Columbia Metropolitan in August 2023

84.3%departed on time

BTS: A flight is counted as on time if it arrived less than 15 minutes after its scheduled time. Only carriers with at least 0.5 percent of domestic scheduled passenger revenue report.

In August 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 541 domestic departures from Columbia Metropolitan (CAE). 84.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 83.0% reached their destination on time; 2.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 76.7% of flights departed on time and 76.9% arrived on time, so CAE departures were 7.6 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at CAE that month were on time 79.2% of the time (539 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 40%, late-arriving aircraft 26% and extreme weather 20%.

On time 83.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 14.4%
Cancelled 2.2%
Diverted 0.4%

Every scheduled departure from CAE in August 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

August 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Aug 2023	Year earlier	CAE, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2023
Departed on time	84.3%	—	77.8%	76.7%
Arrived on time	83.0%	—	77.8%	76.9%
Cancelled	2.2%	—	3.1%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	13.3 min	—	20.1 min	17.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	18	—	15	20,100
Scheduled departures	541	—	5,495	602,987

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OH PSA Airlines	141	26%	82.3%	1.8 min	4.3%
DL Delta Air Lines	133	25%	82.7%	6.3 min	2.3%
9E Endeavor Air	92	17%	84.8%	7.6 min	1.1%
OO SkyWest Airlines	63	12%	77.8%	4.9 min	1.6%
AA American Airlines	62	11%	83.9%	5.2 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	39	7%	84.6%	0.3 min	2.6%
MQ Envoy Air	11	2%	100.0%	-8.9 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
CAE–ATL	Columbia to Atlanta	168	83.9%	6.1 min	1.8%
CAE–DCA	Columbia to Washington	85	82.4%	2.2 min	3.5%
CAE–LGA	Columbia to New York	85	81.2%	7.6 min	2.4%
CAE–CLT	Columbia to Charlotte	64	84.4%	0.7 min	4.7%
CAE–DFW	Columbia to Dallas/Fort Worth	62	83.9%	5.2 min	0.0%
CAE–ORD	Columbia to Chicago	62	77.4%	4.8 min	1.6%
CAE–MIA	Columbia to Miami	15	100.0%	-11.4 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

100

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), August 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	39.5%	36.7%	2,790
Late-arriving aircraft	25.6%	42.2%	1,808
National Aviation System	14.8%	15.7%	1,044
Extreme weather	20.1%	5.1%	1,418
Security	0.1%	0.2%	6

7,066 delay minutes on 78 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Questions and answers

How many flights left CAE on time in August 2023?

84.3% of 541 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 83.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.7% and 76.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

August 2022 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for CAE · methodology · corrections.