Columbia Metropolitan in October 2025

83.6%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 October 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 550 domestic departures from Columbia Metropolitan (CAE). 83.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 82.5% reached their destination on time; 0.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.0% of flights departed on time and 79.1% arrived on time, so CAE departures were 3.6 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in October 2024, the airport had 656 departures with 88.9% leaving on time: a change of −5.3 points, with flights down 16%.

Flights arriving at CAE that month were on time 79.2% of the time (549 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 41%, air carrier 33% and national aviation system 17%.

On time 82.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.1%
Cancelled 0.4%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2025	Oct 2024	CAE, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2025
Departed on time	83.6%	88.9%	77.8%	80.0%
Arrived on time	82.5%	88.1%	77.8%	79.1%
Cancelled	0.4%	0.0%	3.1%	0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	12.3 min	6.8 min	20.1 min	13.9 min
Scheduled departures a day	18	22	15	20,195
Scheduled departures	550	656	5,495	605,844

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OH PSA Airlines	200	36%	78.5%	-3.2 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	159	29%	91.8%	-7.0 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	84	15%	79.8%	13.5 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	68	12%	77.9%	10.1 min	2.9%
G4 Allegiant Air	18	3%	72.2%	2.3 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	17	3%	94.1%	-13.2 min	0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	4	1%	50.0%	4.3 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
CAE–ATL	Columbia to Atlanta	159	91.8%	-7.0 min	0.0%
CAE–DCA	Columbia to Washington	116	72.4%	2.3 min	0.0%
CAE–ORD	Columbia to Chicago	84	79.8%	13.5 min	0.0%
CAE–DFW	Columbia to Dallas/Fort Worth	77	88.3%	-12.1 min	0.0%
CAE–LGA	Columbia to New York	57	75.4%	12.9 min	3.5%
CAE–CLT	Columbia to Charlotte	35	88.6%	-7.3 min	0.0%
CAE–FLL	Columbia to Fort Lauderdale	11	54.5%	17.8 min	0.0%
CAE–SFB	Columbia to Sanford	9	88.9%	-14.8 min	0.0%
CAE–EWR	Columbia to Newark	1	100.0%	-39.0 min	0.0%
CAE–MCO	Columbia to Orlando	1	0.0%	35.0 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), October 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	32.8%	34.0%	2,066
Late-arriving aircraft	41.4%	39.7%	2,609
National Aviation System	17.3%	22.9%	1,091
Extreme weather	8.4%	3.3%	532
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

6,298 delay minutes on 94 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 October 2025?

83.6% of 550 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 82.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.0% and 79.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In October 2024, 88.9% of 656 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 83.6% and 0.4% in October 2025.

Provenance

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