Columbia Regional in March 2025

73.7%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 March 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 152 domestic departures from Columbia Regional (COU). 73.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 71.1% reached their destination on time; 5.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.9% of flights departed on time and 79.3% arrived on time, so COU departures were 6.2 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in March 2024, the airport had 147 departures with 83.0% leaving on time: a change of −9.3 points, with flights up 3%.

Flights arriving at COU that month were on time 70.4% of the time (152 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 48%, extreme weather 31% and late-arriving aircraft 12%.

On time 71.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 23.0%
Cancelled 5.3%
Diverted 0.7%

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

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

Measure	Mar 2025	Mar 2024	COU, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2025
Departed on time	73.7%	83.0%	77.7%	79.9%
Arrived on time	71.1%	82.3%	75.6%	79.3%
Cancelled	5.3%	0.7%	3.1%	1.2%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	26.4 min	10.2 min	20.5 min	14.9 min
Scheduled departures a day	5	5	10	20,029
Scheduled departures	152	147	3,635	600,872

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MQ Envoy Air	121	80%	71.1%	8.4 min	5.8%
OO SkyWest Airlines	31	20%	71.0%	36.8 min	3.2%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
COU–DFW	Columbia to Dallas/Fort Worth	93	71.0%	18.8 min	4.3%
COU–ORD	Columbia to Chicago	59	71.2%	7.2 min	6.8%

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), March 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	48.0%	33.0%	1,783
Late-arriving aircraft	11.9%	39.2%	443
National Aviation System	9.2%	21.9%	341
Extreme weather	30.9%	5.9%	1,147
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

3,714 delay minutes on 35 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 March 2025?

73.7% of 152 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 71.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.9% and 79.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In March 2024, 83.0% of 147 departures left on time and 0.7% were cancelled, against 73.7% and 5.3% in March 2025.

Provenance

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