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Airport · LCK · Columbus, Ohio

Columbus, OH

According to PlainFlights' airport traffic ranking (BTS On-Time Performance total flights), Columbus, OH (LCK) ranks #239 of 382 tracked US airports by total flights (most flights = #1). Columbus, OH posts bottom-quartile on-time performance among the 382 tracked U.S. airports, as a mid-size U.S. airport.

Data updated 2026-06-13

74.3%
On-time
Top 98%
on-time, US airports
85 min
Delay when late
2.10%
Cancelled
#239 of 382
Corpus placement
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LCK on-time rate vs. the national average

Behind the U.S. average across all 382 tracked airports.

0%100%U.S. average79%74.3%

Delay Cause Breakdown

Top delay cause: Late Aircraft. Total delay minutes: 160,392.

Late Aircraft 55.1% (88,346 min)
Carrier 24.9% (40,002 min)
NAS (National Aviation System) 14.6% (23,459 min)
Weather 4.6% (7,318 min)
Security 0.8% (1,267 min)

LCK - seasonal on-time pattern

Best: September (91.5%) · worst: July (83.2%)

82%84%86%88%90%92% JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 84%

LCK - on-time rate by year

2020–2025, year-over-year trend.

80%85%90%95% 202020212022202320242025 91.3% 85.3% ▼ -6.6%

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

Average taxi-out 13.5 min · taxi-in 6.5 min over the last 24 reported months (U.S. airport mean taxi-out ≈ 16.4 min).

10 min12 min14 min16 min18 min Jan 24Dec 25 14.6 min 16 min ▲ +9.6%

LCK's average taxi-out (13.5 min) stays shorter than the recent U.S. airport mean (~16.4 min). Even the heaviest month (January 2025, 16.6 min) is milder than many hubs' typical book.

Cancellation & Diversion Analysis

Flight disruption statistics for Columbus, OH.

Cancellation Rate

2.10%

266 of 12,681 flights

Diversion Rate

0.15%

19 of 12,681 flights

Delay Rate

25.7%

3,255 of 12,681 flights

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: 74.3%).

Barrow, AK

Barrow, AK

74.4% on-time 4,483 flights

Sanford, FL

Sanford, FL

74.1% on-time 113,898 flights

Ponce, PR

Ponce, PR

74.5% on-time 8,079 flights

Pago Pago, TT

Pago Pago, TT

74.6% on-time 1,005 flights

Similar flight volume

Nearest out-of-state total flights (this airport: 12,681).

Lawton/Fort Sill, OK

Lawton/Fort Sill, OK

12,720 flights 84.5% on-time

Marquette, MI

Marquette, MI

12,906 flights 83.1% on-time

Worcester, MA

Worcester, MA

12,995 flights 80.3% on-time

Elmira/Corning, NY

Elmira/Corning, NY

13,181 flights 84.5% on-time

Other Airports in Ohio

Compare performance with other Ohio airports.

CMH 82.8%

Columbus, OH

Columbus · 450,603 flights
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
TOL 80.8%

Toledo, OH

Toledo · 7,268 flights

LCK delay-share reading

The standout signal at Columbus, OH is the delay mix: Late Aircraft owns 55.1% of 160,392 delay minutes across 12,681 BTS flights. The on-time headline is 74.3% (4.7 pts below the 79% national average), with 3,255 delayed and 266 cancelled (2.10%).

Delay minutes concentrate in Late Aircraft (55.1% late-aircraft, 24.9% carrier, 14.6% NAS, 4.6% weather, 0.8% security). Mid-volume books still show a clear delay fingerprint rather than a weather-only story.

On the multi-year calendar, LCK is strongest in September (91.5% on-time) and weakest in July (83.2%), a 8.3-point swing. Volume peaks in July (~305 flights/month). 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 LCK's data

LCK's on-time book sits in the slower half of the BTS set; check the delay mix and the worst month before treating the headline as typical.

  • Compare LCK against airports with a similar on-time rate. Compare airports
  • Travel in September rather than July if your dates are flexible. Seasonal patterns
  • Gate-to-wheels taxi-out averages 13.5 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.