Columbia Metropolitan in July 2025

66.1%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 July 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 484 domestic departures from Columbia Metropolitan (CAE). 66.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 68.2% reached their destination on time; 7.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 69.7% of flights departed on time and 69.0% arrived on time, so CAE departures were 3.6 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in July 2024, the airport had 577 departures with 72.8% leaving on time: a change of −6.7 points, with flights down 16%.

Flights arriving at CAE that month were on time 68.2% of the time (484 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 33%, national aviation system 28% and air carrier 27%.

On time 68.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 24.2%
Cancelled 7.0%
Diverted 0.6%

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

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

Measure	Jul 2025	Jul 2024	CAE, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jul 2025
Departed on time	66.1%	72.8%	77.8%	69.7%
Arrived on time	68.2%	68.8%	77.8%	69.0%
Cancelled	7.0%	5.7%	3.1%	2.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	27.7 min	31.2 min	20.1 min	24.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	16	19	15	21,048
Scheduled departures	484	577	5,495	631,428

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	210	43%	83.8%	1.5 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	146	30%	61.6%	19.8 min	15.1%
NK Spirit Airlines	43	9%	48.8%	71.9 min	9.3%
YX Republic Airline	39	8%	48.7%	24.1 min	17.9%
MQ Envoy Air	28	6%	57.1%	18.4 min	3.6%
G4 Allegiant Air	18	4%	44.4%	41.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
CAE–ATL	Columbia to Atlanta	210	83.8%	1.5 min	0.0%
CAE–DFW	Columbia to Dallas/Fort Worth	90	70.0%	22.1 min	4.4%
CAE–DCA	Columbia to Washington	88	51.1%	17.1 min	21.6%
CAE–LGA	Columbia to New York	31	45.2%	26.7 min	22.6%
CAE–FLL	Columbia to Fort Lauderdale	20	60.0%	28.8 min	5.0%
CAE–EWR	Columbia to Newark	18	22.2%	153.1 min	16.7%
CAE–MCO	Columbia to Orlando	14	50.0%	49.4 min	0.0%
CAE–SFB	Columbia to Sanford	9	66.7%	10.0 min	0.0%
CAE–MIA	Columbia to Miami	4	75.0%	-7.3 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

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On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), July 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jul 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	27.4%	31.1%	3,180
Late-arriving aircraft	33.2%	40.8%	3,849
National Aviation System	27.7%	20.7%	3,215
Extreme weather	11.5%	7.3%	1,330
Security	0.1%	0.1%	13

11,587 delay minutes on 117 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 July 2025?

66.1% of 484 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 68.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 69.7% and 69.0%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In July 2024, 72.8% of 577 departures left on time and 5.7% were cancelled, against 66.1% and 7.0% in July 2025.

Provenance

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