Columbia Metropolitan in June 2026

78.3%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 June 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 475 domestic departures from Columbia Metropolitan (CAE). 78.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 79.2% reached their destination on time; 3.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 72.2% of flights departed on time and 72.8% arrived on time, so CAE departures were 6.1 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in June 2025, the airport had 469 departures with 65.5% leaving on time: a change of +12.8 points, with flights up 1%.

Flights arriving at CAE that month were on time 77.2% of the time (473 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 39%, late-arriving aircraft 33% and extreme weather 20%.

On time 79.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.1%
Cancelled 3.6%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Jun 2026	Jun 2025	CAE, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jun 2026
Departed on time	78.3%	65.5%	77.8%	72.2%
Arrived on time	79.2%	67.0%	77.8%	72.8%
Cancelled	3.6%	5.5%	3.1%	1.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	20.7 min	30.3 min	20.1 min	20.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	16	16	15	20,253
Scheduled departures	475	469	5,495	607,577

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	157	33%	83.4%	3.0 min	1.9%
MQ Envoy Air	142	30%	75.4%	1.2 min	4.9%
OH PSA Airlines	112	24%	75.9%	23.9 min	3.6%
YX Republic Airline	64	13%	82.8%	1.7 min	4.7%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
CAE–ATL	Columbia to Atlanta	157	83.4%	3.0 min	1.9%
CAE–DFW	Columbia to Dallas/Fort Worth	90	71.1%	13.1 min	2.2%
CAE–DCA	Columbia to Washington	86	74.4%	26.7 min	4.7%
CAE–ORD	Columbia to Chicago	60	78.3%	-6.1 min	8.3%
CAE–LGA	Columbia to New York	56	82.1%	3.9 min	5.4%
CAE–CLT	Columbia to Charlotte	22	95.5%	-15.0 min	0.0%
CAE–MIA	Columbia to Miami	4	75.0%	-5.2 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), June 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jun 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	38.8%	30.8%	3,552
Late-arriving aircraft	32.5%	42.1%	2,978
National Aviation System	8.7%	20.3%	800
Extreme weather	20.0%	6.7%	1,835
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

9,165 delay minutes on 81 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 June 2026?

78.3% of 475 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 79.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.2% and 72.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In June 2025, 65.5% of 469 departures left on time and 5.5% were cancelled, against 78.3% and 3.6% in June 2026.

Provenance

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