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Airport · CMH · Columbus, Ohio

Columbus, OH

According to PlainFlights' airport traffic ranking (BTS On-Time Performance total flights), Columbus, OH (CMH) ranks #45 of 382 tracked US airports by total flights (most flights = #1). Columbus, OH posts below-median on-time performance among the 382 tracked U.S. airports, as a high-volume U.S. airport.

Data updated 2026-06-13

82.8%
On-time
Top 57%
on-time, US airports
72 min
Delay when late
1.13%
Cancelled
#45 of 382
Corpus placement
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CMH on-time rate vs. the national average

Ahead of the U.S. average across all 382 tracked airports.

0%100%U.S. average79%82.8%

Delay Cause Breakdown

Top delay cause: Late Aircraft. Total delay minutes: 2,513,897.

Late Aircraft 35.0% (878,739 min)
Carrier 33.9% (853,162 min)
NAS (National Aviation System) 26.3% (661,119 min)
Weather 4.7% (118,258 min)
Security 0.1% (2,619 min)

CMH - seasonal on-time pattern

Best: October (94%) · worst: July (89.7%)

89%90%91%92%93%94%95% JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 91.2%

CMH - on-time rate by year

2020–2025, year-over-year trend.

90%92%94%96%98% 202020212022202320242025 96.5% 90.7% ▼ -6.0%

CMH - taxi-out and taxi-in (monthly)

Average taxi-out 15.4 min · taxi-in 7.5 min over the last 24 reported months (U.S. airport mean taxi-out ≈ 16.4 min).

10 min15 min20 min25 min Jan 24Dec 25 17.1 min 19.9 min ▲ +16.4%

CMH's average taxi-out (15.4 min) sits near the recent U.S. airport mean (~16.4 min). Month-to-month, it swings from 13.1 min (April 2024) to 19.9 min (December 2025).

Cancellation & Diversion Analysis

Flight disruption statistics for Columbus, OH.

Cancellation Rate

1.13%

5,085 of 450,603 flights

Diversion Rate

0.10%

443 of 450,603 flights

Delay Rate

17.2%

77,312 of 450,603 flights

Top Routes from CMH

Busiest routes to and from Columbus, OH.

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Route Flights On-Time Distance
ORD (Chicago) → CMH (Columbus) 18,701 79.7% 296 mi
CMH (Columbus) → ORD (Chicago) 18,622 80.8% 296 mi
ATL (Atlanta) → CMH (Columbus) 17,426 85.4% 447 mi
CMH (Columbus) → ATL (Atlanta) 17,370 88.2% 447 mi
CMH (Columbus) → LGA (New York) 16,240 84.8% 479 mi
LGA (New York) → CMH (Columbus) 16,237 84.8% 479 mi
CLT (Charlotte) → CMH (Columbus) 12,068 80.4% 347 mi
CMH (Columbus) → CLT (Charlotte) 12,059 83.7% 347 mi
CMH (Columbus) → MCO (Orlando) 11,562 81.2% 802 mi
MCO (Orlando) → CMH (Columbus) 11,541 76.1% 802 mi
CMH (Columbus) → DCA (Washington) 9,836 83.5% 323 mi
DCA (Washington) → CMH (Columbus) 9,836 82.3% 323 mi
CMH (Columbus) → DEN (Denver) 9,464 80.7% 1,154 mi
DEN (Denver) → CMH (Columbus) 9,415 74.5% 1,154 mi
CMH (Columbus) → DFW (Dallas/Fort Worth) 9,144 81.8% 926 mi
DFW (Dallas/Fort Worth) → CMH (Columbus) 9,135 75.9% 926 mi
CMH (Columbus) → EWR (Newark) 8,796 85.6% 463 mi
DTW (Detroit) → CMH (Columbus) 8,740 86.6% 155 mi
CMH (Columbus) → DTW (Detroit) 8,739 88.7% 155 mi
EWR (Newark) → CMH (Columbus) 8,738 83% 463 mi

Nationwide peers by on-time rate & flight volume

Two PlainFlights-derived comparison paths for Columbus, OH, both outside Ohio so the neighborhoods are not same-state geography. Axes stay disjoint: volume peers exclude the on-time peer set. Same-state compare stays below.

Similar on-time rate

Nearest out-of-state BTS on-time rate (this airport: 82.8%).

Los Angeles, CA

Los Angeles, CA

82.8% on-time 2,137,032 flights

Louisville, KY

Louisville, KY

82.8% on-time 252,784 flights

Harrisburg, PA

Harrisburg, PA

82.8% on-time 60,271 flights

Springfield, IL

Springfield, IL

82.8% on-time 8,116 flights

Similar flight volume

Nearest out-of-state total flights (this airport: 450,603).

Pittsburgh, PA

Pittsburgh, PA

462,554 flights 83.3% on-time

Oakland, CA

Oakland, CA

472,036 flights 81.7% on-time

Cincinnati, OH

Cincinnati, KY

423,583 flights 82.1% on-time

Fort Myers, FL

Fort Myers, FL

420,518 flights 80.9% on-time

Other Airports in Ohio

Compare performance with other Ohio airports.

CLE 82%

Cleveland, OH

Cleveland · 446,498 flights
DAY 84.2%

Dayton, OH

Dayton · 87,827 flights
CAK 80.4%

Akron, OH

Akron · 36,344 flights
LCK 74.3%

Columbus, OH

Columbus · 12,681 flights
TOL 80.8%

Toledo, OH

Toledo · 7,268 flights

CMH delay-share reading

The standout signal at Columbus, OH is traffic scale: 450,603 BTS flights (2020–2025) place it #45 of 382 by book size. That busy-book footprint sits beside a 82.8% on-time rate (3.8 pts above the 79% national flight-weighted average), 77,312 delayed departures, and 5,085 cancellations (1.13% of the book).

Delay minutes concentrate in Late Aircraft (35.0% late-aircraft, 33.9% carrier, 26.3% NAS, 4.7% weather, 0.1% security). As a busy airport, that mix matters more for connection planning than for a thin schedule.

On the multi-year calendar, CMH is strongest in October (94% on-time) and weakest in July (89.7%), a 4.3-point swing. Volume peaks in March (~6,732 flights/month). The busiest connecting route is to ORD (Chicago) at 79.7% on-time. Field definitions: on-time performance explained.

Statewide aggregates for Ohio: Ohio flight data.

Data Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025). Statistics reflect cumulative performance across all available reporting periods. On-time rates exclude cancelled and diverted flights.

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Using CMH's data

CMH's on-time book is mid-pack; month and delay-cause mix move more than the headline rate.

  • Check the busiest route from CMH before you book a connection. See top routes
  • Travel in October rather than July if your dates are flexible. Seasonal patterns
  • Gate-to-wheels taxi-out averages 15.4 min here; check the monthly series before a tight connection. Taxi times

On-time rate reflects the BTS historical average across all reporting carriers at this airport, not any single flight or airline.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) On-Time Performance data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainFlights

Source: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) Airline on-time performance and operational reliability · 2025

Every figure on PlainFlights is rendered directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no number is typed in by an editor. Airport figures are computed directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.