Columbia Metropolitan in April 2026

78.8%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 April 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 433 domestic departures from Columbia Metropolitan (CAE). 78.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 80.8% reached their destination on time; 1.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.1% of flights departed on time and 78.9% arrived on time, so CAE departures were level with the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in April 2025, the airport had 431 departures with 81.0% leaving on time: a change of −2.2 points, with flights up 0%.

Flights arriving at CAE that month were on time 79.9% of the time (432 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 48%, air carrier 38% and national aviation system 12%.

On time 80.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.6%
Cancelled 1.4%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Apr 2026	Apr 2025	CAE, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Apr 2026
Departed on time	78.8%	81.0%	77.8%	79.1%
Arrived on time	80.8%	80.3%	77.8%	78.9%
Cancelled	1.4%	1.9%	3.1%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	17.8 min	22.8 min	20.1 min	14.5 min
Scheduled departures a day	14	14	15	19,931
Scheduled departures	433	431	5,495	597,919

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	171	39%	86.0%	3.8 min	2.3%
OH PSA Airlines	104	24%	76.0%	5.0 min	1.0%
MQ Envoy Air	90	21%	80.0%	-3.5 min	1.1%
YX Republic Airline	55	13%	83.6%	1.0 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	12	3%	50.0%	55.6 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	1	0%	0.0%	100.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
CAE–ATL	Columbia to Atlanta	171	86.0%	3.8 min	2.3%
CAE–DFW	Columbia to Dallas/Fort Worth	90	80.0%	-3.5 min	1.1%
CAE–DCA	Columbia to Washington	89	75.3%	7.1 min	1.1%
CAE–LGA	Columbia to New York	55	83.6%	1.0 min	0.0%
CAE–CLT	Columbia to Charlotte	15	80.0%	-7.0 min	0.0%
CAE–FLL	Columbia to Fort Lauderdale	8	25.0%	97.0 min	0.0%
CAE–SFB	Columbia to Sanford	4	100.0%	-27.2 min	0.0%
CAE–ORD	Columbia to Chicago	1	0.0%	100.0 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), April 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Apr 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	38.0%	33.5%	2,625
Late-arriving aircraft	48.3%	40.4%	3,338
National Aviation System	12.2%	21.0%	844
Extreme weather	0.7%	5.0%	50
Security	0.8%	0.1%	53

6,910 delay minutes on 76 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 April 2026?

78.8% of 433 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 80.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.1% and 78.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In April 2025, 81.0% of 431 departures left on time and 1.9% were cancelled, against 78.8% and 1.4% in April 2026.

Provenance

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