Columbia Metropolitan in November 2025

78.9%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 November 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 483 domestic departures from Columbia Metropolitan (CAE). 78.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 77.0% reached their destination on time; 4.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.1% of flights departed on time and 77.3% arrived on time, so CAE departures were 0.8 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in November 2024, the airport had 609 departures with 85.7% leaving on time: a change of −6.8 points, with flights down 21%.

Flights arriving at CAE that month were on time 73.4% of the time (485 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 41%, air carrier 37% and national aviation system 20%.

On time 77.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.8%
Cancelled 4.8%
Diverted 0.4%

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

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

Measure	Nov 2025	Nov 2024	CAE, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2025
Departed on time	78.9%	85.7%	77.8%	78.1%
Arrived on time	77.0%	81.8%	77.8%	77.3%
Cancelled	4.8%	0.3%	3.1%	2.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	21.9 min	11.8 min	20.1 min	15.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	16	20	15	19,018
Scheduled departures	483	609	5,495	570,550

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OH PSA Airlines	143	30%	73.4%	13.4 min	4.9%
DL Delta Air Lines	139	29%	84.9%	-1.3 min	2.2%
OO SkyWest Airlines	92	19%	70.7%	17.9 min	9.8%
YX Republic Airline	50	10%	72.0%	29.3 min	6.0%
MQ Envoy Air	41	8%	85.4%	-7.5 min	2.4%
G4 Allegiant Air	18	4%	72.2%	5.8 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
CAE–ATL	Columbia to Atlanta	141	85.1%	-1.5 min	2.1%
CAE–ORD	Columbia to Chicago	90	70.0%	18.7 min	10.0%
CAE–DCA	Columbia to Washington	84	64.3%	28.4 min	6.0%
CAE–DFW	Columbia to Dallas/Fort Worth	72	83.3%	-2.9 min	2.8%
CAE–LGA	Columbia to New York	50	72.0%	29.3 min	6.0%
CAE–CLT	Columbia to Charlotte	28	92.9%	-18.0 min	3.6%
CAE–FLL	Columbia to Fort Lauderdale	9	77.8%	-2.9 min	0.0%
CAE–SFB	Columbia to Sanford	9	66.7%	14.6 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), November 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	36.7%	30.2%	3,622
Late-arriving aircraft	40.6%	38.3%	4,014
National Aviation System	20.1%	26.7%	1,990
Extreme weather	2.6%	4.6%	252
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

9,878 delay minutes on 86 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 November 2025?

78.9% of 483 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 77.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.1% and 77.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In November 2024, 85.7% of 609 departures left on time and 0.3% were cancelled, against 78.9% and 4.8% in November 2025.

Provenance

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