OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

New York to Columbia

617 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on LGA–CAE arrive on time 72% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate72%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay65 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled4.1%of scheduled flights

based on 566 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

  • Republic Airways
    On-time72%
    Medianon time
    p9065 min
    Cancel4.1%
    Flights566

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline25%
  • Weather5%
  • Air traffic (NAS)24%
  • Late aircraft47%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline13%
  • Weather48%
  • Air traffic (NAS)39%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 23 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 LGA → CAE

All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-06 .. 2026-05).

Best time of day

On-time rates are fairly even by time of day on this route — ranging from 66% to 80% on time.

  • Middays80% on time · p90 35 min · 846 flights
  • Afternoons79% on time · p90 40 min · 536 flights
  • Overnights70% on time · p90 65 min · 478 flights
  • Evenings66% on time · p90 75 min · 257 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 71% to 84% on time.

  • Saturdays84% on time · p90 35 min · 130 flights · limited
  • Tuesdays78% on time · p90 35 min · 338 flights
  • Thursdays77% on time · p90 45 min · 331 flights
  • Wednesdays77% on time · p90 55 min · 334 flights
  • Mondays75% on time · p90 45 min · 336 flights
  • Fridays75% on time · p90 55 min · 322 flights
  • Sundays71% on time · p90 45 min · 333 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.