Atlanta (ATL) – Columbia (CAE)
- Distance
- 308 km
- 191 mi · 166 nm
- Flight time
- 57 min / 1 h 4 min
- Average gate to gate: ATL → CAE / back
- Time difference
- none
- CO2 per passenger
- 70 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (42 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 460,382
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · +0.6%
- Flights / week
- 98
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 88%
- 524,883 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 2
- DL, 9E
Traffic: U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (all carriers, scheduled service), Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Distance: WGS-84 ellipsoid. CO2: UK DESNZ 2026 factors. Sources
The way there
- Heading from ATL
- 83°
- Heading from CAE
- 265°
- Halfway point
- 33.80, -82.78
- Great-circle km
- 307 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air ATL → CAE
- 36 min
- In the air CAE → ATL
- 40 min
- Clocks
- Same time in both
The estimate for a route without real times is 1 h 10 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 43,545 |
| Sep 2025 | 38,443 |
| Oct 2025 | 40,700 |
| Nov 2025 | 33,095 |
| Dec 2025 | 32,248 |
| Jan 2026 | 28,417 |
| Feb 2026 | 34,157 |
| Mar 2026 | 39,670 |
| Apr 2026 | 39,576 |
| May 2026 | 44,732 |
| Jun 2026 | 41,647 |
| Jul 2026 | 44,152 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 459 |
| Sep 2025 | 418 |
| Oct 2025 | 443 |
| Nov 2025 | 396 |
| Dec 2025 | 409 |
| Jan 2026 | 357 |
| Feb 2026 | 391 |
| Mar 2026 | 462 |
| Apr 2026 | 443 |
| May 2026 | 455 |
| Jun 2026 | 431 |
| Jul 2026 | 451 |
Airlines flying ATL–CAE nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| DLDelta Air Lines | 70 | 79% |
| 9EEndeavor Air | 29 | 21% |
Both directions, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Airlines with at least one flight a month. U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (all carriers, scheduled service). Sources
Aircraft on this route
- Boeing 717-200 · 3,343 flights
- Canadair CRJ 900 · 1,162 flights
- Canadair RJ-700 · 330 flights
- Boeing 737-900ER · 132 flights
- Airbus Industrie A319 · 57 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 41 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 28 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321Neoxlr · 13 flights
Also carried: 9 tonnes of freight and 1 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 85.1%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 12 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 1.5%
- Flights counted
- 3,629
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
Delay minutes by cause: airline 47% · aircraft arriving late 35% · air traffic system 12% · weather 6% · security 0%.
Both directions, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. BTS Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance (US domestic flights of the larger US airlines). Sources
What passengers paid
- Average fare, Q1 2026
- $300
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $288
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Delta Air Lines
- 98% of passengers · $299
- Lowest-fare airline
- Delta Air Lines
- 98% of passengers · $299
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $299 · Q3 2025 $279 · Q4 2025 $275 · Q1 2026 $300).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $299, likely $255–$347
The average fare paid we expect a year after Q1 2026, the newest DOT quarter. On this route, past forecasts made this way fell inside the range 81% of the time over 21 quarters (median error 8.5%). An estimate from US DOT data: not a price you can book, not a guarantee, not advice on when to buy. How the outlook works
U.S. DOT Consumer Airfare Report, Table 6 (airline ticket sample, US domestic city pairs; each city here has this one airport). Sources
Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)
Measured by great-circle distance: 307 km.
Neither EU261 nor UK261 covers this route: it neither starts nor ends in the EU, EEA, Switzerland or the UK. Other countries have their own rules (for example Canada's APPR or Brazil's ANAC rules).
Also owed for a cancellation with less than 14 days' notice or denied boarding. Not owed for extraordinary circumstances. On a connection, the distance to the final destination counts. From 23 October 2027 the EU's Regulation 2026/2202 applies; it keeps these amounts (what changes in 2027). Information, not legal advice.
Every airport pair between Atlanta and Columbia
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