Columbia Metropolitan in April 2025

81.0%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 April 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 431 domestic departures from Columbia Metropolitan (CAE). 81.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 80.3% reached their destination on time; 1.9% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.6% of flights departed on time and 79.5% arrived on time, so CAE departures were level with the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in April 2024, the airport had 545 departures with 87.5% leaving on time: a change of −6.5 points, with flights down 21%.

Flights arriving at CAE that month were on time 70.8% of the time (431 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 48%, air carrier 40% and national aviation system 10%.

On time 80.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.9%
Cancelled 1.9%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from CAE in April 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

April 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Apr 2025	Apr 2024	CAE, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Apr 2025
Departed on time	81.0%	87.5%	77.8%	80.6%
Arrived on time	80.3%	85.3%	77.8%	79.5%
Cancelled	1.9%	0.4%	3.1%	0.8%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	22.8 min	8.4 min	20.1 min	14.1 min
Scheduled departures a day	14	18	15	19,465
Scheduled departures	431	545	5,495	583,950

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OH PSA Airlines	191	44%	73.3%	20.2 min	3.1%
DL Delta Air Lines	124	29%	89.5%	-3.2 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	56	13%	85.7%	-5.1 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	53	12%	81.1%	2.3 min	3.8%
MQ Envoy Air	7	2%	57.1%	286.9 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
CAE–ATL	Columbia to Atlanta	124	89.5%	-3.2 min	0.0%
CAE–CLT	Columbia to Charlotte	109	78.9%	14.0 min	2.8%
CAE–DCA	Columbia to Washington	86	67.4%	26.6 min	3.5%
CAE–DFW	Columbia to Dallas/Fort Worth	60	78.3%	36.7 min	3.3%
CAE–LGA	Columbia to New York	52	84.6%	-4.6 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), April 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Apr 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	40.0%	32.7%	3,718
Late-arriving aircraft	48.4%	39.4%	4,499
National Aviation System	9.6%	22.2%	895
Extreme weather	2.1%	5.5%	193
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

9,305 delay minutes on 77 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 April 2025?

81.0% of 431 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 80.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.6% and 79.5%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In April 2024, 87.5% of 545 departures left on time and 0.4% were cancelled, against 81.0% and 1.9% in April 2025.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for April 2025; 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.