In April, Colorado Springs Airport (COS) saw a total of 194,004 passengers travel through the terminal, which represents a 15.4 percent increase from last April. Enplanements were up by 15.6 percent year-over-year, with 97,293 travelers boarding a plane out of COS in April.
“We have consistently seen an increase in traffic at COS, and as we approach the summer months, we anticipate that this trend will continue. This reflects the strong support of our community for our airport,” said Greg Phillips, Director of Aviation.
With a 10.2 percent YOY increase of seats available in April, totaling 118,774 seats for the month, COS saw a nice increase in enplanements and a 3.8 percent increase in load factors, averaging 81.9 percent for the month across all nonstop options.
Looking ahead to summer travel, seats are 6 percent higher from June through August than in the same period last year. This summer will also boast an array of new air service, including Avelo Airlines Hollywood-Burbank/Los Angeles (BUR) nonstop flight, Sun Country Airlines, and Delta Air Lines nonstop flights to Minneapolis/St. Paul (MSP), and on June 4, Southwest Airlines will initiate nonstop service to Baltimore/Washinton (BWI). In addition, Delta will launch a second daily nonstop service to Atlanta (ATL) starting in July. Seats are currently available for purchase.
Nonstop Route Updates:
- American Airlines: Dallas/Ft. Worth (DFW)
- 5 daily nonstop flights with easy connecting service across the U.S. and worldwide
- Adding a 6th daily nonstop effective May 2024
- 5 daily nonstop flights with easy connecting service across the U.S. and worldwide
- Avelo Airlines: Hollywood Burbank (BUR)
- Avelo’s nonstop service to Hollywood Burbank resumes May 23, 2024, though end of summer
- Delta Air Lines: Atlanta (ATL), Minneapolis/St Paul (MSP), Salt Lake City (SLC)
- Daily nonstop service to Atlanta (ATL) – Increases to twice daily service beginning July 8, 2024
- Seasonal Minneapolis/St Paul (MSP) service returns June 7, 2024, and will continue service through November
- Daily nonstop service to Salt Lake City (SLC)
- Southwest Airlines: Baltimore/Washington (BWI), Chicago (MDW), Dallas (DAL), Denver (DEN), Houston (HOU), Las Vegas (LAS), Long Beach (LGB), Phoenix (PHX), San Diego (SAN) and San Antonio (SAT)
- New daily nonstop to Baltimore/Washington (BWI) beginning June 4, 2024
- Seasonal service to San Diego (SAN) and San Antonio (SAT) on peak days in November, December, and January
- Daily nonstop service to Long Beach (LGB)
- Daily nonstops to Denver (DEN) with easy connections coast-to-coast
- Sun Country: Minneapolis/St. Paul (MSP) seasonal service resumes June 5, 2024
- Nonstop service to MSP to return June 6, 2024, through Labor Day weekend
- United Airlines: Denver (DEN), Houston (IAH), Chicago (ORD)
- United serves 3 daily nonstop destinations with easy connections coast-to-coast and worldwide
- Increasing to 12 daily nonstop flights to DEN effective May 2024