Columbia Regional in July 2025

74.1%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 July 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 174 domestic departures from Columbia Regional (COU). 74.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 70.1% reached their destination on time; 1.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 69.7% of flights departed on time and 69.0% arrived on time, so COU departures were 4.4 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in July 2024, the airport had 182 departures with 70.3% leaving on time: a change of +3.8 points, with flights down 4%.

Flights arriving at COU that month were on time 68.4% of the time (174 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 51%, national aviation system 23% and air carrier 19%.

On time 70.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 27.6%
Cancelled 1.7%
Diverted 0.6%

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

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

Measure	Jul 2025	Jul 2024	COU, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jul 2025
Departed on time	74.1%	70.3%	77.7%	69.7%
Arrived on time	70.1%	64.8%	75.6%	69.0%
Cancelled	1.7%	0.5%	3.1%	2.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	16.9 min	21.6 min	20.5 min	24.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	6	6	10	21,048
Scheduled departures	174	182	3,635	631,428

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MQ Envoy Air	143	82%	71.3%	12.6 min	1.4%
OO SkyWest Airlines	27	16%	66.7%	19.0 min	3.7%
OH PSA Airlines	4	2%	50.0%	78.3 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
COU–DFW	Columbia to Dallas/Fort Worth	92	72.8%	15.3 min	2.2%
COU–ORD	Columbia to Chicago	82	67.1%	14.9 min	1.2%

By scheduled departure hour

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On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), July 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jul 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	18.6%	31.1%	603
Late-arriving aircraft	51.4%	40.8%	1,662
National Aviation System	22.8%	20.7%	739
Extreme weather	7.1%	7.3%	231
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

3,235 delay minutes on 48 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 July 2025?

74.1% of 174 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 70.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 69.7% and 69.0%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In July 2024, 70.3% of 182 departures left on time and 0.5% were cancelled, against 74.1% and 1.7% in July 2025.

Provenance

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