Columbia Metropolitan in October 2024

88.9%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 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 656 domestic departures from Columbia Metropolitan (CAE). 88.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 88.1% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.5% of flights departed on time and 85.8% arrived on time, so CAE departures were 3.4 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in October 2023, the airport had 527 departures with 90.3% leaving on time: a change of −1.4 points, with flights up 24%.

Flights arriving at CAE that month were on time 85.8% of the time (655 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 46%, air carrier 37% and national aviation system 17%.

On time 88.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 11.9%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2024	Oct 2023	CAE, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2024
Departed on time	88.9%	90.3%	77.8%	85.5%
Arrived on time	88.1%	88.6%	77.8%	85.8%
Cancelled	0.0%	0.6%	3.1%	1.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	6.8 min	7.0 min	20.1 min	9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	22	18	15	20,517
Scheduled departures	656	527	5,495	615,497

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OH PSA Airlines	230	35%	79.6%	2.4 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	164	25%	93.3%	-4.9 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	111	17%	97.3%	-10.3 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	62	9%	80.6%	3.9 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	62	9%	93.5%	-3.1 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	27	4%	96.3%	-10.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
CAE–ATL	Columbia to Atlanta	216	94.9%	-6.6 min	0.0%
CAE–CLT	Columbia to Charlotte	142	75.4%	6.3 min	0.0%
CAE–DCA	Columbia to Washington	88	86.4%	-3.8 min	0.0%
CAE–LGA	Columbia to New York	85	95.3%	-9.3 min	0.0%
CAE–DFW	Columbia to Dallas/Fort Worth	62	80.6%	3.9 min	0.0%
CAE–ORD	Columbia to Chicago	62	93.5%	-3.1 min	0.0%
CAE–OKC	Columbia to Oklahoma City	1	100.0%	1.0 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

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

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

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	36.9%	42.7%	1,473
Late-arriving aircraft	46.1%	37.4%	1,843
National Aviation System	17.0%	16.3%	679
Extreme weather	0.0%	3.4%	0
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

3,995 delay minutes on 78 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 2024?

88.9% of 656 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 88.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.5% and 85.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In October 2023, 90.3% of 527 departures left on time and 0.6% were cancelled, against 88.9% and 0.0% in October 2024.

Provenance

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