Columbia Metropolitan in July 2024

72.8%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 July 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 577 domestic departures from Columbia Metropolitan (CAE). 72.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 68.8% reached their destination on time; 5.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 68.5% of flights departed on time and 68.1% arrived on time, so CAE departures were 4.3 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at CAE that month were on time 59.4% of the time (577 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 42%, late-arriving aircraft 40% and national aviation system 13%.

On time 68.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 25.0%
Cancelled 5.7%
Diverted 0.5%

Every scheduled departure from CAE in July 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

July 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Jul 2024	Year earlier	CAE, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jul 2024
Departed on time	72.8%	—	77.8%	68.5%
Arrived on time	68.8%	—	77.8%	68.1%
Cancelled	5.7%	—	3.1%	2.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	31.2 min	—	20.1 min	24.9 min
Scheduled departures a day	19	—	15	21,154
Scheduled departures	577	—	5,495	634,613

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OH PSA Airlines	170	29%	68.8%	19.7 min	4.1%
DL Delta Air Lines	159	28%	73.0%	21.5 min	5.7%
9E Endeavor Air	88	15%	64.8%	23.2 min	11.4%
AA American Airlines	61	11%	63.9%	69.4 min	9.8%
OO SkyWest Airlines	61	11%	67.2%	17.7 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	30	5%	63.3%	20.8 min	3.3%
MQ Envoy Air	8	1%	100.0%	-6.5 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
CAE–ATL	Columbia to Atlanta	189	69.8%	23.0 min	6.3%
CAE–CLT	Columbia to Charlotte	94	75.5%	11.9 min	2.1%
CAE–DCA	Columbia to Washington	84	63.1%	26.7 min	6.0%
CAE–LGA	Columbia to New York	84	67.9%	20.7 min	9.5%
CAE–DFW	Columbia to Dallas/Fort Worth	61	63.9%	69.4 min	9.8%
CAE–ORD	Columbia to Chicago	61	67.2%	17.7 min	0.0%
CAE–MIA	Columbia to Miami	4	100.0%	-9.2 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), July 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jul 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	42.4%	36.6%	7,475
Late-arriving aircraft	40.3%	42.7%	7,102
National Aviation System	13.1%	16.0%	2,316
Extreme weather	4.2%	4.6%	747
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

17,640 delay minutes on 144 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 July 2024?

72.8% of 577 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 68.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 68.5% and 68.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

July 2023 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 July 2024; 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.