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COS to DEN: distance & flight time
Colorado Springs (City of Colorado Springs Municipal Airport) → Denver (Denver International Airport)
73 mi
117 km · 63 nm
40m
estimated nonstop flight time
Same time
time difference · heading north
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Flight time details
73 miles nonstop takes roughly 40m gate to gate, flying north. Add 45–90 minutes per connection if there's no nonstop service. Both airports share the same local time, so schedules read exactly as flown.
The two airports
- COS — City of Colorado Springs Municipal Airport · Colorado Springs, United States
- DEN — Denver International Airport · Denver, United States
Distances are great-circle ("as the crow flies") — the same basis airlines use for frequent-flyer miles.
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Near COS
- FCS · Butts AAF (Fort Carson) Air Field9 mi away
- DEN · Denver International Airport73 mi away
- PUB · Pueblo Memorial Airport37 mi away
- APA · Centennial Airport53 mi away
Near DEN
- BFK · Buckley Air Force Base12 mi away
- APA · Centennial Airport22 mi away
- BJC · Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport24 mi away
- WBU · Boulder Municipal Airport32 mi away
Frequently asked questions
How far is COS from DEN?
The flight distance from Colorado Springs (COS) to Denver (DEN) is 73 miles (117 km, 63 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from COS to DEN?
A nonstop flight takes about 40m gate to gate. Actual time varies with winds, routing and season — eastbound transatlantic flights, for example, are usually faster than the return.
What is the cheapest way to fly from COS to DEN?
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