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Route Reliability

Chicago → Colorado Springs

MDWCOS · 917 miles · Chicago Midway International Airport to Colorado Springs Airport

84
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
78%
Arrive within 15 minutes
5 min
Average arrival delay
0%
Cancelled
233
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Southwest Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 78% of the time across 233 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

The 12–3 PM departure wins.

MDW–COS flights departing between 12–3 PM arrived on time 85% of the time, versus 64% between 3–6 PM.

Wednesdays have been rough.

MDW–COS flights arrived on time 85% of the time on Thursdays and just 68% on Wednesdays. That gap is worth planning around.

It basically never cancels.

Out of 233 scheduled flights, only 0.0% were cancelled.

Recent months have been rougher.

MDW–COS flights arrived on time 67% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 80% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon76%(37 flights)
  • Tue82%(33 flights)
  • Wed68%(31 flights)
  • Thu85%(34 flights)
  • Fri71%(38 flights)
  • Sat82%(27 flights)
  • Sun81%(32 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM83%(94 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM70%(27 flights)
  • 12–3 PM85%(46 flights)
  • 3–6 PM64%(59 flights)
  • 6–9 PM(6 flights)
On-time trend by month
40%
Dec

Jun 81% → Dec 40% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202581%48
July 202574%54
August 202578%32
September 202587%30
October 202584%31
November 202578%18
December 202540%15

Based on 233 historical flights, because apparently we checked. Historical flight data: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, June 2025 – May 2026. Data through May 2026. How we calculate this.