Columbia Metropolitan in June 2025

65.5%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 June 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 469 domestic departures from Columbia Metropolitan (CAE). 65.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 67.0% reached their destination on time; 5.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 71.4% of flights departed on time and 70.3% arrived on time, so CAE departures were 5.9 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in June 2024, the airport had 558 departures with 83.7% leaving on time: a change of −18.2 points, with flights down 16%.

Flights arriving at CAE that month were on time 60.7% of the time (468 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 50%, air carrier 30% and national aviation system 14%.

On time 67.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 26.9%
Cancelled 5.5%
Diverted 0.6%

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

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

Measure	Jun 2025	Jun 2024	CAE, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jun 2025
Departed on time	65.5%	83.7%	77.8%	71.4%
Arrived on time	67.0%	82.8%	77.8%	70.3%
Cancelled	5.5%	1.4%	3.1%	1.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	30.3 min	14.8 min	20.1 min	22.1 min
Scheduled departures a day	16	19	15	20,386
Scheduled departures	469	558	5,495	611,575

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	187	40%	77.5%	2.1 min	2.7%
OH PSA Airlines	147	31%	60.5%	33.0 min	10.9%
YX Republic Airline	41	9%	56.1%	37.4 min	7.3%
NK Spirit Airlines	38	8%	65.8%	15.6 min	2.6%
MQ Envoy Air	29	6%	58.6%	11.3 min	3.4%
G4 Allegiant Air	18	4%	44.4%	65.7 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	9	2%	77.8%	14.2 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
CAE–ATL	Columbia to Atlanta	187	77.5%	2.1 min	2.7%
CAE–DFW	Columbia to Dallas/Fort Worth	86	59.3%	25.2 min	2.3%
CAE–DCA	Columbia to Washington	85	58.8%	36.8 min	17.6%
CAE–LGA	Columbia to New York	33	51.5%	47.5 min	9.1%
CAE–FLL	Columbia to Fort Lauderdale	21	47.6%	23.0 min	0.0%
CAE–CLT	Columbia to Charlotte	18	88.9%	-0.2 min	0.0%
CAE–EWR	Columbia to Newark	15	60.0%	26.6 min	6.7%
CAE–MCO	Columbia to Orlando	11	72.7%	-2.0 min	0.0%
CAE–SFB	Columbia to Sanford	9	66.7%	103.0 min	0.0%
CAE–MIA	Columbia to Miami	4	50.0%	15.0 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), June 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jun 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	30.1%	31.6%	3,555
Late-arriving aircraft	49.8%	40.6%	5,885
National Aviation System	13.9%	20.9%	1,638
Extreme weather	6.3%	6.9%	747
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

11,825 delay minutes on 126 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 June 2025?

65.5% of 469 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 67.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 71.4% and 70.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In June 2024, 83.7% of 558 departures left on time and 1.4% were cancelled, against 65.5% and 5.5% in June 2025.

Provenance

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