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Airport month · August 2025
Columbia Metropolitan in August 2025
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 August 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 441 domestic departures from Columbia Metropolitan (CAE). 76.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 77.8% reached their destination on time; 1.8% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 76.8% of flights departed on time and 76.3% arrived on time, so CAE departures were level with the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in August 2024, the airport had 594 departures with 82.5% leaving on time: a change of −6.1 points, with flights down 26%.
Flights arriving at CAE that month were on time 74.8% of the time (441 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 48%, air carrier 25% and national aviation system 20%.
- On time 77.8%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 20.0%
- Cancelled 1.8%
- Diverted 0.5%
August 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Aug 2025 | Aug 2024 | CAE, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 76.4% | 82.5% | 77.8% | 76.8% |
| Arrived on time | 77.8% | 78.6% | 77.8% | 76.3% |
| Cancelled | 1.8% | 3.0% | 3.1% | 1.1% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 18.4 min | 13.1 min | 20.1 min | 17.6 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 15 | 20 | 15 | 20,079 |
| Scheduled departures | 441 | 594 | 5,495 | 602,378 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DL Delta Air Lines | 162 | 37% | 90.1% | -6.6 min | 0.6% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 136 | 31% | 68.4% | 15.2 min | 3.7% |
| YX Republic Airline | 62 | 14% | 80.6% | -2.1 min | 1.6% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 40 | 9% | 65.0% | 34.4 min | 2.5% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 23 | 5% | 78.3% | 8.3 min | 0.0% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 18 | 4% | 55.6% | 15.6 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAE–ATL | Columbia to Atlanta | 162 | 90.1% | -6.6 min | 0.6% |
| CAE–DCA | Columbia to Washington | 87 | 72.4% | 11.6 min | 2.3% |
| CAE–DFW | Columbia to Dallas/Fort Worth | 76 | 68.4% | 14.4 min | 3.9% |
| CAE–LGA | Columbia to New York | 31 | 83.9% | -3.4 min | 3.2% |
| CAE–FLL | Columbia to Fort Lauderdale | 23 | 60.9% | 37.0 min | 0.0% |
| CAE–CLT | Columbia to Charlotte | 22 | 77.3% | 2.7 min | 0.0% |
| CAE–EWR | Columbia to Newark | 15 | 60.0% | 23.6 min | 6.7% |
| CAE–MCO | Columbia to Orlando | 11 | 72.7% | 33.1 min | 0.0% |
| CAE–SFB | Columbia to Sanford | 9 | 55.6% | 11.1 min | 0.0% |
| CAE–MIA | Columbia to Miami | 5 | 60.0% | 9.6 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left CAE on time in August 2025?
76.4% of 441 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 77.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.8% and 76.3%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In August 2024, 82.5% of 594 departures left on time and 3.0% were cancelled, against 76.4% and 1.8% in August 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 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.