Columbia Regional in April 2024

85.2%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 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 122 domestic departures from Columbia Regional (COU). 85.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.1% reached their destination on time; 0.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.5% of flights departed on time and 80.2% arrived on time, so COU departures were 4.7 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at COU that month were on time 74.6% of the time (122 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, extreme weather 37%, late-arriving aircraft 34% and national aviation system 21%.

On time 81.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.2%
Cancelled 0.8%
Diverted 0.8%

Every scheduled departure from COU in April 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

April 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Apr 2024	Year earlier	COU, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Apr 2024
Departed on time	85.2%	—	77.7%	80.5%
Arrived on time	81.1%	—	75.6%	80.2%
Cancelled	0.8%	—	3.1%	0.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	9.6 min	—	20.5 min	14.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	4	—	10	19,406
Scheduled departures	122	—	3,635	582,185

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MQ Envoy Air	122	100%	81.1%	5.6 min	0.8%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
COU–DFW	Columbia to Dallas/Fort Worth	88	76.1%	8.9 min	1.1%
COU–ORD	Columbia to Chicago	34	94.1%	-2.9 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), April 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Apr 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	7.7%	33.6%	95
Late-arriving aircraft	34.4%	41.0%	426
National Aviation System	21.3%	20.0%	264
Extreme weather	36.6%	5.1%	453
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

1,238 delay minutes on 21 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 COU on time in April 2024?

85.2% of 122 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.5% and 80.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

April 2023 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for April 2024; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for COU · methodology · corrections.