Columbia Metropolitan in March 2026

73.9%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 March 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 391 domestic departures from Columbia Metropolitan (CAE). 73.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 76.7% reached their destination on time; 6.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 72.8% of flights departed on time and 73.2% arrived on time, so CAE departures were 1.1 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in March 2025, the airport had 376 departures with 85.1% leaving on time: a change of −11.2 points, with flights up 4%.

Flights arriving at CAE that month were on time 72.3% of the time (393 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 43%, late-arriving aircraft 27% and national aviation system 22%.

On time 76.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 16.4%
Cancelled 6.1%
Diverted 0.8%

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

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

Measure	Mar 2026	Mar 2025	CAE, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2026
Departed on time	73.9%	85.1%	77.8%	72.8%
Arrived on time	76.7%	83.8%	77.8%	73.2%
Cancelled	6.1%	2.4%	3.1%	2.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	22.7 min	10.5 min	20.1 min	20.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	13	13	15	20,403
Scheduled departures	391	376	5,495	612,102

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	146	37%	84.9%	-4.6 min	3.4%
OH PSA Airlines	94	24%	68.1%	23.9 min	13.8%
MQ Envoy Air	80	20%	85.0%	-12.1 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	53	14%	62.3%	19.7 min	9.4%
G4 Allegiant Air	18	5%	61.1%	57.9 min	5.6%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
CAE–ATL	Columbia to Atlanta	146	84.9%	-4.6 min	3.4%
CAE–DCA	Columbia to Washington	89	67.4%	27.2 min	13.5%
CAE–DFW	Columbia to Dallas/Fort Worth	85	84.7%	-13.4 min	1.2%
CAE–LGA	Columbia to New York	53	62.3%	19.7 min	9.4%
CAE–FLL	Columbia to Fort Lauderdale	9	33.3%	70.0 min	11.1%
CAE–SFB	Columbia to Sanford	9	88.9%	47.2 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), March 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	43.1%	33.5%	3,161
Late-arriving aircraft	27.2%	39.3%	1,997
National Aviation System	21.8%	21.0%	1,597
Extreme weather	7.9%	5.9%	578
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

7,333 delay minutes on 64 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 March 2026?

73.9% of 391 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 76.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.8% and 73.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In March 2025, 85.1% of 376 departures left on time and 2.4% were cancelled, against 73.9% and 6.1% in March 2026.

Provenance

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