Columbia Metropolitan in September 2024

83.4%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 September 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 596 domestic departures from Columbia Metropolitan (CAE). 83.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 78.9% reached their destination on time; 1.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 84.4% of flights departed on time and 83.9% arrived on time, so CAE departures were 1.0 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in September 2023, the airport had 554 departures with 85.4% leaving on time: a change of −2.0 points, with flights up 8%.

Flights arriving at CAE that month were on time 83.1% of the time (596 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 51%, air carrier 26% and national aviation system 15%.

On time 78.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 20.1%
Cancelled 1.0%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Sep 2024	Sep 2023	CAE, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Sep 2024
Departed on time	83.4%	85.4%	77.8%	84.4%
Arrived on time	78.9%	83.2%	77.8%	83.9%
Cancelled	1.0%	1.6%	3.1%	0.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	15.9 min	15.2 min	20.1 min	10.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	20	19	15	19,421
Scheduled departures	596	554	5,495	582,622

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OH PSA Airlines	209	35%	68.9%	21.0 min	2.4%
9E Endeavor Air	122	20%	85.2%	1.0 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	118	20%	90.7%	-0.3 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	60	10%	65.0%	22.9 min	1.7%
OO SkyWest Airlines	60	10%	85.0%	-1.2 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	26	4%	92.3%	-9.0 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	1	0%	100.0%	-14.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
CAE–ATL	Columbia to Atlanta	184	85.9%	4.2 min	0.0%
CAE–CLT	Columbia to Charlotte	124	64.5%	34.9 min	2.4%
CAE–DCA	Columbia to Washington	86	75.6%	0.6 min	2.3%
CAE–LGA	Columbia to New York	82	93.9%	-11.1 min	0.0%
CAE–DFW	Columbia to Dallas/Fort Worth	60	65.0%	22.9 min	1.7%
CAE–ORD	Columbia to Chicago	60	85.0%	-1.2 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

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

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), September 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Sep 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	26.0%	38.6%	2,570
Late-arriving aircraft	51.1%	38.4%	5,052
National Aviation System	15.2%	18.2%	1,500
Extreme weather	7.6%	4.8%	747
Security	0.1%	0.1%	10

9,879 delay minutes on 120 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 September 2024?

83.4% of 596 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 78.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.4% and 83.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In September 2023, 85.4% of 554 departures left on time and 1.6% were cancelled, against 83.4% and 1.0% in September 2024.

Provenance

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