Columbia Metropolitan in January 2026

73.5%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 January 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 446 domestic departures from Columbia Metropolitan (CAE). 73.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 72.9% reached their destination on time; 8.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.6% of flights departed on time and 75.3% arrived on time, so CAE departures were 2.1 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in January 2025, the airport had 483 departures with 77.4% leaving on time: a change of −3.9 points, with flights down 8%.

Flights arriving at CAE that month were on time 70.0% of the time (450 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 64%, late-arriving aircraft 27% and national aviation system 7%.

On time 72.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.6%
Cancelled 8.3%
Diverted 0.2%

Every scheduled departure from CAE in January 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Jan 2026	Jan 2025	CAE, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jan 2026
Departed on time	73.5%	77.4%	77.8%	75.6%
Arrived on time	72.9%	74.7%	77.8%	75.3%
Cancelled	8.3%	6.4%	3.1%	4.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	25.2 min	15.6 min	20.1 min	16.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	15	16	15	18,133
Scheduled departures	446	483	5,495	544,003

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	124	28%	81.5%	-4.3 min	5.6%
OH PSA Airlines	112	25%	69.6%	41.8 min	11.6%
YX Republic Airline	78	17%	70.5%	3.4 min	10.3%
MQ Envoy Air	66	15%	75.8%	-6.3 min	9.1%
OO SkyWest Airlines	50	11%	62.0%	31.6 min	2.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	16	4%	62.5%	5.1 min	12.5%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
CAE–ATL	Columbia to Atlanta	124	81.5%	-4.3 min	5.6%
CAE–DFW	Columbia to Dallas/Fort Worth	92	77.2%	5.3 min	9.8%
CAE–DCA	Columbia to Washington	88	63.6%	38.1 min	11.4%
CAE–LGA	Columbia to New York	51	68.6%	5.8 min	9.8%
CAE–ORD	Columbia to Chicago	50	62.0%	31.6 min	2.0%
CAE–CLT	Columbia to Charlotte	25	84.0%	14.4 min	12.0%
CAE–FLL	Columbia to Fort Lauderdale	8	50.0%	15.0 min	12.5%
CAE–SFB	Columbia to Sanford	8	75.0%	-4.7 min	12.5%

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), January 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jan 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	63.9%	37.3%	6,419
Late-arriving aircraft	26.5%	35.0%	2,667
National Aviation System	6.6%	18.0%	664
Extreme weather	3.0%	9.6%	298
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

10,048 delay minutes on 83 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 January 2026?

73.5% of 446 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 72.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.6% and 75.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In January 2025, 77.4% of 483 departures left on time and 6.4% were cancelled, against 73.5% and 8.3% in January 2026.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2026; 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.