Flights Chicago → Colorado Springs
ORD → COS
Route overview
The flight route from Chicago to Colorado Springs operates with a Canadair Regional Jet 700 and has an on-time performance rate of 70%. With an average delay of 26.6 minutes, the route sees approximately 204 flights annually, serving a destination airport that handles nearly 2.13 million passengers per year.
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 Chicago (ORD) → Colorado Springs (COS) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 243 flights monitored in recent months, 71% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 25 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.47%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 19.8/100 (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 Chicago the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Colorado Springs: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Chicago (ORD) to Colorado Springs (COS) heads west for about 1,463 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 15m.
Departures from Chicago on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 83% of ORD-COS flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Chicago the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Colorado Springs it is 3.2 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)).
Across 243 tracked ORD-COS flights, 71% left on time with an average delay of 25 min and a 2.5% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Airlines (UA) | 74% | 10 min | 6.9% |
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Frequently asked questions about ORD-COS
On the Chicago (ORD) -> Colorado Springs (COS) route, on-time performance is 71% with an average delay of 25 minutes, based on 243 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Chicago-Colorado Springs is 2.47% across 243 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: United 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.
