Columbia Regional in February 2026

87.6%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 February 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 267 domestic departures from Columbia Regional (COU). 87.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 84.6% reached their destination on time; 0.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.1% of flights departed on time and 78.3% arrived on time, so COU departures were 9.5 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2025, the airport had 140 departures with 70.7% leaving on time: a change of +16.9 points, with flights up 91%.

Flights arriving at COU that month were on time 77.2% of the time (267 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 51%, late-arriving aircraft 38% and national aviation system 11%.

On time 84.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 14.2%
Cancelled 0.4%
Diverted 0.7%

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

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

Measure	Feb 2026	Feb 2025	COU, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2026
Departed on time	87.6%	70.7%	77.7%	78.1%
Arrived on time	84.6%	64.3%	75.6%	78.3%
Cancelled	0.4%	11.4%	3.1%	2.3%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	11.1 min	23.1 min	20.5 min	15.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	9	5	10	17,168
Scheduled departures	267	140	3,635	515,037

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MQ Envoy Air	154	58%	88.3%	-4.0 min	0.6%
OO SkyWest Airlines	113	42%	79.6%	1.6 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
COU–ORD	Columbia to Chicago	164	80.5%	5.2 min	0.0%
COU–DFW	Columbia to Dallas/Fort Worth	75	90.7%	-15.9 min	1.3%
COU–DEN	Columbia to Denver	28	92.9%	-4.4 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), February 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	50.7%	38.2%	1,415
Late-arriving aircraft	38.3%	37.2%	1,070
National Aviation System	11.0%	18.5%	306
Extreme weather	0.0%	6.0%	0
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

2,791 delay minutes on 38 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 February 2026?

87.6% of 267 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 84.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.1% and 78.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2025, 70.7% of 140 departures left on time and 11.4% were cancelled, against 87.6% and 0.4% in February 2026.

Provenance

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