction is scheduled later tends to carry the worse record — which is an argument for booking the morning departure if the choice exists.
This route does better than its own airport. Departures from DAL overall run 8.9 points less punctual than this particular one — so whatever congestion DAL has, this route is largely escaping it.
Every airline on DAL to COS
Ranked by how many flights each one operated. A carrier with fewer than 100 flights in the period is listed but not graded.
| Airline | Flights | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines | 60 | 60% | 0% | 87 min | — |
The return leg
COS to DAL Colorado Springs back to Dallas 67.24% on time —Other routes from Dallas
Common questions
Are flights from Dallas to Colorado Springs usually delayed?
60% of flights on the DAL to COS route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 4 in every ten arrived late. That is worse than the average route in this record.
How often are DAL to COS flights cancelled?
0% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 1 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
When DAL to COS flights are late, how late are they?
About 87 minutes on average across the flights that arrived more than 15 minutes behind schedule.
What these figures do and do not tell you
Everything on this page is counted from the flights that actually operated on DAL to COS during March 2025 – August 2026, as reported by the airlines to the US Bureau of Transportation Statistics. "On time" is the federal definition: arriving at the gate within 15 minutes of the scheduled time.
A route's record is a description of the past, not a forecast. Weather, air traffic control and the aircraft's earlier flights that day drive most delays, and none of them are predictable from a historical rate. What the record does tell you is whether this route runs late more often than others, and which carrier on it has the better history — which is the part you can actually act on when you book.
Cancellations are counted separately from delays because they are a different problem for a traveller: a late flight still gets you there. How the grade is calculated →