Columbia Regional in July 2024

70.3%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 July 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 182 domestic departures from Columbia Regional (COU). 70.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 64.8% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 68.5% of flights departed on time and 68.1% arrived on time, so COU departures were 1.8 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at COU that month were on time 56.0% of the time (182 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 63%, national aviation system 15% and air carrier 14%.

On time 64.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 34.6%
Cancelled 0.5%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Jul 2024	Year earlier	COU, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jul 2024
Departed on time	70.3%	—	77.7%	68.5%
Arrived on time	64.8%	—	75.6%	68.1%
Cancelled	0.5%	—	3.1%	2.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	21.6 min	—	20.5 min	24.9 min
Scheduled departures a day	6	—	10	21,154
Scheduled departures	182	—	3,635	634,613

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MQ Envoy Air	178	98%	65.2%	17.2 min	0.6%
OO SkyWest Airlines	4	2%	50.0%	66.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
COU–DFW	Columbia to Dallas/Fort Worth	121	69.4%	12.8 min	0.0%
COU–ORD	Columbia to Chicago	61	55.7%	29.4 min	1.6%

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), July 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jul 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	13.7%	36.6%	550
Late-arriving aircraft	63.0%	42.7%	2,538
National Aviation System	14.7%	16.0%	593
Extreme weather	8.5%	4.6%	341
Security	0.2%	0.1%	7

4,029 delay minutes on 63 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 July 2024?

70.3% of 182 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 64.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 68.5% and 68.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

July 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 July 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.