Historical on-time performance
Dallas-Fort Worth to Columbia
922 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on DFW–CAE arrive on time 69% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate69%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay60 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled3.5%of scheduled flights
based on 715 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).
By airline
How each carrier compares
- Envoy AirbestOn-time79%Medianon timep9030 minCancel2.6%Flights270
- American AirlinesOn-time57%Median5 minp9095 minCancel5.2%Flights116
- PSA AirlinesOn-time64%Medianon timep9090 minCancel3.6%Flights329
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline21%
- Weather8%
- Air traffic (NAS)14%
- Late aircraft58%
- Security1%
Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.
Over time
On-time trend
By season
On-time rate by month
When to fly
Best time to fly DFW → CAE
All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-01 .. 2025-12).
Best time of day
On-time rates are fairly even by time of day on this route — ranging from 56% to 72% on time.
- Middays72% on time · p90 70 min · 1,073 flights
- Afternoons69% on time · p90 35 min · 126 flights · limited
- Overnights61% on time · p90 70 min · 470 flights
- Evenings56% on time · p90 120 min · 608 flights
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 62% to 69% on time.
- Tuesdays69% on time · p90 65 min · 324 flights
- Mondays68% on time · p90 95 min · 332 flights
- Sundays66% on time · p90 85 min · 342 flights
- Saturdays66% on time · p90 75 min · 319 flights
- Wednesdays64% on time · p90 75 min · 323 flights
- Fridays63% on time · p90 85 min · 326 flights
- Thursdays62% on time · p90 80 min · 335 flights
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