OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Dallas-Fort Worth to Columbia

922 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on DFW–CAE arrive on time 75% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate75%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay45 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled3.1%of scheduled flights

based on 807 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

  • Envoy Airbest
    On-time83%
    Medianon time
    p9025 min
    Cancel2.7%
    Flights478
  • PSA Airlines
    On-time64%
    Medianon time
    p9090 min
    Cancel3.6%
    Flights329

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline19%
  • Weather8%
  • Air traffic (NAS)15%
  • Late aircraft58%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline12%
  • Weather84%
  • Air traffic (NAS)4%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 25 cancellations with a reported cause (BTS reports causes from June 2003).

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 (2023-06 .. 2026-05).

Best time of day

Mornings are the most reliable time of day to fly this route — 88% on time.

  • Mornings88% on time · p90 10 min · 115 flights · limited
  • Middays73% on time · p90 60 min · 1,062 flights
  • Afternoons72% on time · p90 35 min · 178 flights · limited
  • Overnights67% on time · p90 60 min · 532 flights
  • Evenings57% on time · p90 120 min · 548 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 66% to 72% on time.

  • Tuesdays72% on time · p90 55 min · 336 flights
  • Fridays71% on time · p90 60 min · 350 flights
  • Mondays69% on time · p90 90 min · 347 flights
  • Wednesdays69% on time · p90 70 min · 339 flights
  • Thursdays68% on time · p90 70 min · 359 flights
  • Saturdays67% on time · p90 65 min · 341 flights
  • Sundays66% on time · p90 75 min · 363 flights

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Methodology

A flight is on time when it arrives within 15 minutes of schedule — the US DOT / BTS standard. Median and p90(the “1-in-10 bad day”) are read from the full arrival-delay distribution, never averaged across periods.

Figures cover a carrier’s own BTS-coded flights. Cells below ~200 flights are flagged as limited data. All numbers are pre-computed from public BTS On-Time Performance data.