Columbia Metropolitan in November 2023

89.3%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 November 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 534 domestic departures from Columbia Metropolitan (CAE). 89.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 89.5% reached their destination on time; 0.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 86.0% of flights departed on time and 86.2% arrived on time, so CAE departures were 3.3 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at CAE that month were on time 87.5% of the time (535 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 46%, late-arriving aircraft 43% and national aviation system 9%.

On time 89.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 10.3%
Cancelled 0.2%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Nov 2023	Year earlier	CAE, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2023
Departed on time	89.3%	—	77.8%	86.0%
Arrived on time	89.5%	—	77.8%	86.2%
Cancelled	0.2%	—	3.1%	0.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	8.4 min	—	20.1 min	9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	18	—	15	18,793
Scheduled departures	534	—	5,495	563,777

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OH PSA Airlines	174	33%	90.2%	-1.0 min	0.6%
DL Delta Air Lines	132	25%	93.2%	-6.2 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	85	16%	85.9%	-3.2 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	59	11%	79.7%	13.6 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	59	11%	91.5%	-1.9 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	25	5%	96.0%	-9.6 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
CAE–ATL	Columbia to Atlanta	163	92.6%	-6.9 min	0.0%
CAE–DCA	Columbia to Washington	103	90.3%	-0.8 min	1.0%
CAE–LGA	Columbia to New York	79	87.3%	-2.7 min	0.0%
CAE–CLT	Columbia to Charlotte	71	90.1%	-1.3 min	0.0%
CAE–DFW	Columbia to Dallas/Fort Worth	59	79.7%	13.6 min	0.0%
CAE–ORD	Columbia to Chicago	59	91.5%	-1.9 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), November 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	45.9%	42.5%	1,805
Late-arriving aircraft	43.1%	37.3%	1,693
National Aviation System	9.2%	16.2%	360
Extreme weather	1.8%	3.7%	72
Security	0.0%	0.3%	0

3,930 delay minutes on 55 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 November 2023?

89.3% of 534 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 89.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 86.0% and 86.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

November 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 November 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.