Flights Dallas-Fort Worth → Columbia
DFW → CAE
Route overview
The flight route from Dallas-Fort Worth to Columbia operates with an Embraer RJ145 aircraft and has a high on-time performance rate of 88%, with an average delay of just 2.7 minutes. Over the course of a year, approximately 250 flights are conducted along this route, serving a destination airport that sees around 1,063,630 passengers annually.
Your rights on this US flight (DOT)
US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under the US DOT rules, if your flight is cancelled or significantly changed and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Amenities for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
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The Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) → Columbia (CAE) route is operated by American Airlines. Across 312 flights monitored in recent months, 80% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 17 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.60%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 18.4/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Columbia the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Dallas-Fort Worth the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Columbia: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) to Columbia (CAE) heads east for about 1,480 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 16m.
Departures from Dallas-Fort Worth on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 50% of DFW-CAE flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Dallas-Fort Worth the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Columbia it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 312 tracked DFW-CAE flights, 80% left on time with an average delay of 17 min and a 1.6% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines (AA) | 74% | 16 min | 3.0% |
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Frequently asked questions about DFW-CAE
On the Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) -> Columbia (CAE) route, on-time performance is 80% with an average delay of 17 minutes, based on 312 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Dallas-Fort Worth-Columbia is 1.60% across 312 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: American Airlines.
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US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under US DOT rules, if the airline cancels or significantly changes your flight and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Meals or hotels for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
