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Colorado Springs (COS) – Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW)

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Distance, flight time and the airlines that fly it, from open data.
Distance
953 km
592 mi · 514 nm
Flight time
1 h 53 min / 1 h 59 min
Average gate to gate: COS → DFW / back
Time difference
1 h
CO2 per passenger
120 kg
One way, economy, incl. RF (71 kg CO2 only)
Passengers / year
384,866
Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −4.1%
Flights / week
73
Both directions, average
Seats filled
82%
466,973 seats a year
Airlines nonstop
3
AA, OO, MQ

Traffic: U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (all carriers, scheduled service), Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Distance: WGS-84 ellipsoid. CO2: UK DESNZ 2026 factors. Sources

Great circle from COS to DFWCOSDFW
Shortest path over the earth's surface (great circle). Real flights bend around weather, winds and airspace.

The way there

Heading from COS
131°
Heading from DFW
316°
Halfway point
35.91, -100.73
Great-circle km
953 km (sphere, for EU261)
In the air COS → DFW
1 h 22 min
In the air DFW → COS
1 h 31 min
Clocks
Dallas-Fort Worth is 1 h ahead of Colorado Springs

The estimate for a route without real times is 1 h 55 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.

Passengers per month, both directions (Aug 2025 – Jul 2026)Busiest: July 2026: 37,413 passengers
020K40KAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJul37.4K
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Month Passengers
Aug 202536,921
Sep 202535,398
Oct 202535,330
Nov 202526,946
Dec 202533,395
Jan 202621,728
Feb 202624,914
Mar 202631,722
Apr 202630,533
May 202634,613
Jun 202635,953
Jul 202637,413
Flights per month, both directions (Aug 2025 – Jul 2026)Busiest: October 2025: 376 flights
0200400AugSepOct376NovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJul
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Month Flights
Aug 2025357
Sep 2025351
Oct 2025376
Nov 2025288
Dec 2025319
Jan 2026226
Feb 2026247
Mar 2026315
Apr 2026293
May 2026320
Jun 2026347
Jul 2026368

Airlines flying COS–DFW nonstop

Airline Flights / week Share of passengers
AAAmerican Airlines39
73%
OOSkyWest Airlines25
19%
MQEnvoy Air9.6
8%

Both directions, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Airlines with at least one flight a month. U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (all carriers, scheduled service). Sources

Aircraft on this route

  • Boeing 737-800 · 1,858 flights
  • Canadair RJ-700 · 1,258 flights
  • Embraer ERJ-175 · 412 flights
  • Boeing B737 Max 800 · 94 flights
  • Embraer-Emb-170 · 88 flights
  • Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 43 flights
  • Canadair CRJ 900 · 26 flights
  • Airbus Industrie A319 · 21 flights

Also carried: 1 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).

Punctuality

On time
74.5%
Arrived within 15 min of schedule
Average delay
24 min
Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
Cancelled
2.6%
Flights counted
3,866
Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
Airline On time Average delay
AAAmerican Airlines70.7%27 min
OOSkyWest Airlines75.5%26 min
MQEnvoy Air87.2%8 min

Delay minutes by cause: airline 48% · aircraft arriving late 32% · air traffic system 9% · weather 12% · security 0%.

Both directions, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. BTS Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance (US domestic flights of the larger US airlines). Sources

What passengers paid

Average fare, Q1 2026
$271
One way, all cabins
Average over a year
$246
Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
Largest airline
American Airlines
95% of passengers · $268
Lowest-fare airline
American Airlines
95% of passengers · $268

History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $242 · Q3 2025 $236 · Q4 2025 $244 · Q1 2026 $271).

Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $270, likely $230–$313

The average fare paid we expect a year after Q1 2026, the newest DOT quarter. On this route, past forecasts made this way fell inside the range 76% of the time over 21 quarters (median error 6.9%). An estimate from US DOT data: not a price you can book, not a guarantee, not advice on when to buy. How the outlook works

Cheapest quarter on this route: Q1, typically 6% below the year's average (9 years of DOT data, without 2020–21).

U.S. DOT Consumer Airfare Report, Table 1a (airline ticket sample, US domestic airport pairs). Sources

Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)

Measured by great-circle distance: 953 km.

Neither EU261 nor UK261 covers this route: it neither starts nor ends in the EU, EEA, Switzerland or the UK. Other countries have their own rules (for example Canada's APPR or Brazil's ANAC rules).

Also owed for a cancellation with less than 14 days' notice or denied boarding. Not owed for extraordinary circumstances. On a connection, the distance to the final destination counts. From 23 October 2027 the EU's Regulation 2026/2202 applies; it keeps these amounts (what changes in 2027). Information, not legal advice.

More routes from COS

Route Distance Passengers / year
COS → DEN117 km 709,472
COS → PHX887 km 222,987
COS → LAS972 km 184,086
COS → DAL969 km 175,601
COS → ATL1,906 km 166,979
COS → ORD1,466 km 140,549
COS → IAH1,302 km 86,627
COS → SLC661 km 83,176
COS → HOU1,335 km 49,192
COS → MDW1,476 km 46,044

More routes from DFW

Route Distance Passengers / year
DFW → ATL1,177 km 1,929,257
DFW → ORD1,290 km 1,916,312
DFW → LAX1,987 km 1,914,491
DFW → DEN1,032 km 1,745,260
DFW → LGA2,235 km 1,726,005
DFW → PHX1,396 km 1,648,391
DFW → LAS1,698 km 1,630,211
DFW → MCO1,585 km 1,605,592
DFW → SEA2,671 km 1,577,921
DFW → MIA1,804 km 1,512,657

Questions

Colorado Springs (COS) and Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) are 953 km (592 miles, 514 nautical miles) apart, measured along the shortest path over the earth's surface.