Columbia Regional in October 2024

86.3%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 October 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 168 domestic departures from Columbia Regional (COU). 86.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 86.9% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.5% of flights departed on time and 85.8% arrived on time, so COU departures were 0.8 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in October 2023, the airport had 122 departures with 90.2% leaving on time: a change of −3.9 points, with flights up 38%.

Flights arriving at COU that month were on time 86.9% of the time (168 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 83%, late-arriving aircraft 9% and national aviation system 8%.

On time 86.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 13.1%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2024	Oct 2023	COU, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2024
Departed on time	86.3%	90.2%	77.7%	85.5%
Arrived on time	86.9%	84.4%	75.6%	85.8%
Cancelled	0.0%	0.8%	3.1%	1.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	20.0 min	7.1 min	20.5 min	9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	6	4	10	20,517
Scheduled departures	168	122	3,635	615,497

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MQ Envoy Air	123	73%	89.4%	-5.7 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	45	27%	80.0%	44.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
COU–DFW	Columbia to Dallas/Fort Worth	112	89.3%	11.2 min	0.0%
COU–ORD	Columbia to Chicago	56	82.1%	0.4 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), October 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	83.1%	42.7%	2,658
Late-arriving aircraft	9.1%	37.4%	292
National Aviation System	7.8%	16.3%	250
Extreme weather	0.0%	3.4%	0
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

3,200 delay minutes on 22 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 October 2024?

86.3% of 168 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 86.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.5% and 85.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In October 2023, 90.2% of 122 departures left on time and 0.8% were cancelled, against 86.3% and 0.0% in October 2024.

Provenance

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