Columbia Metropolitan in May 2026

80.4%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 May 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 505 domestic departures from Columbia Metropolitan (CAE). 80.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 79.2% reached their destination on time; 1.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 77.1% of flights departed on time and 77.6% arrived on time, so CAE departures were 3.3 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in May 2025, the airport had 454 departures with 73.1% leaving on time: a change of +7.3 points, with flights up 11%.

Flights arriving at CAE that month were on time 77.7% of the time (507 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 45%, air carrier 28% and national aviation system 22%.

On time 79.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 19.0%
Cancelled 1.4%
Diverted 0.4%

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

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

Measure	May 2026	May 2025	CAE, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, May 2026
Departed on time	80.4%	73.1%	77.8%	77.1%
Arrived on time	79.2%	71.8%	77.8%	77.6%
Cancelled	1.4%	3.3%	3.1%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	16.8 min	19.4 min	20.1 min	16.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	17	15	15	20,391
Scheduled departures	505	454	5,495	611,735

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	195	39%	81.5%	5.4 min	1.0%
OH PSA Airlines	119	24%	78.2%	2.2 min	0.8%
MQ Envoy Air	108	21%	78.7%	-1.5 min	2.8%
YX Republic Airline	61	12%	85.2%	-4.0 min	1.6%
OO SkyWest Airlines	20	4%	50.0%	82.1 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	2	0%	50.0%	28.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
CAE–ATL	Columbia to Atlanta	195	81.5%	5.4 min	1.0%
CAE–DFW	Columbia to Dallas/Fort Worth	92	77.2%	3.3 min	3.3%
CAE–DCA	Columbia to Washington	91	76.9%	0.8 min	1.1%
CAE–LGA	Columbia to New York	57	84.2%	-2.8 min	1.8%
CAE–ORD	Columbia to Chicago	41	65.9%	38.8 min	0.0%
CAE–CLT	Columbia to Charlotte	25	88.0%	-11.9 min	0.0%
CAE–FLL	Columbia to Fort Lauderdale	2	50.0%	28.0 min	0.0%
CAE–MIA	Columbia to Miami	2	100.0%	-26.0 min	0.0%

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), May 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, May 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	27.5%	33.0%	2,201
Late-arriving aircraft	44.7%	40.4%	3,577
National Aviation System	21.9%	20.5%	1,755
Extreme weather	5.5%	6.0%	437
Security	0.4%	0.1%	28

7,998 delay minutes on 96 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 May 2026?

80.4% of 505 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 79.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.1% and 77.6%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In May 2025, 73.1% of 454 departures left on time and 3.3% were cancelled, against 80.4% and 1.4% in May 2026.

Provenance

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