Columbia Metropolitan in May 2025

73.1%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 May 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 454 domestic departures from Columbia Metropolitan (CAE). 73.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 71.8% reached their destination on time; 3.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 76.7% of flights departed on time and 75.4% arrived on time, so CAE departures were 3.6 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in May 2024, the airport had 592 departures with 79.1% leaving on time: a change of −6.0 points, with flights down 23%.

Flights arriving at CAE that month were on time 62.3% of the time (454 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 37%, air carrier 36% and national aviation system 19%.

On time 71.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 24.9%
Cancelled 3.3%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	May 2025	May 2024	CAE, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, May 2025
Departed on time	73.1%	79.1%	77.8%	76.7%
Arrived on time	71.8%	74.7%	77.8%	75.4%
Cancelled	3.3%	1.9%	3.1%	1.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	19.4 min	18.4 min	20.1 min	17.5 min
Scheduled departures a day	15	20	15	20,188
Scheduled departures	454	592	5,495	605,648

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OH PSA Airlines	185	41%	74.1%	6.5 min	4.9%
DL Delta Air Lines	120	26%	77.5%	9.5 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	62	14%	53.2%	38.0 min	6.5%
YX Republic Airline	59	13%	67.8%	28.6 min	3.4%
MQ Envoy Air	20	4%	80.0%	5.2 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	8	2%	87.5%	1.8 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
CAE–CLT	Columbia to Charlotte	122	77.0%	4.8 min	2.5%
CAE–ATL	Columbia to Atlanta	120	77.5%	9.5 min	0.0%
CAE–DCA	Columbia to Washington	88	71.6%	9.1 min	6.8%
CAE–DFW	Columbia to Dallas/Fort Worth	62	53.2%	38.0 min	6.5%
CAE–LGA	Columbia to New York	54	66.7%	30.1 min	3.7%
CAE–SFB	Columbia to Sanford	5	80.0%	-3.4 min	0.0%
CAE–FLL	Columbia to Fort Lauderdale	3	100.0%	10.3 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), May 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, May 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	35.8%	29.3%	3,141
Late-arriving aircraft	36.5%	37.8%	3,202
National Aviation System	19.1%	25.9%	1,678
Extreme weather	8.6%	6.9%	754
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

8,775 delay minutes on 113 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 May 2025?

73.1% of 454 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 71.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.7% and 75.4%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In May 2024, 79.1% of 592 departures left on time and 1.9% were cancelled, against 73.1% and 3.3% in May 2025.

Provenance

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