Columbia Regional in October 2025

82.5%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 October 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 320 domestic departures from Columbia Regional (COU). 82.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 76.3% reached their destination on time; 0.9% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.0% of flights departed on time and 79.1% arrived on time, so COU departures were 2.5 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in October 2024, the airport had 168 departures with 86.3% leaving on time: a change of −3.8 points, with flights up 90%.

Flights arriving at COU that month were on time 79.7% of the time (320 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 39%, late-arriving aircraft 32% and national aviation system 20%.

On time 76.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 22.5%
Cancelled 0.9%
Diverted 0.3%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2025	Oct 2024	COU, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2025
Departed on time	82.5%	86.3%	77.7%	80.0%
Arrived on time	76.3%	86.9%	75.6%	79.1%
Cancelled	0.9%	0.0%	3.1%	0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	14.7 min	20.0 min	20.5 min	13.9 min
Scheduled departures a day	11	6	10	20,195
Scheduled departures	320	168	3,635	605,844

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MQ Envoy Air	214	67%	77.1%	6.6 min	1.4%
OO SkyWest Airlines	106	33%	74.5%	18.7 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
COU–ORD	Columbia to Chicago	179	73.7%	9.2 min	0.0%
COU–DFW	Columbia to Dallas/Fort Worth	109	79.8%	14.1 min	2.8%
COU–DEN	Columbia to Denver	31	77.4%	6.7 min	0.0%
COU–BHM	Columbia to Birmingham	1	100.0%	2.0 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), October 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	39.2%	34.0%	2,035
Late-arriving aircraft	32.3%	39.7%	1,679
National Aviation System	20.4%	22.9%	1,062
Extreme weather	8.1%	3.3%	420
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

5,196 delay minutes on 72 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 October 2025?

82.5% of 320 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 76.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.0% and 79.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In October 2024, 86.3% of 168 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 82.5% and 0.9% in October 2025.

Provenance

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