Flights Colorado Springs → Atlanta
COS → ATL
Route overview
The flight route from Colorado Springs to Atlanta operates with a high level of punctuality, achieving an on-time performance rate of 82%. Over the course of the year, it has recorded an average delay time of 14 minutes across 135 total flights, using Boeing 737-800 aircraft. The destination airport serves over 108 million passengers annually, highlighting its significance as a major travel hub.
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 Colorado Springs (COS) → Atlanta (ATL) route is operated by Delta Air Lines, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines. Across 166 flights monitored in recent months, 83% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 16 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.20%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 13.9/100 (low), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Atlanta the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Colorado Springs the average ATFM delay is 3.2 minutes.
Heading to Atlanta: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Colorado Springs (COS) to Atlanta (ATL) heads east for about 1,903 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 48m.
Departures from Colorado Springs on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 51% of COS-ATL flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Colorado Springs the average ATFM delay is 3.2 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into Atlanta it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 166 tracked COS-ATL flights, 83% left on time with an average delay of 16 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% |
| Delta Air Lines (DL) | 80% | 8 min | 1.8% |
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Frequently asked questions about COS-ATL
On the Colorado Springs (COS) -> Atlanta (ATL) route, on-time performance is 83% with an average delay of 16 minutes, based on 166 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Colorado Springs-Atlanta is 1.20% across 166 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 2 airlines: 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.
