Columbia Regional in November 2025

75.5%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 November 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 298 domestic departures from Columbia Regional (COU). 75.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 73.5% reached their destination on time; 6.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.1% of flights departed on time and 77.3% arrived on time, so COU departures were 2.6 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in November 2024, the airport had 135 departures with 74.8% leaving on time: a change of +0.7 points, with flights up 121%.

Flights arriving at COU that month were on time 71.8% of the time (298 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 47%, national aviation system 29% and extreme weather 15%.

On time 73.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 19.8%
Cancelled 6.4%
Diverted 0.3%

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

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

Measure	Nov 2025	Nov 2024	COU, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2025
Departed on time	75.5%	74.8%	77.7%	78.1%
Arrived on time	73.5%	74.8%	75.6%	77.3%
Cancelled	6.4%	2.2%	3.1%	2.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	16.9 min	19.3 min	20.5 min	15.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	10	5	10	19,018
Scheduled departures	298	135	3,635	570,550

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MQ Envoy Air	209	70%	73.2%	3.7 min	6.2%
OO SkyWest Airlines	89	30%	74.2%	8.5 min	6.7%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
COU–ORD	Columbia to Chicago	167	70.1%	9.1 min	7.8%
COU–DFW	Columbia to Dallas/Fort Worth	101	76.2%	-0.8 min	5.9%
COU–DEN	Columbia to Denver	30	83.3%	3.5 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), November 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	8.9%	30.2%	414
Late-arriving aircraft	47.1%	38.3%	2,194
National Aviation System	28.9%	26.7%	1,344
Extreme weather	15.1%	4.6%	704
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

4,656 delay minutes on 59 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 November 2025?

75.5% of 298 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 73.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.1% and 77.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In November 2024, 74.8% of 135 departures left on time and 2.2% were cancelled, against 75.5% and 6.4% in November 2025.

Provenance

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