Columbia Metropolitan in December 2024

83.8%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 December 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 598 domestic departures from Columbia Metropolitan (CAE). 83.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 75.8% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 77.8% of flights departed on time and 78.1% arrived on time, so CAE departures were 6.0 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in December 2023, the airport had 497 departures with 87.7% leaving on time: a change of −3.9 points, with flights up 20%.

Flights arriving at CAE that month were on time 77.9% of the time (597 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 41%, air carrier 33% and national aviation system 23%.

On time 75.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 23.2%
Cancelled 0.5%
Diverted 0.5%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2024	Dec 2023	CAE, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2024
Departed on time	83.8%	87.7%	77.8%	77.8%
Arrived on time	75.8%	85.5%	77.8%	78.1%
Cancelled	0.5%	0.0%	3.1%	0.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	13.1 min	9.9 min	20.1 min	16.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	20	17	15	19,686
Scheduled departures	598	497	5,495	590,581

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OH PSA Airlines	204	34%	63.2%	11.6 min	0.5%
9E Endeavor Air	172	29%	85.5%	1.0 min	0.6%
DL Delta Air Lines	79	13%	86.1%	0.7 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	59	10%	83.1%	0.3 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	33	6%	63.6%	17.7 min	3.0%
MQ Envoy Air	28	5%	71.4%	4.7 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	23	4%	82.6%	5.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
CAE–ATL	Columbia to Atlanta	202	85.6%	2.2 min	0.5%
CAE–CLT	Columbia to Charlotte	117	72.6%	-1.0 min	0.0%
CAE–DCA	Columbia to Washington	87	50.6%	28.9 min	1.1%
CAE–LGA	Columbia to New York	72	84.7%	-1.5 min	0.0%
CAE–DFW	Columbia to Dallas/Fort Worth	61	67.2%	11.7 min	1.6%
CAE–ORD	Columbia to Chicago	59	83.1%	0.3 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), December 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	33.4%	34.3%	2,656
Late-arriving aircraft	40.6%	40.2%	3,230
National Aviation System	23.2%	17.8%	1,842
Extreme weather	2.9%	7.5%	228
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

7,956 delay minutes on 139 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 December 2024?

83.8% of 598 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 75.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.8% and 78.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In December 2023, 87.7% of 497 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 83.8% and 0.5% in December 2024.

Provenance

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