Columbia Metropolitan in October 2023

90.3%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 October 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 527 domestic departures from Columbia Metropolitan (CAE). 90.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 88.6% reached their destination on time; 0.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.8% of flights departed on time and 84.0% arrived on time, so CAE departures were 6.5 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at CAE that month were on time 87.7% of the time (527 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 56%, air carrier 30% and national aviation system 9%.

On time 88.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 10.8%
Cancelled 0.6%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2023	Year earlier	CAE, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2023
Departed on time	90.3%	—	77.8%	83.8%
Arrived on time	88.6%	—	77.8%	84.0%
Cancelled	0.6%	—	3.1%	0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	7.0 min	—	20.1 min	11.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	18	—	15	19,966
Scheduled departures	527	—	5,495	598,968

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OH PSA Airlines	149	28%	83.9%	3.7 min	0.7%
DL Delta Air Lines	143	27%	95.1%	-9.1 min	0.7%
9E Endeavor Air	85	16%	98.8%	-15.5 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	62	12%	80.6%	2.4 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	61	12%	77.0%	7.0 min	1.6%
YX Republic Airline	27	5%	92.6%	-8.5 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
CAE–ATL	Columbia to Atlanta	170	95.3%	-9.6 min	0.6%
CAE–DCA	Columbia to Washington	111	82.9%	1.4 min	0.9%
CAE–LGA	Columbia to New York	85	97.6%	-14.4 min	0.0%
CAE–ORD	Columbia to Chicago	62	80.6%	2.4 min	0.0%
CAE–DFW	Columbia to Dallas/Fort Worth	61	77.0%	7.0 min	1.6%
CAE–CLT	Columbia to Charlotte	38	86.8%	10.2 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), October 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	30.4%	41.3%	1,040
Late-arriving aircraft	55.9%	40.5%	1,913
National Aviation System	8.8%	14.4%	303
Extreme weather	4.9%	3.7%	169
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

3,425 delay minutes on 57 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 October 2023?

90.3% of 527 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 88.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.8% and 84.0%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

October 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 October 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.