Flights Colorado Springs → Chicago
COS → ORD
Route overview
This flight route operates from Colorado Springs to Chicago with a fleet of Canadair Regional Jet 700 aircraft, completing a total of 203 flights. The on-time performance is at 70%, with an average delay duration of 46.7 minutes, serving the highly trafficked destination airport that sees over eighty million passengers annually.
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) → Chicago (ORD) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 243 flights monitored in recent months, 74% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 44 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.06%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 21/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Chicago 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 Chicago: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Colorado Springs (COS) to Chicago (ORD) heads east for about 1,463 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 15m.
Departures from Colorado Springs on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 51% of COS-ORD flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Colorado Springs the average ATFM delay is 3.2 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into Chicago it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 243 tracked COS-ORD flights, 74% left on time with an average delay of 44 min and a 2.1% 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 COS-ORD
On the Colorado Springs (COS) -> Chicago (ORD) route, on-time performance is 74% with an average delay of 44 minutes, based on 243 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Colorado Springs-Chicago is 2.06% 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.
