Columbia Regional in February 2025

70.7%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 February 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 140 domestic departures from Columbia Regional (COU). 70.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 64.3% reached their destination on time; 11.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.2% of flights departed on time and 77.9% arrived on time, so COU departures were 8.5 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2024, the airport had 129 departures with 87.6% leaving on time: a change of −16.9 points, with flights up 9%.

Flights arriving at COU that month were on time 63.6% of the time (140 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 42%, extreme weather 29% and national aviation system 17%.

On time 64.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 24.3%
Cancelled 11.4%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from COU in February 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

February 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Feb 2025	Feb 2024	COU, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2025
Departed on time	70.7%	87.6%	77.7%	79.2%
Arrived on time	64.3%	88.4%	75.6%	77.9%
Cancelled	11.4%	0.0%	3.1%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	23.1 min	6.2 min	20.5 min	15.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	5	4	10	16,830
Scheduled departures	140	129	3,635	504,884

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MQ Envoy Air	112	80%	67.0%	11.8 min	9.8%
OO SkyWest Airlines	28	20%	53.6%	43.7 min	17.9%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
COU–DFW	Columbia to Dallas/Fort Worth	84	64.3%	22.4 min	11.9%
COU–ORD	Columbia to Chicago	56	64.3%	10.7 min	10.7%

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), February 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	41.6%	33.9%	1,273
Late-arriving aircraft	12.7%	36.9%	387
National Aviation System	17.2%	22.5%	525
Extreme weather	28.5%	6.6%	872
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

3,057 delay minutes on 34 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 February 2025?

70.7% of 140 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 64.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.2% and 77.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2024, 87.6% of 129 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 70.7% and 11.4% in February 2025.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for February 2025; 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.