Airports · Columbia Metropolitan Airport
Flights from Columbia (CAE)
Airlines flew 11,464 departures out of Columbia Metropolitan Airport (CAE) carrying 688,683 passengers over the 12 months through April 2026. Here's what actually flew — the busiest routes, the carriers, and the aircraft — from US DOT T-100 filings.
What flies from Columbia
US DOT T-100 · filed dataWhat airlines actually flew out of Columbia — departures, seats, and passengers filed with the US DOT (T-100) over the trailing 12 months, not a schedule.
Departures
11,464
April 2026
Seats flown
851,795
Passengers
688,683
Load factor
80.8%
passengers ÷ seats
Busiest routes from Columbia
Where flights from Columbia go most, by departures over the trailing 12 months.
2,805 departures · 129,511 passengers
85.7%
Load
2,600 departures · 236,599 passengers
88.9%
Load
1,142 departures · 59,397 passengers
71.5%
Load
1,007 departures · 53,208 passengers
76.0%
Load
921 departures · 42,316 passengers
82.7%
Load
919 departures · 64,716 passengers
88.3%
Load
880 departures · 36,607 passengers
83.2%
Load
612 departures · 24,525 passengers
80.2%
Load
139 departures · 12,700 passengers
51.3%
Load
133 departures · 7,780 passengers
57.9%
Load
96 departures · 6,324 passengers
40.0%
Load
45 departures · 4,330 passengers
54.7%
Load
13 departures · 1,476 passengers
61.0%
Load
12 departures · 837 passengers
91.8%
Load
8 departures · 845 passengers
80.9%
Load
Airlines at Columbia
Ranked by seats flown — the capacity each carrier actually operated out of Columbia.
- DL
213,883 seats · 88.1% load
25.1%
Share
- PT
152,750 seats · 84.6% load
17.9%
Share
- OH
109,604 seats · 81.3% load
12.9%
Share
- 9E
99,963 seats · 83.8% load
11.7%
Share
- YX
49,576 seats · 70.4% load
5.8%
Share
- G7
40,950 seats · 81.1% load
4.8%
Share
- MQ
39,845 seats · 86.2% load
4.7%
Share
- C5
36,649 seats · 84.3% load
4.3%
Share
- G4
31,816 seats · 46.6% load
3.7%
Share
- NK
26,400 seats · 51.5% load
3.1%
Share
Aircraft flown from Columbia
Aircraft types by share of departures — what actually operated, not what's based here.
3,785 departures · 84.6% load
33.0%
Share
2,011 departures · 82.8% load
17.5%
Share
1,749 departures · 89.3% load
15.3%
Share
1,428 departures · 77.9% load
12.5%
Share
890 departures · 81.8% load
7.8%
Share
Bombardier CRJ-550
837 departures · 81.1% load
7.3%
Share
183 departures · 67.9% load
1.6%
Share
166 departures · 52.6% load
1.5%
Share
105 departures · 79.3% load
0.9%
Share
96 departures · 62.2% load
0.8%
Share
64 departures · 51.3% load
0.6%
Share
49 departures · 45.6% load
0.4%
Share
Monthly departures from Columbia
Monthly departures from Columbia, trailing 12 months through April 2026. Bars scale to the busiest month.
May 2025
973 departures · 63,046 passengers
85.7%
Load
June 2025
947 departures · 60,814 passengers
81.2%
Load
July 2025
945 departures · 63,681 passengers
84.7%
Load
August 2025
976 departures · 63,401 passengers
82.8%
Load
September 2025
944 departures · 59,477 passengers
81.8%
Load
October 2025
1,070 departures · 62,858 passengers
80.9%
Load
November 2025
918 departures · 52,315 passengers
77.1%
Load
December 2025
899 departures · 54,237 passengers
84.3%
Load
January 2026
864 departures · 43,956 passengers
70.5%
Load
February 2026
849 departures · 48,009 passengers
77.8%
Load
March 2026
991 departures · 56,151 passengers
80.2%
Load
April 2026
1,088 departures · 60,738 passengers
81.2%
Load
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment. Data through April 2026. The DOT publishes roughly three months in arrears.