CLT to CAE flight delays
Charlotte, NC (CLT) Columbia, SC (CAE) · 88 miles
242 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
83.76%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
3.31%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
95 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
16 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
The cancellation rate for the period is 3.31%, but almost all of it belongs to one month: January 2026, when 19.23% of flights on this route did not operate. Outside that month the route cancelled at around 1.16%. Whatever happened in January was an event, not the normal state of this route.
The shape of the lateness matters here. Flights on this route are not late often, but when they are late they are late by about 95 minutes — long enough to lose a connection or an evening. The on-time percentage looks reassuring and understates the consequence of being on the wrong flight.
The season swings this route hard. In November it ran 19.8 points more punctual than in May — a difference bigger than the one between the best and worst airlines on most routes. If the date is flexible, it is worth more than the carrier.
The route has been getting worse. The later months run 8.5 points less punctual than the earlier ones. A drift of that size is rarely weather; it is more often an airline adding frequencies faster than the airports can absorb them.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over January 2025 – August 2026, PSA Airlines arrived on time most often on CLT to CAE. Flights ran closest to schedule in November and worst in February.
Every airline on CLT to CAE
Ranked by how many flights each one operated. A carrier with fewer than 100 flights in the period is listed but not graded.
| Airline | Flights | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA Airlines | 223 | 82.33% | 3.59% | 95 min | C |
| Envoy Air | 19 | 100% | 0% | — | — |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
CAE to CLT Columbia back to Charlotte 89.41% on time BOther routes from Charlotte
Common questions
Are flights from Charlotte to Columbia usually delayed?
83.76% of flights on the CLT to CAE route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 2 in every ten arrived late. That is better than the average route in this record.
Which airlines fly from Charlotte to Columbia?
Only PSA Airlines appears in the published record on this route, with 223 flights and 82.33% arriving on time.
How often are CLT to CAE flights cancelled?
3.31% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 33 in every thousand. That is high enough that cancellation, not delay, is the risk worth planning around.
What is the best month to fly Charlotte to Columbia?
November, when 92.9% of flights arrived on time. The worst was May at 73.1%.
When CLT to CAE flights are late, how late are they?
About 95 minutes on average across the flights that arrived more than 15 minutes behind schedule.
What these figures do and do not tell you
Everything on this page is counted from the flights that actually operated on CLT to CAE during January 2025 – August 2026, as reported by the airlines to the US Bureau of Transportation Statistics. "On time" is the federal definition: arriving at the gate within 15 minutes of the scheduled time.
A route's record is a description of the past, not a forecast. Weather, air traffic control and the aircraft's earlier flights that day drive most delays, and none of them are predictable from a historical rate. What the record does tell you is whether this route runs late more often than others, and which carrier on it has the better history — which is the part you can actually act on when you book.
Cancellations are counted separately from delays because they are a different problem for a traveller: a late flight still gets you there. How the grade is calculated →