Columbia Regional in December 2024

65.2%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 December 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 138 domestic departures from Columbia Regional (COU). 65.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 65.2% reached their destination on time; 0.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 77.8% of flights departed on time and 78.1% arrived on time, so COU departures were 12.6 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in December 2023, the airport had 133 departures with 90.2% leaving on time: a change of −25.0 points, with flights up 4%.

Flights arriving at COU that month were on time 70.3% of the time (138 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 42%, late-arriving aircraft 36% and extreme weather 15%.

On time 65.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 34.1%
Cancelled 0.7%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2024	Dec 2023	COU, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2024
Departed on time	65.2%	90.2%	77.7%	77.8%
Arrived on time	65.2%	88.7%	75.6%	78.1%
Cancelled	0.7%	0.0%	3.1%	0.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	42.4 min	12.7 min	20.5 min	16.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	5	4	10	19,686
Scheduled departures	138	133	3,635	590,581

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MQ Envoy Air	112	81%	68.8%	30.9 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	26	19%	50.0%	70.5 min	3.8%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
COU–DFW	Columbia to Dallas/Fort Worth	93	62.4%	46.9 min	1.1%
COU–ORD	Columbia to Chicago	45	71.1%	20.2 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), December 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	42.4%	34.3%	2,442
Late-arriving aircraft	35.5%	40.2%	2,045
National Aviation System	7.5%	17.8%	434
Extreme weather	14.6%	7.5%	841
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

5,762 delay minutes on 47 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 December 2024?

65.2% of 138 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 65.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.8% and 78.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In December 2023, 90.2% of 133 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 65.2% and 0.7% in December 2024.

Provenance

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