OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

New York to Columbia

617 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on LGA–CAE arrive on time 69% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate69%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay75 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled3.0%of scheduled flights

based on 406 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

  • Republic Airways
    On-time69%
    Medianon time
    p9075 min
    Cancel3.0%
    Flights406

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline19%
  • Weather1%
  • Air traffic (NAS)34%
  • Late aircraft45%
  • Security0%

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 LGA → 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 62% to 82% on time.

  • Afternoons82% on time · p90 30 min · 431 flights
  • Middays81% on time · p90 35 min · 831 flights
  • Overnights71% on time · p90 65 min · 593 flights
  • Evenings62% on time · p90 75 min · 149 flights · limited

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 73% to 85% on time.

  • Saturdays85% on time · p90 20 min · 116 flights · limited
  • Tuesdays79% on time · p90 25 min · 321 flights
  • Wednesdays78% on time · p90 45 min · 317 flights
  • Thursdays77% on time · p90 45 min · 311 flights
  • Mondays76% on time · p90 45 min · 320 flights
  • Sundays74% on time · p90 45 min · 315 flights
  • Fridays73% on time · p90 60 min · 311 flights
Advertisement

Keep exploring

Related pages

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.