Columbia Regional in April 2026

77.1%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 April 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 341 domestic departures from Columbia Regional (COU). 77.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 74.2% reached their destination on time; 4.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.1% of flights departed on time and 78.9% arrived on time, so COU departures were 2.0 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in April 2025, the airport had 168 departures with 72.6% leaving on time: a change of +4.5 points, with flights up 103%.

Flights arriving at COU that month were on time 73.9% of the time (341 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 47%, national aviation system 22% and air carrier 20%.

On time 74.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 21.7%
Cancelled 4.1%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Apr 2026	Apr 2025	COU, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Apr 2026
Departed on time	77.1%	72.6%	77.7%	79.1%
Arrived on time	74.2%	70.8%	75.6%	78.9%
Cancelled	4.1%	1.2%	3.1%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	25.4 min	15.9 min	20.5 min	14.5 min
Scheduled departures a day	11	6	10	19,931
Scheduled departures	341	168	3,635	597,919

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MQ Envoy Air	205	60%	79.5%	9.6 min	2.9%
OO SkyWest Airlines	136	40%	66.2%	33.1 min	5.9%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
COU–ORD	Columbia to Chicago	195	67.7%	22.5 min	5.6%
COU–DFW	Columbia to Dallas/Fort Worth	116	80.2%	16.9 min	1.7%
COU–DEN	Columbia to Denver	30	93.3%	2.9 min	3.3%

By scheduled departure hour

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

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), April 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Apr 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	19.5%	33.5%	1,723
Late-arriving aircraft	47.0%	40.4%	4,151
National Aviation System	21.9%	21.0%	1,934
Extreme weather	11.6%	5.0%	1,027
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

8,835 delay minutes on 74 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 April 2026?

77.1% of 341 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 74.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.1% and 78.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In April 2025, 72.6% of 168 departures left on time and 1.2% were cancelled, against 77.1% and 4.1% in April 2026.

Provenance

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