Columbia Regional in November 2024

74.8%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 November 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 135 domestic departures from Columbia Regional (COU). 74.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 74.8% reached their destination on time; 2.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.2% of flights departed on time and 84.8% arrived on time, so COU departures were 10.4 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in November 2023, the airport had 119 departures with 86.6% leaving on time: a change of −11.8 points, with flights up 13%.

Flights arriving at COU that month were on time 78.5% of the time (135 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, extreme weather 42%, late-arriving aircraft 25% and national aviation system 18%.

On time 74.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 23.0%
Cancelled 2.2%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Nov 2024	Nov 2023	COU, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2024
Departed on time	74.8%	86.6%	77.7%	85.2%
Arrived on time	74.8%	86.6%	75.6%	84.8%
Cancelled	2.2%	0.0%	3.1%	0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	19.3 min	9.7 min	20.5 min	10.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	5	4	10	19,180
Scheduled departures	135	119	3,635	575,404

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MQ Envoy Air	117	87%	77.8%	8.0 min	1.7%
OO SkyWest Airlines	18	13%	55.6%	56.2 min	5.6%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
COU–DFW	Columbia to Dallas/Fort Worth	101	74.3%	16.4 min	3.0%
COU–ORD	Columbia to Chicago	34	76.5%	8.0 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), November 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	15.1%	36.9%	400
Late-arriving aircraft	24.5%	35.6%	651
National Aviation System	18.0%	21.9%	479
Extreme weather	42.2%	5.4%	1,119
Security	0.2%	0.2%	5

2,654 delay minutes on 31 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 November 2024?

74.8% of 135 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 74.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.2% and 84.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In November 2023, 86.6% of 119 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 74.8% and 2.2% in November 2024.

Provenance

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