Flights Atlanta → Colorado Springs
ATL → COS
Route overview
The flight route from Atlanta to Colorado Springs operates with a Boeing 737-800 aircraft and has an on-time performance rate of 81%, with an average delay of 8.2 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, approximately 1.36 million flights are conducted along this route, serving the busy Atlanta origin city and connecting to the smaller but growing Colorado Springs destination airport.
Your rights on this US flight (DOT)
US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under the US DOT rules, if your flight is cancelled or significantly changed and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Amenities for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
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The Atlanta (ATL) → Colorado Springs (COS) route is operated by Air France, Delta Air Lines, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines. Across 167 flights monitored in recent months, 82% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 8 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.20%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 18.5/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Colorado Springs the average ATFM delay is 3.2 minutes (main cause: airspace/NAS (BTS)). Departing from Atlanta the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Colorado Springs: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Atlanta (ATL) to Colorado Springs (COS) heads north-west for about 1,903 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 48m.
Departures from Atlanta on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 51% of ATL-COS flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Atlanta the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Colorado Springs it is 3.2 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)).
Across 167 tracked ATL-COS flights, 82% left on time with an average delay of 8 min and a 1.2% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (KL) | 84% | 20 min | 0.0% |
| Air France (AF) | 82% | 18 min | 3.3% |
| Delta Air Lines (DL) | 80% | 8 min | 1.8% |
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Frequently asked questions about ATL-COS
On the Atlanta (ATL) -> Colorado Springs (COS) route, on-time performance is 82% with an average delay of 8 minutes, based on 167 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Atlanta-Colorado Springs is 1.20% across 167 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 3 airlines: Air France, Delta Air Lines, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines.
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US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under US DOT rules, if the airline cancels or significantly changes your flight and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Meals or hotels for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
