Columbia Metropolitan in November 2024

85.7%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 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 609 domestic departures from Columbia Metropolitan (CAE). 85.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.8% reached their destination on time; 0.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.2% of flights departed on time and 84.8% arrived on time, so CAE departures were 0.5 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in November 2023, the airport had 534 departures with 89.3% leaving on time: a change of −3.6 points, with flights up 14%.

Flights arriving at CAE that month were on time 84.9% of the time (610 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 54%, late-arriving aircraft 22% and national aviation system 22%.

On time 81.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.7%
Cancelled 0.3%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Nov 2024	Nov 2023	CAE, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2024
Departed on time	85.7%	89.3%	77.8%	85.2%
Arrived on time	81.8%	89.5%	77.8%	84.8%
Cancelled	0.3%	0.2%	3.1%	0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	11.8 min	8.4 min	20.1 min	10.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	20	18	15	19,180
Scheduled departures	609	534	5,495	575,404

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OH PSA Airlines	205	34%	75.6%	5.3 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	130	21%	84.6%	-3.1 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	124	20%	94.4%	-3.6 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	61	10%	83.6%	13.6 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	59	10%	74.6%	16.8 min	3.4%
YX Republic Airline	30	5%	70.0%	4.8 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
CAE–ATL	Columbia to Atlanta	201	90.0%	-2.6 min	0.0%
CAE–DCA	Columbia to Washington	104	67.3%	11.1 min	0.0%
CAE–CLT	Columbia to Charlotte	103	84.5%	-0.8 min	0.0%
CAE–LGA	Columbia to New York	82	80.5%	-1.9 min	0.0%
CAE–ORD	Columbia to Chicago	60	83.3%	14.0 min	0.0%
CAE–DFW	Columbia to Dallas/Fort Worth	59	74.6%	16.8 min	3.4%

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 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	54.2%	36.9%	3,755
Late-arriving aircraft	22.0%	35.6%	1,523
National Aviation System	22.0%	21.9%	1,524
Extreme weather	1.8%	5.4%	125
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

6,927 delay minutes on 108 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 2024?

85.7% of 609 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.2% and 84.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In November 2023, 89.3% of 534 departures left on time and 0.2% were cancelled, against 85.7% and 0.3% in November 2024.

Provenance

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