Columbia Regional in January 2026

74.3%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 January 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 307 domestic departures from Columbia Regional (COU). 74.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 76.5% reached their destination on time; 4.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.6% of flights departed on time and 75.3% arrived on time, so COU departures were 1.3 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in January 2025, the airport had 148 departures with 66.9% leaving on time: a change of +7.4 points, with flights up 107%.

Flights arriving at COU that month were on time 68.7% of the time (307 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 37%, late-arriving aircraft 34% and national aviation system 19%.

On time 76.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.2%
Cancelled 4.6%
Diverted 0.7%

Every scheduled departure from COU in January 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Jan 2026	Jan 2025	COU, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jan 2026
Departed on time	74.3%	66.9%	77.7%	75.6%
Arrived on time	76.5%	62.8%	75.6%	75.3%
Cancelled	4.6%	9.5%	3.1%	4.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	23.5 min	22.9 min	20.5 min	16.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	10	5	10	18,133
Scheduled departures	307	148	3,635	544,003

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MQ Envoy Air	183	60%	82.0%	-1.8 min	3.8%
OO SkyWest Airlines	124	40%	68.5%	30.4 min	5.6%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
COU–ORD	Columbia to Chicago	185	68.6%	23.7 min	3.8%
COU–DFW	Columbia to Dallas/Fort Worth	91	87.9%	-9.9 min	5.5%
COU–DEN	Columbia to Denver	31	90.3%	-3.4 min	6.5%

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), January 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jan 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	37.3%	37.3%	2,533
Late-arriving aircraft	34.2%	35.0%	2,323
National Aviation System	19.1%	18.0%	1,296
Extreme weather	9.4%	9.6%	636
Security	0.2%	0.1%	11

6,799 delay minutes on 56 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 January 2026?

74.3% of 307 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 76.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.6% and 75.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In January 2025, 66.9% of 148 departures left on time and 9.5% were cancelled, against 74.3% and 4.6% in January 2026.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2026; 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.