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Columbia Regional Airport (COU) delays & on-time performance

Columbia, Missouri · 7 nonstop destinations · 4 airlines · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

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No FAA-reported ground stops or delays at COU right now. Individual flights can still be delayed by the airline; check with your airline for your flight.

On-time arrivals
78%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
3.1%
111 flights
Avg arrival delay
22 min
97 min when late
Departed on time
80%
avg taxi-out 17 min

Figures cover 3,635 departures from COU; on-time is measured at arrival. Arrivals into COU were on time 77% of the time.

Key facts

  • Flights departing Columbia Regional Airport (COU) arrived on time 78% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, in line with the national average.
  • 3.1% were cancelled, and 9% arrived an hour or more late.
  • Envoy Air was the most punctual airline here (81% on time); SkyWest Airlines was the least (74%).
  • Departures scheduled around 6am did best (88% on time); around 3pm did worst (67%).
  • The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (45%).

Most delayed routes from COU

Lowest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.

All 7 routes from COU →

Most reliable routes from COU

Highest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.

Best airline at COU

Departures from this airport, ranked by on-time arrival.

AirlineOn timeCancelledAvg delayRoutesFlights
PSA Airlines100%0.0%0 min11
Envoy Air81%2.8%18 min42,434
SkyWest Airlines74%3.8%30 min31,166
Allegiant Air59%0.0%32 min234

Best time to fly out of COU

On-time arrival rate by scheduled departure hour (local time).

  • 6am88%429 flts
  • 7am86%371 flts
  • 8am78%365 flts
  • 9am84%273 flts
  • 10am80%217 flts
  • 11am72%333 flts
  • 12pm83%303 flts
  • 1pm92%63 flts
  • 2pm70%88 flts
  • 3pm67%307 flts
  • 4pm80%88 flts
  • 5pm76%293 flts
  • 6pm71%230 flts
  • 7pm67%259 flts

Monthly trend

50%75%100%July 2025: 71.8% on time, 1.7% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 72.6% on time, 2.9% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 77.0% on time, 1.3% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 77.2% on time, 0.9% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 78.8% on time, 6.4% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 67.5% on time, 3.3% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 80.8% on time, 4.6% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 85.6% on time, 0.4% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 76.2% on time, 4.7% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 77.4% on time, 4.1% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 81.8% on time, 2.4% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 79.9% on time, 3.1% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 82.6% on time, 2.0% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why departures were late

  • Late-arriving aircraft45%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)24%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion18%
  • Extreme weather13%
  • Security0%

Data: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 (12 months). Latest month published by BTS: July 2026. How we calculate this.