SAN to COS flight delays
San Diego, CA (SAN) Colorado Springs, CO (COS) · 816 miles
169 flights · July 2024 – July 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
64.88%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
0.59%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
46 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
17 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
This is a late route. Flights from San Diego to Colorado Springs miss their scheduled arrival often enough that a tight connection at the far end is a connection at risk.
This route does worse than its own airport. SAN as a whole runs 12.1 points more punctual than these flights, which points at something specific to the route — the time of day it is scheduled, or the aircraft that feed it — rather than the airport.
Only Southwest Airlines flies this route in the published record, so there is no choice to weigh — the route's figures and the airline's are the same figures.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over July 2024 – July 2026, Southwest Airlines arrived on time most often on SAN to COS. Flights ran closest to schedule in October and worst in December.
Every airline on SAN 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 | 169 | 64.88% | 0.59% | 46 min | F |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
Other routes from San Diego
Common questions
Are flights from San Diego to Colorado Springs usually delayed?
64.88% of flights on the SAN 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.
Which airlines fly from San Diego to Colorado Springs?
Only Southwest Airlines appears in the published record on this route, with 169 flights and 64.88% arriving on time.
How often are SAN to COS flights cancelled?
0.59% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 6 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
When SAN to COS flights are late, how late are they?
About 46 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 SAN to COS during July 2024 – July 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 →