Columbia Metropolitan in August 2024

82.5%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 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 594 domestic departures from Columbia Metropolitan (CAE). 82.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 78.6% reached their destination on time; 3.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.4% of flights departed on time and 74.7% arrived on time, so CAE departures were 7.1 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in August 2023, the airport had 541 departures with 84.3% leaving on time: a change of −1.8 points, with flights up 10%.

Flights arriving at CAE that month were on time 76.3% of the time (594 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 37%, air carrier 22% and national aviation system 22%.

On time 78.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.7%
Cancelled 3.0%
Diverted 0.7%

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

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

Measure	Aug 2024	Aug 2023	CAE, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2024
Departed on time	82.5%	84.3%	77.8%	75.4%
Arrived on time	78.6%	83.0%	77.8%	74.7%
Cancelled	3.0%	2.2%	3.1%	2.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	13.1 min	13.3 min	20.1 min	18.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	20	18	15	20,634
Scheduled departures	594	541	5,495	619,025

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OH PSA Airlines	195	33%	71.8%	14.1 min	4.1%
DL Delta Air Lines	153	26%	93.5%	-10.0 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	85	14%	84.7%	1.3 min	3.5%
OO SkyWest Airlines	62	10%	71.0%	1.3 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	61	10%	73.8%	15.4 min	3.3%
YX Republic Airline	27	5%	51.9%	56.0 min	18.5%
MQ Envoy Air	11	2%	81.8%	-0.9 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
CAE–ATL	Columbia to Atlanta	181	92.8%	-7.7 min	0.0%
CAE–CLT	Columbia to Charlotte	115	78.3%	9.8 min	1.7%
CAE–DCA	Columbia to Washington	87	62.1%	19.6 min	8.0%
CAE–LGA	Columbia to New York	83	73.5%	15.2 min	8.4%
CAE–ORD	Columbia to Chicago	62	71.0%	1.3 min	0.0%
CAE–DFW	Columbia to Dallas/Fort Worth	61	73.8%	15.4 min	3.3%
CAE–MIA	Columbia to Miami	5	100.0%	-8.6 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 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	21.9%	33.8%	1,772
Late-arriving aircraft	37.2%	39.8%	3,017
National Aviation System	21.6%	20.4%	1,747
Extreme weather	19.3%	5.9%	1,564
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

8,100 delay minutes on 105 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 2024?

82.5% of 594 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 78.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.4% and 74.7%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In August 2023, 84.3% of 541 departures left on time and 2.2% were cancelled, against 82.5% and 3.0% in August 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 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.