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Airport month · September 2025
Columbia Metropolitan in September 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 September 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 492 domestic departures from Columbia Metropolitan (CAE). 86.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 88.0% reached their destination on time; 0.8% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 82.8% arrived on time, so CAE departures were 3.1 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in September 2024, the airport had 596 departures with 83.4% leaving on time: a change of +2.8 points, with flights down 17%.
Flights arriving at CAE that month were on time 83.6% of the time (494 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 56%, air carrier 18% and national aviation system 16%.
- On time 88.0%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 10.8%
- Cancelled 0.8%
- Diverted 0.4%
September 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Sep 2025 | Sep 2024 | CAE, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 86.2% | 83.4% | 77.8% | 83.1% |
| Arrived on time | 88.0% | 78.9% | 77.8% | 82.8% |
| Cancelled | 0.8% | 1.0% | 3.1% | 0.5% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 10.9 min | 15.9 min | 20.1 min | 12.2 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 16 | 20 | 15 | 18,748 |
| Scheduled departures | 492 | 596 | 5,495 | 562,439 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DL Delta Air Lines | 154 | 31% | 94.2% | -6.8 min | 0.0% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 149 | 30% | 83.9% | -7.7 min | 2.7% |
| YX Republic Airline | 106 | 22% | 88.7% | -1.0 min | 0.0% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 30 | 6% | 83.3% | -3.2 min | 0.0% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 29 | 6% | 89.7% | 11.3 min | 0.0% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 16 | 3% | 75.0% | 1.6 min | 0.0% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 8 | 2% | 75.0% | -8.1 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAE–ATL | Columbia to Atlanta | 154 | 94.2% | -6.8 min | 0.0% |
| CAE–DCA | Columbia to Washington | 110 | 80.0% | 3.8 min | 1.8% |
| CAE–DFW | Columbia to Dallas/Fort Worth | 68 | 82.4% | -9.3 min | 2.9% |
| CAE–LGA | Columbia to New York | 53 | 90.6% | -2.4 min | 0.0% |
| CAE–CLT | Columbia to Charlotte | 40 | 97.5% | -21.0 min | 0.0% |
| CAE–ORD | Columbia to Chicago | 29 | 89.7% | 11.3 min | 0.0% |
| CAE–FLL | Columbia to Fort Lauderdale | 13 | 100.0% | -15.6 min | 0.0% |
| CAE–EWR | Columbia to Newark | 9 | 66.7% | 8.7 min | 0.0% |
| CAE–MCO | Columbia to Orlando | 8 | 75.0% | 3.5 min | 0.0% |
| CAE–SFB | Columbia to Sanford | 8 | 75.0% | -8.1 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left CAE on time in September 2025?
86.2% of 492 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 88.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.1% and 82.8%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In September 2024, 83.4% of 596 departures left on time and 1.0% were cancelled, against 86.2% and 0.8% in September 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for September 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.