Columbia Metropolitan in December 2025

71.7%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 December 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 427 domestic departures from Columbia Metropolitan (CAE). 71.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 71.7% reached their destination on time; 1.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 72.0% of flights departed on time and 71.9% arrived on time, so CAE departures were level with the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in December 2024, the airport had 598 departures with 83.8% leaving on time: a change of −12.1 points, with flights down 29%.

Flights arriving at CAE that month were on time 63.4% of the time (423 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 51%, air carrier 36% and national aviation system 11%.

On time 71.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 26.7%
Cancelled 1.6%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2025	Dec 2024	CAE, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2025
Departed on time	71.7%	83.8%	77.8%	72.0%
Arrived on time	71.7%	75.8%	77.8%	71.9%
Cancelled	1.6%	0.5%	3.1%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	24.4 min	13.1 min	20.1 min	21.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	14	20	15	19,410
Scheduled departures	427	598	5,495	582,304

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OH PSA Airlines	121	28%	66.9%	28.3 min	0.8%
DL Delta Air Lines	103	24%	81.6%	-0.5 min	1.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	81	19%	67.9%	14.3 min	3.7%
MQ Envoy Air	60	14%	76.7%	-5.6 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	44	10%	65.9%	16.0 min	4.5%
G4 Allegiant Air	18	4%	61.1%	18.1 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
CAE–ATL	Columbia to Atlanta	105	81.9%	-0.7 min	1.0%
CAE–DCA	Columbia to Washington	85	63.5%	22.1 min	1.2%
CAE–ORD	Columbia to Chicago	79	67.1%	15.0 min	3.8%
CAE–DFW	Columbia to Dallas/Fort Worth	78	74.4%	-2.2 min	0.0%
CAE–LGA	Columbia to New York	44	65.9%	16.0 min	4.5%
CAE–CLT	Columbia to Charlotte	18	83.3%	76.2 min	0.0%
CAE–FLL	Columbia to Fort Lauderdale	9	66.7%	14.6 min	0.0%
CAE–SFB	Columbia to Sanford	9	55.6%	21.6 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), December 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	36.0%	33.3%	3,401
Late-arriving aircraft	51.1%	41.1%	4,823
National Aviation System	10.6%	19.1%	1,005
Extreme weather	2.2%	6.4%	209
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

9,438 delay minutes on 114 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 December 2025?

71.7% of 427 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 71.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.0% and 71.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In December 2024, 83.8% of 598 departures left on time and 0.5% were cancelled, against 71.7% and 1.6% in December 2025.

Provenance

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