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Airport Reliability

COU · Columbia

Columbia, MO (COU)

80%
Departures within 15 minutes
16 min
Average departure delay
76%
Arrivals within 15 minutes
3.0%
Departures cancelled

Based on 3,271 departures and 3,274 arrivals. Data through May 2026.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

Departures from COU departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 84% of the time, versus 68% between 6–9 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

Departures from COU arrived on time 80% of the time on Wednesdays. On Sundays: 72%.

When COU gets messy

On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM78%(18 flights)
  • 6–9 AM84%(1010 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM76%(627 flights)
  • 12–3 PM81%(492 flights)
  • 3–6 PM71%(604 flights)
  • 6–9 PM68%(409 flights)
On-time by weekday
  • Mon78%(460 flights)
  • Tue79%(428 flights)
  • Wed80%(440 flights)
  • Thu79%(468 flights)
  • Fri79%(464 flights)
  • Sat75%(423 flights)
  • Sun72%(477 flights)
On-time trend by month
83%
May

Jun 67% → May 83% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202567%172
July 202573%170
August 202573%164
September 202577%226
October 202578%316
November 202580%278
December 202568%320
January 202681%291
February 202687%264
March 202677%307
April 202678%327
May 202683%325

Airlines departing COU

Busiest routes from COU

Based on 3,271 historical flights, because apparently we checked. Historical flight data: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, June 2025 – May 2026. Data through May 2026. How we calculate this.